Historical Resolution Tracking Feature » 2006-06-30 - AERO Renewal of Registry Agreement Issues

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2006-06-30 - AERO Renewal of Registry Agreement Issues

Resolution of the ICANN Board

Topic:

Renewal of .AERO agreement

Summary:

Board authorizes staff to negotiate renewal of .AERO agreement.

Category:

gTLDs

Meeting Date:

Fri, 30 Jun 2006

Resolution Number:

06.44

URL for Resolution:

http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-30jun06.htm

Status:

Complete

Implementation Actions:

Conduct negotiations for renewal of .AERO agreement.
- Responsible entity: ICANN Staff
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: 19 December 2008

Resolution Text:

Dave Wodelet introduced a resolution, seconded by Veni Markovski

Whereas, SITA currently serves as the Sponsor of the. AERO top-level domain under its 2001 contract with ICANN;

Whereas, SITA has submitted a renewal proposal to ICANN and ICANN has posted the proposal for public comment as required by the. AERO sponsorship agreement;

Whereas, ICANN has carefully reviewed the public comments submitted and determined that none raise a substantial question about whether renewal of SITA's agreement would be in the best interest of the sponsored TLD community and the global Internet community;

Following discussion, a vote was taken on the resolution, which the Board unanimously adopted by a 11-0 vote.

Resolved (06.44), ICANN staff is authorized to enter into negotiations with SITA for a renewal of the .AERO Sponsorship Agreement .

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
Renewal of .AERO agreement: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-03feb09.htm
Other resolutions TBD.

Additional Information:

.AERO Registry Agreement: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/aero/
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.