Begin forwarded message: > 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 > [log in to unmask] > http://gnso.icann.org > IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]