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-- Updated Proposed .MUSEUM sTLD Registry Agreement Posted for Public Comment
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http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-31aug07.htm
Updated Proposed .MUSEUM sTLD
Registry Agreement Posted for Public Comment
31 August 2007
An
updated version of the proposed .MUSEUM sponsorship agreement is posted today
for public comment. The amendment from the previous draft agreement is a result
of significant collaboration between the registry sponsor and community
members. The updated agreement is posted today with the intention of submitting
it to the ICANN Board for approval after the 30-day comment period.
Background
The
proposed .MUSEUM sTLD registry agreement and appendices were originally posted
for public comment on 2 March 2007 (http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-02mar07.htm).
After consultation with the community an amendment was made to Appendix S of
the agreement that describes some of the duties and rights of the registry
sponsor, MuseDoma. (Amended
Proposed .MUSEUM Appendices [PDF, 141K])
During
the public comment period that was open through 23 March 2007, concern was
expressed about proposed language in Part VII of Appendix S, that allowed for
up to 5,000 domain names to be directly managed by MuseDoma. This language was
created by MuseDoma recognizing that the “wildcard” capability that was allowed
in the original agreement was eliminated from this renewal agreement. (For more
on “wildcards” see, http://www.icann.org/committees/security/sac015.htm.)
On
27 March 2007, at ICANN’s public meeting in
Amendment
|
Original Language |
Proposed Language |
|
Sponsor
may register up to 5,000 domain names directly with the Registry Operator and
keep these names under direct management until the conclusion of its
designation by ICANN as the Sponsor for the Sponsored TLD. |
Recognizing
that: i) the charter of the .MUSEUM top-level domain is sufficiently
restrictive so that it has appeal to a small, identifiable and limited
community, and that said restrictions have created conditions that
substantially limit market demand and as a result, registrar uptake; ii)
MuseDoma is a not-for-profit entity as is the community it is required to
serve by the definition of its charter; and iii) MuseDoma makes available to
its community members under certain conditions, at no cost, third-level
domain names. Therefore, MuseDoma is permitted to maintain up to 4,000 domain
names directly with the Registry Operator and keep these names under direct
management for purposes stated in iii) of this Section until the conclusion
of its designation by ICANN as the Sponsor for the Sponsored TLD. |
No
other changes have been made to the version of the agreement posted on 2 March
2007. As previously reported, the proposed agreement is for a ten-year term,
and provides for:
- the elimination of the wildcard;
- ICANN fees based on the total number of
registrations;
- continuation of the existing requirements for:
- compliance with consensus and
temporary policies except to the extent policy development has been
delegated to the sponsoring organization;
- comprehensive registry data
escrow; and,
- approval of new registry
services and modifications to existing registry services.
Comments
on the updated proposed agreement can be posted to museum-renewal-2007@icann.org
no later than 5:00PM PST, 30 September 2007 and viewed at http://forum.icann.org/lists/museum-renewal-2007.
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