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> From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: April 24, 2013 12:13:08 AM PDT
> To: liaison6c <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [liaison6c] New gTLD Board Committee Consideration of "GAC
> Safeguard" Advice - Comment/Reply Periods
>
> http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/gac-safeguard-
> advice-23apr13-en.htm
>
> New gTLD Board Committee Consideration of "GAC Safeguard" Advice
>
> Comment / Reply Periods:
> Comment Open Date: 23 April 2013
> Comment Close Date: 14 May 2013 - 23:59 UTC
> Reply Open Date: 15 May 2013
> Reply Close Date: 4 June 2013 - 23:59 UTC
>
> Important Information Links
> Public Comment Announcement
> To Submit Your Comments (Forum)
> View Comments Submitted
> Brief Overview
> Originating Organization:
> New gTLD Board Committee
> Categories/Tags:
> Contracted Party Agreements
> Second-Level Domains
> Top-Level Domains
> Purpose (Brief):
> To solicit input on how the New gTLD Board Committee should address
> GAC advice regarding safeguards applicable to broad categories of
> New gTLD strings.
>
> Current Status:
> GAC Beijing Communiqué issued on April 11, 2013 includes GAC Advice
> on New gTLDs.
>
> Next Steps:
> New gTLD Board Committee will consider how to address GAC advice on
> New gTLD safeguards.
>
> Staff Contact:
> Jamie Hedlund
> Email Staff Contact
> Detailed Information
> Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose:
> On 11 April 2013, the Governmental Advisory Committee issued its
> Beijing Communiqué in which it provided advice on New gTLDs. The
> Board New gTLD Committee, acting on behalf of the full Board, will
> now consider how to address the GAC Advice. To help inform this
> process, the Committee has directed staff to solicit comment on how
> it should address one element of the advice: safeguards applicable
> to broad categories of New gTLD strings. Accordingly, ICANN seeks
> public input on how the Board New gTLD Committee should address
> section IV.1.b and Annex I of the GAC Beijing Communiqué.
>
> Section II: Background:
> One of ICANN's key responsibilities is introducing and promoting
> competition in the registration of domain names, while ensuring the
> security and stability of the domain name system (DNS). Below are
> major milestones in the program leading up to the GAC Beijing
> Communiqué:
>
> ICANN's Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) begins a
> policy development process to consider the introduction of new
> gTLDs in 2005
> The "GAC Principles Regarding New gTLDs" is presented to the ICANN
> Board in 2007
> ICANN Board adopted 19 specific GNSO policy recommendations for
> implementing new gTLDs in 2008
> ICANN undertakes implementation process to address stakeholder
> concerns, such as the protection of intellectual property and
> community interests, consumer protection, and DNS stability during
> 2008-2011. This work includes public consultations, review, and
> input on multiple draft versions of the Applicant Guidebook
> The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) and the ICANN Board
> engage in intensive consultations regarding the GAC's "scorecard"
> advice on new gTLDs during first half of 2011
> In June 2011, ICANN's Board of Directors approved the Guidebook
> incorporating most of the GAC's scorecard advice and authorized the
> launch of the New gTLD Program
> ICANN opens the New gTLD application window on January 12, 2012. On
> June 11, 2012, ICANN reveals the 1,930 New gTLD applications
> received and posted them for public comment
> On October 12, 2012, the GAC issues its Toronto Communiqué,
> indicating that "[t]he statements and commitments detailed in
> individual gTLD applications are a critical input to the GAC's
> work" and advised the ICANN Board "that it is necessary for all of
> these statements of commitment and objectives to be transformed
> into binding contractual commitments, subject to compliance
> oversight by ICANN."
> On November 20, 2012, the GAC files and publicly posts 242 Early
> Warnings on individual New gTLD applications.
> On February 5, 2013, in response to advice provided in the Toronto
> GAC Communiqué, the New gTLD Program Board Committee approves a
> public comment period on a proposed "Public Interest Commitments
> Specification" as a mechanism to transform application statements
> into binding contractual commitments, as well as to give applicants
> the opportunity to voluntarily submit to heightened public interest
> commitments. On March 6. 2013, ICANN posts the 499 PIC
> Specifications submitted by applicants.
> The GAC met during the ICANN Beijing Meeting and provided
> additional advice to the ICANN Board regarding the New gTLD
> program. Relevant to this public forum is Section IV.1.b of the GAC
> Beijing Communiqué, which states, "To reinforce existing processes
> for raising and addressing concerns the GAC is providing safeguard
> advice to apply to broad categories of strings." The safeguard
> advice appears in Annex I of the Beijing Communiqué.
>
> ICANN officially notified applicants of the publication of GAC
> Advice on April 18, 2013, triggering the 21-day applicant response
> period per the Applicant Guidebook Module 3.1. The applicants'
> responses and the input received in this Public Comment Forum will
> serve as important inputs to the New gTLD Board Committee's
> consideration of the GAC Advice.
>
> Section III: Document and Resource Links:
> ICANN Announcement on GAC Advice Issued on New gTLDs
> GAC Beijing Communiqué [PDF, 156 KB]
> Section IV: Additional Information:
> N/A
>
> (*) Comments submitted after the posted Close Date/Time are not
> guaranteed to be considered in any final summary, analysis,
> reporting, or decision-making that takes place once this period
> lapses.
>
>
>
> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat
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