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new gTLD Program Committee resolution regarding Specification 13 of the new gTLD registry agreement
by Bruce Tonkin April 6, 2014

April 6, 2014

From: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-new-gtld-26mar14… Approval of Registry Agreement Specification 13 for Brand Category of Applicants Whereas, on 2 July 2013, the ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) approved the form of the New gTLD Registry Agreement to be entered into by ICANN and successful New gTLD applicants. Whereas, the Brand Registry Group engaged with ICANN regarding modifications to the New gTLD Registry Agreement to address concerns of their constituents. Whereas, on 6 December 2013, ICANN posted for public comment a proposed Specification 13 to the New gTLD Registry Agreement http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/base-agreement-spec-13-proposed… [PDF, 80 KB] ("Specification 13"), which if adopted would provide limited accommodations to registry operators of TLDs that qualify as ".Brand TLDs." Whereas, the proposed Specification 13 was revised in response to the public comments, including the removal of a provision allowing a registry operator of a .BRAND TLD to designate one or more ICANN accredited registrars as the exclusive registrar(s) for the TLD in response to a comment submitted by a group of eleven registrars. An update to the community and a revised draft was posted on the ICANN Blog on 14 March 2014 (http://blog.icann.org/2014/03/summary-and-analysis-of-specification-13-publ… ). Whereas, on 25 March 2014 the NGPC received notification from the group of registrars that submitted the joint comment referenced above during the public comment period that it no longer objected to the inclusion of a provision allowing a registry operator of a .BRAND TLD to be limited to using no more than two registrars at one time. Whereas, the NGPC takes specific note of Policy Recommendation 19 in the GNSO's Final Report on the Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains (8 August 2007), which provides that "registries must use only ICANN accredited registrars in registering domain names and may not discriminate among such accredited registrars." Whereas, the NGPC has considered all of the comments received from the community, and has determined that the revised Specification 13 provides appropriate and limited accommodations to registry operators of TLDs that qualify as .Brand TLDs. Whereas, the NGPC is undertaking this action pursuant to the authority granted to it by the Board on 10 April 2012, to exercise the ICANN Board's authority for any and all issues that may arise relating to the New gTLD Program. Resolved (2014.03.26.NG01), the NGPC approves Specification 13 to the New gTLD Registry Agreement attached to this Resolution as Annex 1 (http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-new-gtld-annex-1… ) [PDF, 106 KB] (which does not include the clause allowing a .Brand registry operator to designate a limited number preferred registrars for the TLD), and authorizes the President and CEO, or his designee, to take all necessary steps to implement Specification 13 to the New gTLD Registry Agreement consistent with this resolution. Resolved (2014.03.26.NG02), the NGPC approves the incorporation of the additional clause identified below into Specification 13. Implementation will not take effect until 45 days from the publication of this resolution to: (i) provide the GNSO Council an opportunity to advise ICANN as to whether the GNSO Council believes that this additional provision is inconsistent with the letter and intent of GNSO Policy Recommendation 19 on the Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains; or (ii) advise ICANN that the GNSO Council needs additional time for review, including an explanation as to why additional time is required. "The second sentence of Section 2.9(a) of the Agreement is superseded by the following: Subject to the requirements of Specification 11, Registry Operator must either (i) provide non-discriminatory access to Registry Services to all ICANN accredited registrars that enter into and are in compliance with the registry-registrar agreement for the TLD; provided that Registry Operator may establish non-discriminatory criteria for qualification to register names in the TLD that are reasonably related to the proper functioning of the TLD, or (ii) designate no more than three ICANN accredited registrars at any point in time to serve as the exclusive registrar(s) for the TLD." A .BRAND TLD registry operator may amend its Specification 13 to incorporate this provision upon request as part of implementation. The President and CEO, or his designee, is authorized to take all necessary steps to implement this provision in Specification 13 to the New gTLD Registry Agreement consistent with this resolution.

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Credit where credit is due
by john＠crediblecontext.com April 1, 2014

April 1, 2014

All, Setting aside the fact that we were scheduled from dawn til dusk at the just concluded ICANN 49 in Singapore, I wanted to say I was not just tired but proud to be a part of such a group of (not too serious) people who seem to have their heads screwed on straight. I was glad to have such role models! As for a single take-away from the more than 24 hours we spent together, I have to credit Volker Greimann for putting it into words: "I'd rather be presumptuous than mute." Not a bad motto, eh? Cheers, Berard

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Regarding the Board's process for reviewing the GNSO's policy recommendations on the Protection of IGO and INGO Identifiers in All gTLDs
by Bruce Tonkin April 1, 2014

April 1, 2014

Hello All, Attached are the slides used in the public forum yesterday. I edited the last slide to make clear that the Board may convene a meeting (in response to Jeff Neumann's question), and that ALAC would also be invited as one of the ICANN SO/ACs that had provided input on the topic (in response to Sébastien Bachollet's request). Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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Singapore meeting transcripts
by Glen de Saint Géry March 31, 2014

March 31, 2014

Dear All, Please find the transcripts of the meeting held in Singapore posted on page http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar#mar and the specific meeting pages on the full schedule: http://singapore49.icann.org/en/schedule-full in particular: http://singapore49.icann.org/en/schedule/sun-gnso-working http://singapore49.icann.org/en/schedule/sat-gnso-working If you need more specific information please contact gnso-secs(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org> Thank you very much, Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org<http://gnso.icann.org/>

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Agenda for new gTLD program committee (NGPC) meeting - 3 April 2014
by Bruce Tonkin March 31, 2014

March 31, 2014

From: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/agenda-new-gtld-03apr14-en.h… 3 April 2014 Main Agenda: 1. Applications for .vin and .wine 2. GAC Communiqué - Singapore Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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GAC GNSO early engagement group status-update slides
by Mike O'Connor March 27, 2014

March 27, 2014

hi all, i walked out of somewhere with an action-item to send out a copy of this slide deck to the Council list. i can’t remember the context — thus proving that my brain has been reduced to algae by this meeting. mikey PHONE: 651-647-6109, FAX: 866-280-2356, WEB: www.haven2.com, HANDLE: OConnorStP (ID for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.)

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thank you
by Reed, Daniel A March 27, 2014

March 27, 2014

I would like to thank everyone on the council and the ICANN staff for their kindness in welcoming me and for taking the time to explain context for many of the issues we are discussing. Thank you, Dan Daniel A. Reed Vice President for Research and Economic Development Computational Science and Bioinformatics Chair Professor of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Medicine University of Iowa [cid:3437220290_21078] Skypeid: hpcdan Email: dan-reed(a)uiowa.edu<mailto:dan-reed@uiowa.edu> Telephone: +1 319 335-2132

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Please participate - Singapore meeting survey
by Marika Konings March 27, 2014

March 27, 2014

Dear All, As discussed, please participate in the following survey to provide your feedback on the GNSO related meetings at the ICANN meeting in Singapore that will help prepare us in our planning efforts for the ICANN meeting in London. Please feel free to share this with your respective communities. To participate, please go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JB5MDBH. Thanks, Marika

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Background information on the previous GNSO review
by Marika Konings March 27, 2014

March 27, 2014

Dear All, Following John's question concerning documentation on the previous GNSO review, you can find all the relevant information here http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/inactive/2012/improvements, including the Final Report of the BCG (http://www.icann.org/topics/gnso-improvements/gnso-improvements-report-03fe b08.pdf). Best regards, Marika

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IDN Variants: appointment of expert panels & background information
by Mary Wong March 27, 2014

March 27, 2014

Hi all Here are the documents relating to the appointment of experts and advisors for the IDN Variant Project: * The call for experts to the 17 different Label Generation Ruleset (LGR) Panels (one for each identified language/script) that are currently being constituted, who will prepare a proposed LGR for that specific language/script and whose output will be reviewed and synthesized by an Integration Panel - http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en. pdf * The call for advisors to the LGR Panels and the Integration Panels, anticipating that ICANN staff will also provide administrative or policy expertise on an as-needed basis to supplement that provided by the appointed advisors - http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds/advisors-lgr-panels-06jun 13-en.pdf * ICANN's announcement of who was selected for the Integration Panel and as an advisor, noting that additional advisors, if needed, will be selected based on the procedure (above) and on the Panel's request - https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-06sep13-en.htm Hopefully these will provide you with the necessary information relating to the scope and nature of the work of the Panels and the role of the advisors. There is also background information to the Project generally, at http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds Let us know if and when the Council would like to schedule the proposed "primer" on the IDN variant topic and ICANN's work on it, as well as the first of the proposed regular updates on the status of the Panels and Project. I've confirmed with our colleagues supporting the Project that the former can also be done in the form of a community-wide webinar for the GNSO, if preferred. Thanks and cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4892 Email: mary.wong(a)icann.org * One World. One Internet. *

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