Historical Resolution Tracking Feature » 2007-11-02 - .MUSEUM Renewal Agreement

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2007-11-02 - .MUSEUM Renewal Agreement

Resolution of the ICANN Board

Topic:

Renewal of .Museum Agreement

Summary:

Board approves the .MUSEUM agreement, and authorizes the President to take such actions as appropriate to implement the agreement.

Category:

gTLDs

Meeting Date:

Fri, 2 Nov 2007

Resolution Number:

07.103

URL for Resolution:

http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-02nov07.htm

Status:

Complete

Implementation Actions:

Execute .MUSEUM Sponsorship Agreement Renewal
- Responsible entity: ICANN Staff
- Due date: None specified
- Completion date: 3 November 2007

Resolution Text:

Whereas, ICANN staff conducted good-faith negotiations with MuseDoma, sponsor for the .MUSEUM sponsored top-level domain, for the renewal of their sponsorship agreement.

Whereas, on 2 March 2007, ICANN announced that negotiations with MuseDoma had been completed, and posted the proposed .MUSEUM renewal agreement for public comment at http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-02mar07.htm.

Whereas, the ICANN Board of Directors, on 30 March 2007, passed a resolution http://www.icann.org/minutes/resolutions-30mar07.htm#_Toc36876532 granting an extension to the current agreement to permit additional time to negotiate the renewal agreement.

Whereas, on 31 August 2007, ICANN posted an updated agreement http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-31aug07.htm that addressed community concerns voiced in the original public comment period (2-23 March 2007) and at the registrar constituency meeting in Lisbon (27 March 2007) and opened a new public comment period from 31 August through 30 September 2007.

Whereas, the Board carefully considered the proposed renewal agreement, public comments, and the sponsor's responses, and finds that approval of the proposed renewal agreement would be beneficial for ICANN and the Internet community.

Resolved (07.103), the .MUSEUM agreement is approved, and the President is authorized to take such actions as appropriate to implement the 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
Board approval of extension of renewal period for .MUSEUM sTLD Agreement, at http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-30mar07.htm
Resolutions other than those that are listed above are TBD.

Additional Information:

.MUSEUM TLD Sponsorship Agreement: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/museum/&nbsp
Proposed .MUSEUM sTLD Registry Agreement Posted for Public Comment on 2 March 2007: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-02mar07.htm
Updated agreement posted 31 August 2007: http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-31aug07.htm
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.