Historical Resolution Tracking Feature » 2008-06-26 - GNSO Recommendations on New gTLDs
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2008-06-26 - GNSO Recommendations on New gTLDs
Board adopts GNSO policy recommendations on new gTLDs and directs staff to complete detailed implementation plan in consultation with the community, subject to final approval before the New gTLD Program is launched.
- Publish first Applicant Guidebook draft for public comment and discussion.
- Responsible entity: Cross-departmental team for policy implementation
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: 23 October 2008
- Publish Applicant Guidebook draft v2 for public comment and discussion.
- Responsible entity: Cross-departmental team for policy implementation
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: 19 February 2009
- Publish updated Applicant Guidebook excerpts for public comment and discussion.
- Responsible entity: Cross-departmental team for policy implementation
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: 31 May 2009
- Attend global consultation on overarching issues / outreach events in New York, London, Hong Kong, and Abu Dhabi.
- Responsible entity: Cross-departmental team for policy implementation
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: 4 August 2009
- Publish Applicant Guidebook draft v3 for public comment and discussion.
- Responsible entity: Cross-departmental team for policy implementation
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: 4 October 2009
- Publish updated Applicant Guidebook excerpts for public comment and discussion.
- Responsible entity: Cross-departmental team for policy implementation
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: 15 February 2010
- Publish Applicant Guidebook draft v4 for public comment and discussion.
- Responsible entity: Cross-departmental team for policy implementation
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: 31 May 2010
- Publish proposed final version of Applicant Guidebook for public comment, discussion, and possible adoption.
- Responsible entity: Cross-departmental team for policy implementation
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: 12 November 2010
Whereas, the GNSO initiated a policy development process on the introduction of New gTLDs in December 2005. <http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/>
Whereas, the GNSO Committee on the Introduction of New gTLDs addressed a range of difficult technical, operational, legal, economic, and policy questions, and facilitated widespread participation and public comment throughout the process.
Whereas, the GNSO successfully completed its policy development process on the Introduction of New gTLDs and on 7 September 2007, and achieved a Supermajority vote on its 19 policy recommendations. <http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-06sep07.shtml>
Whereas, the Board instructed staff to review the GNSO recommendations and determine whether they were capable of implementation.
Whereas, staff has engaged international technical, operational and legal expertise to provide counsel on details to support the implementation of the Policy recommendations and as a result, ICANN cross-functional teams have developed implementation details in support of the GNSO's policy recommendations, and have concluded that the recommendations are capable of implementation.
Whereas, staff has provided regular updates to the community and the Board on the implementation plan. <http://icann.org/topics/new-gtld-program.htm>
Whereas, consultation with the DNS technical community has led to the conclusion that there is not currently any evidence to support establishing a limit to how many TLDs can be inserted in the root based on technical stability concerns. <http://www.icann.org/topics/dns-stability-draft-paper-06feb08.pdf>
Whereas, the Board recognizes that the process will need to be resilient to unforeseen circumstances.
Whereas, the Board has listened to the concerns about the recommendations that have been raised by the community, and will continue to take into account the advice of ICANN's supporting organizations and advisory committees in the implementation plan.
Resolved (2008.06.26.02), based on both the support of the community for New gTLDs and the advice of staff that the introduction of new gTLDs is capable of implementation, the Board adopts the GNSO policy recommendations for the introduction of new gTLDs <http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/pdp-dec05-fr-parta-08aug07.htm>.
Resolved (2008.06.26.03), the Board directs staff to continue to further develop and complete its detailed implementation plan, continue communication with the community on such work, and provide the Board with a final version of the implementation proposals for the board and community to approve before the new gTLD introduction process is launched.
- Information on the New gTLD Program, available at: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm.
- GNSO Policy Work on new gTLDs, available at: http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/.
- Recommendations on Policy Development for introduction of new gTLDs, available at: http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/goel-mehta-01feb06.pdf.
- A copy of the Final Report regarding Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains is available at: http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/pdp-dec05-fr-parta-08aug07.htm.
- The resolution does not address funding for the items identified therein.