http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-new-gtld-10sep13-... Approved Resolutions | Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee 10 September 2013 1. Consent Agenda: a. Approval of NGPC Meeting Minutes Resolved (2013.09.10.NG01), the Board approves the minutes of the 13 July 2013 and 17 July 2013 New gTLD Program Committee Meetings. 2. Main Agenda: a. Update on String Similarity No resolution taken. b. BGC recommendation on Reconsideration Request 13-5 Whereas, Booking.com B.V.'s ("Booking.com") Reconsideration Request, Request 13-5, sought reconsideration of the ICANN staff action of 26 February 2013, when the results of the String Similarity Panel were posted for the New gTLD Program, placing the applications for .hotels and .hoteis into a string similarity contention set. Whereas, the BGC considered the issues raised in Reconsideration Request 13-5. Whereas, the BGC recommended that Reconsideration Request 13-5 be denied because Booking.com has not stated proper grounds for reconsideration. Resolved (2013.09.10.NG02), the New gTLD Program Committee adopts the BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 13-5, which can be found at http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/governance/reconsideration/recommendati... [PDF, 117 KB]. c. GAC Communiqué Durban - Scorecard Whereas, the GAC met during the ICANN 47 meeting in Durban and issued a Communiqué on 18 July 2013 ("Durban Communiqué"). Whereas, on 1 August 2013, ICANN posted the Durban Communiqué and officially notified applicants of the advice <http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-01aug13-en>, triggering the 21-day applicant response period pursuant to the Applicant Guidebook Module 3.1. Whereas, the NGPC met on 12 August 2013 to consider a plan for responding to the GAC's advice on the New gTLD Program, transmitted to the Board through its Durban Communiqué. Whereas, the NGPC has considered the applicant responses submitted during the 21- day applicant response period, and the NGPC has identified items of advice in the attached scorecard where its position is consistent with the GAC's advice in the Durban Communiqué. Whereas, the NGPC developed a scorecard to respond to the GAC's advice in the Durban Communiqué similar to the one used to address the Beijing Advice as well as during the GAC and the Board meetings in Brussels on 28 February and 1 March 2011, and has identified where the NGPC's position is consistent with GAC advice, noting those as "1A" items. 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 (2013.09.10.NG03), the NGPC adopts the "ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee Scorecard in response to GAC Durban Communiqué" (10 September 2013), attached as Annex 1 to this Resolution, in response to the items of GAC advice in the Durban Communiqué as presented in the scorecard. d. GAC Communiqué Beijing - Scorecard No resolution taken. e. GAC Communiqué Beijing - Category 1 No resolution taken. f. ALAC Statement on the Preferential Treatment for Community Applications in String Contention No resolution taken. g. ALAC Statement on Community Expertise in Community Priority Evaluation No resolution taken. h. AOB No resolution taken. Published on 12 September 2013