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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>FYI - Materials for discussion at an ICANN meeting are to be published no later than three business weeks (15 working days) before the start of the meeting. By my calculations that makes the deadline Monday, 15 November.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Craig Schwartz<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Chief gTLD Registry Liaison<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Adrian Kinderis<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 11, 2010 4:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Council GNSO'<br><b>Subject:</b> [council] Is the new TLD program delayed already?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>Chuck,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>Forget the rhetoric but is there any truth to the core point that is raised (given the timelines?).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>Perhaps we can direct a question to staff?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>Adrian Kinderis<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><span lang=EN-AU><a href="http://domainincite.com/is-the-new-tld-program-already-delayed/">Is the new TLD program already delayed?</a><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><a href="http://domainincite.com/about">Kevin Murphy</a>, November 10, 2010, 12:34:15 (UTC), <a href="http://domainincite.com/category/domain-registries/" title="View all posts in Domain Registries">Domain Registries</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span lang=EN-AU>ICANN has missed the first target date on its recently approved new top-level domains launch timetable.</span></strong><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU>The organization was due to publish its proposed final Applicant Guidebook for public comment yesterday, but has failed to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU><a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/jintlaw/status/2202733633343488">Rumor</a> has it that it could be tomorrow or Friday before the AGB is published.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU>Could there be a knock-on effect? Does this mean that the process as a whole, scheduled to see the first round of new TLD applications open May 30, 2011, is already delayed?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU>Be warned, I’m just thinking aloud here. This is pure, idle speculation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU>Two thoughts occur to me. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU>First, does this delay mean that ICANN will not be able to vote on the AGB at its December 10 meeting, as planned?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU>Second, does this delay create a scenario in which the program’s opponents will be able to lobby for further delays?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU>The original, quite tight <a href="http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/new-gtld-work-plan-28oct10-en.pdf">timetable</a> called for a November 9 AGB publication date and the immediate launch of a 30-day public comment period. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU>Doors would have closed to feedback on December 9, the day before the next ICANN board meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU>With the AGB publication deadline now missed, and if ICANN otherwise sticks to its plan, a 30-day comment window would still be open when the board convenes in Cartagena.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU>Since ICANN is not in the habit of voting on issues that are still subject to open comment periods, my guess is that its best bet now will be to tighten the schedule.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU>While the board has seemingly okayed 30 days for community input, I’m not sure how binding that is, and my reading of ICANN’s bylaws suggests that it could be quite easily be reduced to anything as short as 21 days.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU>A comment period that lasted beyond December 10 would enable an organization opposed to the new TLD program to submit comments after the vote has been cast, allowing no time for the board to consider them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU>This seemingly counter-intuitive move would however create grounds for a subsequent Reconsideration Request if the AGB is approved in Colombia, potentially delaying the process.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU>Would this be a clever strategy? I doubt it. Reconsideration Requests rarely work, and are hardly the most effective way to have your views heard within ICANN. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU>Still, these are strange times, and <a href="http://domainincite.com/icann-drops-the-bomb-%e2%80%93-registries-can-buy-registrars/">anything seems possible</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU>One thing is certain, given the enthusiastic reception the recent <a href="http://domainincite.com/new-tld-applications-to-open-may-2011/">publication of the timetable</a> received, it will be dispiriting to many today to see that ICANN has already missed its first deliverable date.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>