Hello Donna and everyone,

While staff can’t answer the specific questions you ask below, perhaps the text of the NGPC resolution on the closed generics issue, as well as the rationale provided alongside, can be helpful as some background and context as the Council continues to deliberate this topic: https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-new-gtld-2015-06-21-en#2.a

Thanks and cheers
Mary

Mary Wong
Senior Policy Director
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
Telephone: +1 603 574 4889
Email: mary.wong@icann.org


From: <owner-council@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of "Austin, Donna" <Donna.Austin@neustar.biz>
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 02:47
To: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@icann.org>, "GNSO Council List (council@gnso.icann.org)" <council@gnso.icann.org>
Subject: [council] RE: Preparation for discussion on Item 5 Letter from ICANN Board Chair on Exclusive Registry Access for gTLD Terms representing Generic Strings

Thanks for the prompt Glen.

 

I have a question for those on the Council who are much more familiar with the New gTLD PDP. Is the GAC advice that the NGPC adopted inconsistent with the original policy? And if it is, should the NGPC be informed accordingly.

 

If I understand the issue correctively, there were a number of applicants who sought to operate closed generic TLDs (or exclusive registry access); however, as a result of the NGPC’s acceptance of GAC advice the applicant had to change their application to reflect an open registry or accept that it will not possible to operate a closed generic in the current round. The NGPC is not rejecting the remaining handful of closed generic applications, but have chosen to defer them to a subsequent round and I think this is why the Council has received the letter from Dr Crocker. It will be necessary to have address this as a policy issue in the context of the subsequent round PDP.

 

Perhaps we need a bit more of the backstory on this one.

 

Thanks

 

Donna

 

Donna Austin:Neustar, Inc.
Policy and Industry Affairs Manager

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From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Glen de Saint Géry
Sent: Tuesday, 1 September 2015 10:52 AM
To: GNSO Council List (council@gnso.icann.org) <council@gnso.icann.org>
Subject: [council] Preparation for discussion on Item 5 Letter from ICANN Board Chair on Exclusive Registry Access for gTLD Terms representing Generic Strings

 

Dear Councillors,

 

We would like to remind you of the letter from Steve Crocker to Jonathan Robinson re:  ICANN  Board New  gTLD  Program  Committee Resolution Concerning  Exclusive  Registry  Access  for  gTLD  Strings  Representing  Generic  Terms which is the subject for discussion in Item 5 on the GNSO Council agenda and noted below. There was one comment on the Council list from James Bladel and we encourage you to prepare for this discussion at the Council meeting on Thursday and perhaps also provide comments on the Council list in preparation.

 

Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Letter from ICANN Board Chair on Exclusive Registry Access for gTLD Terms representing Generic Strings (10 minutes)

On 27 July 2015 the ICANN Board Chair sent a letter to the GNSO Chair requesting that the GNSO specifically include the issue of exclusive registry access for generic strings serving a public interest goal as part of the policy work it is planning to initiate on subsequent rounds of the New gTLD Program. The GNSO was also asked to inform the Board on a regular basis with regards to progress on the issue. Here the Council will discuss the letter and decide on its response.

on the GNSO Council agenda, refers to the letter from Steve Crocker to Jonathan Robinson

 

Thank you very much.

Kind regards,

Glen

 

Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org

http://gnso.icann.org