Historical Resolution Tracking Feature » 2005-03-21 - Action regarding .TEL sTLD

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2005-03-21 - Action regarding .TEL sTLD

Resolution of the ICANN Board

Topic:

Action regarding .TEL sTLD

Summary:

Board directs the President to provide the Board with more information from technical evaluators and applicants regarding technical aspects of .TEL sTLD application.

Category:

gTLDs

Meeting Date:

Mon, 21 Mar 2005

Resolution Number:

05.14

URL for Resolution:

http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-21mar05.htm

Status:

Complete

Implementation Actions:

Provide Board with more information regarding technical aspects of .TEL sTLD.
- Responsible entity: President
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: June 2005

Resolution Text:

Kurt Pritz introduced the proposed resolution. After a lengthy additional discussion, Hagen Hultzsch moved, and Paul Twomey seconded, that the Board adopt the following resolution:

Resolved [05.14] the Board hereby directs the President to provide the board with more information from the technical evaluators and applicants regarding the technical aspects of the .TEL sTLD application.

This resolution was unanimously approved by the Board 15-0, with no abstentions.

Other Related Resolutions:

Resolution 01.74 - Board directs President to form and chair New TLD Evaluation Process Planning Task Force (NTEPPTF): http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-04jun01.htm
Resolution 02.97, 02.97A - Board accepts NTEPPTF report and directs President to produce plan for action for approval by Board at October 2002 meeting in Shanghai, China: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-23aug02.htm
Resolutions 02.150, 02.151, and 02.152: Board authorizes President to implement NTEPPTF recommendations in Action Plan, requests GNSO to provide recommendation on structure of generic tol level namespace, and directs President to develop draft Request for Proposals: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-15dec02.htm#AnnualMeetingoftheTransitionBoard
Resolution 03.112 and 03.113 - Board invites public comment on draft request for proposals for sTLDs; requests President to provide to Board detailed plan and schedule for development of appropriate long-term policy for introduction of new gTLDs: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-26jun03.htm
Resolutions 03.166, 03.167, and 03.168 - Board calls for the development of process and policy for streamlining introduction of new gTLDs as specified in ICANNs MoU with the U.S. Department of Commerce: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/advisory-31oct03.htm
Resolutions 03.169, 03.170, and 03.171 - Board resolves to negotiate agreement reflecting commercial and technical terms upon completion of sTLD selection, resolves that selection process and implementation for sTLDs will be evaluated, and directs President to finalize and post open Request for Proposals for limited number of new sTLDs: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/advisory-31oct03.htm
Resolution 05.44 and 05.45 - Authorizing President and General Counsel to enter negotiations relating to proposed commercial and technical terms of .TEL sTLD with applicant: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-28jun05.htm
Resolution 06.27 - Approval of proposed agreement with Telnic concerning .TEL sTLD: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-10may06.htm
Resolution 07.46 - Authorizing President and General Counsel to enter amendment of .TEL Registry Agreement to accept the proposed change in fee structure: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-29jun07.htm
Resolution __.2007, __.2007 - Approval of .TEL amendment to amend Whois provisions of Registry Agreement to comply with UK and EU data protection laws: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-18dec07.htm
Other resolutions TBD

Additional Information:

.TEL Registry Agreement and Amendments: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/tel/
7 April 2006: ICANN Posts Proposed Registry Ageement with Telnic (the .TEL Registry)
26 April 2007: ICANN Opens Public Comment Period on ICANN Fee Amendment from .TEL
For information on the introduction of sTLDs in 2003 - 2004, please refer to:http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/
To review public comments submitted on the 2003 round, refer to: http://forum.icann.org/mtg-cmts/stld-rfp-comments/general/index.html
To review the Status Reports on the 2003 round, refer to: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/PostsTLDStatusRpt.pdf
15 December 2003 - New sTLD Application: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/new-stld-rfp/new-stld-application-parta-15dec03.htm
24 June 2003 - Request for Proposals, Establishment of new sTLDs (Draft for Public Comment): http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/new-stld-rfp/new-stld-rfp-24jun03.htm
19 March 2004 - Status Report on sTLD Evaluation Process: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/stld-status-report.pdf
Some analysis of the sTLD program is available in Staff's 24 September 2004 report on a strategy for introducing New gTLDs, at http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/new-gtld-strategy.pdf, and additional information can be found in the documentation of the New gTLD program, at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/related-en.htm.
The resolution does not address funding for the items identified therein.