De : Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>

Objet : Joint Applicant Support (JAS) Final Report / ALAC Ratification

Date : 8 octobre 2011 00:02:26 HAEC

À : Steve Crocker <steve@shinkuro.com>

Cc : secretary@icann.org, Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@indom.com>, Sébastien Bachollet <sebastien@bachollet.com>, ICANN AtLarge Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org>, Liz Gasster <liz.gasster@icann.org>, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>, Karla Valente <karla.valente@icann.org>, Kurt Pritz <kurt.pritz@icann.org>

Dear Steve,


I am pleased to inform you that the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) has ratified the following ALAC Resolution:

-- start of resolution --

WHEREAS the ALAC has long supported the requirement of reducing barriers to Top Level Domain (TLD) creation in developing economies; and

WHEREAS the ALAC has co-chartered the Joint Applicant Support Working Group (JAS WG) and welcomed the participation of many At-Large members in its activities; and

WHEREAS the ALAC has reviewed and endorsed earlier milestone reports of this Working Group; and

WHEREAS the JAS WG has produced a Final Report for consideration by the ICANN community that has been reviewed by At-Large;

RESOLVED THAT the ALAC endorses the Final Report of the JAS Working Group and urges the ICANN Board to implement its recommendations; and

RESOLVED THAT the ALAC thanks the community volunteers and ICANN staff whose work contributed - and continues to contribute - to the advancement of the JAS WG mandate.

--- end of resolution --

With 14 out of 15 ALAC members voting, the ALAC vote result was 14 in favour, 0 against and 0 objections.

The resolution is therefore carried unanimously by the ALAC.

You may review the process by which the ALAC vote took place on page:
https://community.icann.org/x/9gKpAQ

Please be so kind to find a copy of the JAS Applicant Support Working Group Final Report enclosed for your immediate transmittal to the ICANN Board. I trust that this will become a key item on the Board Agenda.

Please find also enclosed, appended below my email, the correspondence I have received from Stéphane Van Gelder, GNSO Council Chair, indicating that the GNSO Council has approved a motion to forward the final Report of the JAS WG to the ICANN Board for review. Details of the motion found below.

Finally, let me remind you that volunteers and staff have worked very hard throughout the summer in order to have this report ready for the ICANN Board to have enough time to initiate the process by which its recommendations will be adopted by the Board during the ICANN DAKAR meeting. The Community has responded to the Board's call for action in Nairobi and in Cartagena. The Board must now respond equally as quickly to the Community's resolve that launching a new gTLD programme without Applicant Support would be politically incorrect for ICANN.

Best regards,

Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond
ALAC Chair


-------- Original message --------

Sujet:	JAS Final Report
Date :	Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:41:48 +0200
De :	Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@indom.com>
Pour :	Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>
Copie à :	Council GNSO <council@gnso.icann.org>

Olivier,

In my capacity as GNSO Council Chair, it is my pleasure to inform you, in your capacity as ALAC Chair, that the Council voted to approve the motion shown below during its meeting today.

Best,

Stéphane Van Gelder

GNSO Council Chair

Whereas:

The GNSO Council and ALAC established the Joint SO/AC Working Group (JASWG) on support for new gTLD applicants in April of 2010; and

The Joint SO/AC Working Group released its second Milestone Report, posted for consideration by the Board, Chartering Organizations and at-large Community. This report documented the completion of work as defined in the extended charter and,

The Joint SO/AC Working Group received and discussed the public comments, and

The Joint SO/AC Working Group has completed the enumerated items as defined in its extended charter and has published a final report (https://community.icann.org/display/jaswg/JAS+Issues+and+Recommendations#) on 14 September 2011 covering those chartered items (http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#20110113-1) entitled Final Report of the Joint SO/AC new GTLD applicant support working group. and

The Joint SO/AC Working Group is still in the process of completing some last tasks including completion of the formal documentation of the comment responses for the second milestone community review, and

The GNSO council has not had a chance to review the Final Report nor digest any of its contents,

However, the GNSO Council does not wish to delay implementation of support programs for applicants from developing regions,

Resolved:

The GNSO Council thanks the members of the Joint SO/AC Working Group for its efforts and its dedication to completing these work items on such a tight schedule, and

The GNSO Council approves forwarding the final Report to the ICANN Board for review and approval, but reserves its right to provide comments to the ICANN Board on all of the recommendations contained therein; and

The GNSO Council request ICANN staff begin working on  develop an implementation plan following the JAS WG of therecommendations, subject to comments received from the GNSO community , and

The GNSO Council requests that ICANN staff publish the implementation plan for public comment prior to consideration by the ICANN Board, and

The GNSO Council requests that the Joint SO/AC Working Group complete the publication of its formal Milestone 2 response document as quickly as possible, and

The GNSO Council requests that the Joint SO/AC Working Group remain on call to review the outcome of the ICANN implementation of the JAS recommendations.

Resolved further, that the GNSO Council instructs the GNSO Chair to communicate its decision to the ALAC Chair.