[bc-gnso] ICANN Board approves resolution to allow .AMAZON to proceed

Thu Oct 25 09:53:45 UTC 2018

Here’s the scribe feed from today’s board meeting in Barcelona:

>>GORAN MARBY:   THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH A STATEMENT WHERE I RECOGNIZE BOTH AMAZON THE COMPANY AND THE COUNTRIES IN THE ACTO REGIONS WHO HAS OVER A YEAR DELIBERATELY WORKED TOGETHER TO FIND A SOLUTION WHICH IS WORKABLE FOR -- WHO BOTH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE HISTORICAL INTEREST OF THE PEOPLES IN THE AMAZONIA AS WELL AS THE INTEREST OF THE COMPANY.
AND INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE -- FOR THE -- THE WRITTEN TEXT, WHAT WE IN PRACTICE HAS DONE IS, THROUGH FACILITATION PROCESS, CONSTRUCTED A SHARED DELEGATION OF .AMAZON, WHERE THE COMPANY HAS OR WILL PROVIDE COMMITMENTS TO THE ACTO COUNTRIES HOW THE .AMAZON WILL BE USED IN THE FUTURE.
AND THE DECISION IS TODAY IS TO DELEGATE IT FORWARDED TO ME TO FINALIZE THOSE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THOSE COUNTRIES.  AND I'M ALSO FORMALLY SAYING YES TO THE INVITATION TO GO TO BRAZIL FROM THE ACTO COUNTRIES TO THEIR -- TO FINISH OFF THE LAST ROUND OF DISCUSSIONS.  THANK YOU.
>>CHERINE CHALABY:   CAN WE PUT THE RESOLUTION ON THE SCREEN?  GORAN, YOU MAY WANT TO READ THE RESOLUTION.  THERE'S ONLY TWO RESOLVED.
>>GORAN MARBY:   RESOLVED, THE BOARD DIRECTS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEE TO REMOVE THE "WILL NOT PROCEED" STATUS AND RESUME PROCESSING OF THE .AMAZON'S APPLICATIONS ACCORDING TO THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE 2012 ROUND OF THE NEW gTLD PROGRAM.  THIS INCLUDES THE PUBLICATION OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST COMMITMENTS AS WELL AS AS PROPOSED BY THE AMAZON CORPORATION COORDINATING TO THE ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES OF THE NEW gTLD PROGRAM.
RESOLVED, THE BOARD DIRECTS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HIS DESIGNEES TO PROVIDE REGULAR UPDATES TO THE BOARD ON THE STATUS OF THE .AMAZON APPLICATIONS.
>>CHERINE CHALABY:   WHO WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS RESOLUTION?  LEON.  WHO WANTS TO SECOND?  YOU WANT TO SECOND?  GORAN WILL SECOND.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION?
  KHALED.
>>KHALED KOUBAA:   IT'S NOT A QUESTION.  ACTUALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK GORAN AS WELL AND HIS TEAM FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING TO HELP THE BRIDGE BETWEEN .AMAZON -- BETWEEN AMAZON CORPORATION AND THE ACTO.  IT HAS BEEN A LONGSTANDING ISSUE, AND THE TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT WORK.  SO THANK YOU, GORAN, AND YOUR TEAM.
>>GORAN MARBY:   THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS.
>>CHERINE CHALABY:   ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
RON, AND THEN -- AND THEN LEON.
>>RON DA SILVA:   THAN.
>>RON DA SILVA:  THANK YOU, CHERINE.  WE HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE PUBLIC INTEREST COMMITMENT COMPONENT IN THIS AND THE PRECEDENT THAT SETS NOT JUST FOR THIS PARTICULAR STRING BUT GOING FORWARD HOW THAT MAY SET A NICE PRECEDENT IN HOW WE ADDRESS SIMILAR COMPLICATED MATTERS GOING FORWARD.  AND I REALLY VALUE THAT OUTCOME FROM THIS PROCESS AND LOOK FORWARD TO HOW THAT'S GOING TO HELP US, I THINK, IN THE FUTURE IN SIMILAR  SITUATIONS.
>>CHERINE CHALABY:  THANK YOU.  LEON.
>>LEON SANCHEZ:  THANKS,  CHERINE.  I'M GOING TO SPEAK IN SPANISH.  I'D LIKE TO THANK THE ORGANIZATION FOR ITS EFFORT AND ESPECIALLY I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF THE GOVERNMENTS INVOLVED, COMPROMISE OF THE AMAZONIA TREATY AND THE WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE COMPANIES WHICH HAVE WORKED WITH THE TOP-LEVEL DOMAINS.  I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK ICANN EXECUTIVES WHICH HAVE  FACILITATED THESE DISCUSSIONS.  I BELIEVE THERE IS NO PRECEDENT THAT SHOWS THE GOODWILL OF ALL PARTIES INVOLVED TO FIND A GOOD SOLUTION.
>>CHERINE CHALABY:  OKAY.  ANY OTHER COMMENTS?  NO?  I'M GOING TO CALL FOR THE VOTE FIRST.
THOSE WHO ARE FOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>>MULTIPLE VOICES:  AYE.
>>CHERINE CHALABY:  ANY ABSTENTION?  BECKY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO STATE THE REASONS?
>>BECKY BURR:  YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  MY EMPLOYER,  NEUSTAR, IS THE REGISTRY SERVICES PROVIDER FOR THIS AND APPLICATION AND SO TO AVOID ANY APPEARANCE OF CONFLICT, I HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED IN THESE DISCUSSIONS.
>>CHERINE CHALABY:  THANK YOU, BECKY.
ANY OTHER ABSTENTIONS?
OKAY.  ANYONE AGAINST?
THANK YOU.  THE RESOLUTION IS PASSED.

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