http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-15apr11-en.htm
New Draft of the Applicant Guidebook for New gTLDs is Available for Public Comment
15 April 2011
Guidebook and Public
Comment Forum
ICANN has posted for public comment today the April 2011 Discussion Draft of the New gTLD Applicant Guidebook.
In keeping with the
draft timeline [PDF, 117 KB] approved by the ICANN Board at its meeting in San Francisco, this draft of the Applicant Guidebook will be open for
comment for 30 days, through 15 May 2011.
This posting includes a "track changes" version of the six modules of the Applicant Guidebook, along with a
series of new Explanatory Memos related to changes made as a result of the recent consultations between ICANN's Board and Governmental Advisory Committee:
These memos were developed to document the latest position on these topics by taking into account the current
thinking, discussions and public comments received. Each memo not only reflects GAC advice but also contains the reasoning and rationale on each of the relevant issues regarding the launch of the New gTLD Program and Applicant Guidebook.
Also being posted today is the
ICANN Reply [PDF, 275 KB] to the GAC Comments (on the ICANN
Board's Notes on the GAC Scorecard).
Keeping with the draft timeline, ICANN plans post a final version of the guidebook by 30 May 2011, in time for
consideration of the New gTLD implementation program at an extraordinary meeting of the ICANN Board to be held on Monday, 20 June 2011, at the ICANN meetings in
Singapore.
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