Hi Amr, Thanks for this share....first i will say its interesting how long it has taken since board made the decision. That said, i find the text below quite concerning: The GAC advises the ICANN Board to re-categorize the string .doctor as > falling within Category 1 safeguard advice addressing highly regulated > sectors,therefore ascribing these domains exclusively to legitimate > medical practitioners. > > With respect to the additional advice in the Buenos Aires Communiqué on > the Category 1 Safeguards, the NGPC accepts the advice to re-categorize the > string .doctor as falling within Category 1 safeguard advice addressing > highly regulated sectors and ensure that the domains in the *.doctor TLD > are ascribed exclusively to legitimate medical practitioners*. Hopefully the chain of decision making would be adequately addressed within the ccwg Regards On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:10 PM, Amr Elsadr <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, > > Revisiting this thread again one more time. > > The NGPC resolution referred to in the reconsideration request was dated > February 2014, not February 2015. I misread that in the reconsideration > request submitted by Brice Trail, LLC. So the actual resolution by the > ICANN board (or actually, the NGPC on behalf of the board) on .doctor can > be found here: > > > https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-new-gtld-2014-02-05-en > > …, as well as an annex to the resolution with more details found here: > > > https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/resolutions-new-gtld-annex-1-05feb14-en.pdf > > I hope this helps clear up the confusion I had a hand in creating. ICANN > policy staff was very helpful in correcting me on this. Thanks Mary. > > Thanks, and my apologies. > > Amr > > On Mar 25, 2015, at 1:28 PM, Sam Lanfranco <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > For those who missed it, there is the letter to the Board from Brice > Trail, LLC, the applicant for the .DOCTOR gTLD. > Here (again) is the reference (March 12, 2015) on the ICANN webserver, > plus the first paragraph of the letter: > > > https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/reconsideration-request-15-3-brice-trail-llc-redacted-12mar15-en.pdf > > <Mail Attachment.png> > > Sam L. > > > On 25/03/2015 8:25 AM, Amr Elsadr wrote: > > Hi, > > Coming back to this thread, there was an expression to see references to > the ICANN Board’s decisions on this topic. From what I can tell there was a > discussion on the topic of “Category 1 Safeguards for Highly Regulated > Strings” on the February 5th meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee > (NGPC) of the ICANN Board. It looks like there was no resolution taken > during that meeting ( > https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-new-gtld-2015-02-05-en > ). > > However, there was a reference to that meeting in another meeting that > took place on February 12th, in which the NGPC seemed to agree on *“**staff > to continue to move forward with implementation of its 5 February 2014 > resolution on the matter**”*. ( > https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/prelim-report-new-gtld-2015-02-12-en > ) > > I’m not sure what resolution was being referred to, as the report of the > February 5th meeting indicated that there were no resolutions taken. > > I’ll provide any updated info I come across. > > Thanks. > > Amr > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------ > "It is a disgrace to be rich and honoured > in an unjust state" -Confucius > ------------------------------------------------ > Dr Sam Lanfranco (Prof Emeritus & Senior Scholar) > Econ, York U., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - M3J 1P3 > email: [log in to unmask] Skype: slanfranco > blog: http://samlanfranco.blogspot.com > Phone: +1 613-476-0429 cell: +1 416-816-2852 > > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Seun Ojedeji,Federal University Oye-Ekitiweb: http://www.fuoye.edu.ng <http://www.fuoye.edu.ng> Mobile: +2348035233535**alt email: <http://goog_1872880453>[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>* The key to understanding is humility - my view !