Hello All, From: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-07feb12-en.htm 1. Consent Agenda 1.1. Approval of Minutes of 8 December 2011 ICANN Special Board Meeting 1.2. Redelegation of the .BY domain representing Belarus to Reliable Software Inc. 2. Delegation of the .қаз ("kaz") domain representing Kazakhstan in Cyrillic 3. Public Comment Posting: Further Bylaws Changes for Revised GNSO PDP 4. Reaffirmation of second round of applications in New gTLD Program [BT note: I was not present for the discussion or voting on item 4] 1. Consent Agenda Resolved, the following resolutions in this Consent Agenda are approved: 1.1. Approval of Minutes of 8 December 2011 ICANN Special Board Meeting ======================================================================= Resolved (2012.02.07.01), the Board approves the minutes of the 8 December ICANN Regular Board Meeting. 1.2. Re-delegation of the .BY domain representing Belarus to Reliable Software Inc. ================================================================================== Whereas, BY is the ISO 3166-1 two-letter country-code designated for Belarus; Whereas, ICANN has received a request for the redelegation of .BY to Reliable Software Inc.; Whereas, ICANN has reviewed the request, and has determined that the proposed redelegation would be in the interests of the local and global Internet communities. Resolved (2012.02.07.02), the proposed redelegation of the .BY domain to Reliable Software Inc. is approved. 2. Delegation of the .қаз ("kaz") domain representing Kazakhstan in Cyrillic =========================================================================== Whereas, .қаз ("kaz"), encoded as "xn--80ao21a" is a string that has been deemed to appropriately represent Kazakhstan through the IDN Fast Track process. Whereas, ICANN has received a request for delegation of .қаз to the Association of IT companies of Kazakhstan. Whereas, ICANN has reviewed the request, and has determined that the proposed delegation would be in the interests of the local and global Internet communities. Resolved (2012.02.07.03), the proposed delegation of the .қаз domain to the Association of IT companies of Kazakhstan is approved. 3. Public Comment Posting: Further Bylaws Changes for Revised PDP ================================================================= Whereas, on 27 September 2011, the GNSO Council adopted the Updated Final Report (http://gnso.icann.org/improvements/updated-final-report-pdpwt-28sep11.pdf [PDF, 1.51 MB]) of the Policy Development Process Working Team (PDP-WT), setting out a proposed new Annex A to the ICANN Bylaws and a Policy Development Process (PDP) Manual, in fulfilment of a directive to develop a new PDP that is more effective and responsive to the GNSO's needs. Whereas, the Board adopted the new Annex A on 8 December 2011 and directed transition to the new PDP. Whereas, additional Bylaws revisions are necessary to fully implement the new PDP, including definition of new voting thresholds set out in the PDP-WT Updated Final Report. Resolved (2012.02.07.04). the ICANN Board approves the posting for public comment of further revisions to the ICANN Bylaws as necessary for the implementation of the new PDP 4. Reaffirmation of second round of applications in New gTLD Program ==================================================================== *** Prior to the consideration of this item, Board members and liaisons that have been identified as having a potential conflict of interest related to the New gTLD Program were excused from the meeting. **** Whereas, the first application window for the New gTLD Program opened on 12 January 2012 and will close on 12 April 2012. Whereas, the GNSO policy recommendations accepted by the Board on 26 June 2008 stated that ICANN should introduce new gTLDs in rounds. Whereas, in the process of forming the New gTLD Program, ICANN has committed to undertake certain work prior to initiating a second round of an application window for the New gTLD Program. Resolved (2012.02.07.05), ICANN is committed to opening a second application window for the New gTLD Program as expeditiously as possible. Resolved (2012.02.07.06), the Board directs the CEO to publish a document describing the work plan required prior to initiating a second application window for the New gTLD Program, specifically addressing the GAC requirement for assessment of trademark protections and root zone operation, and identifying other prerequisites to the next round of new gTLDs. Resolved(2012.02.07.07), the Board directs the CEO to continue working with the ICANN community to refine the work plan and address the prerequisites needed to open the second round of new gTLDs.