[council] ICANN Board action: Notice of Intent to Advance Implementation of New gTLD Process

[Bruce Tonkin]

From: http://www.icann.org/minutes/resolutions-31mar06.html


Notice of Intent to Advance Implementation of New gTLD Process

Whereas, ICANN's Core Values support the introduction and promotion of
choice and competition in the registration of domain names where
practicable and beneficial in the public interest; and 

Whereas, ICANN's Generic Names Supporting Organization ("GNSO") has
launched a policy development process designed to determine specific
mechanisms for the additional introduction of new generic Top Level
Domains (gTLDs); and 

Whereas, consistent with the timelines for policy development specified
in ICANN's Bylaws, the GNSO should complete its initial report on new
gTLDs before ICANN's next public meeting in Marrakech, Morocco in June
2006; and 

Resolved (06.22), ICANN Staff is authorized and instructed to post a
"Notice of Intent to Advance Implementation of New gTLD Process," as
soon as practicable, stating that ICANN intends to advance the
implementation of a new gTLD process on or before 1 January 2007. The
Notice should instruct interested parties to monitor and participate in
the public process now underway in the GNSO; and, 

Resolved (06.23), the Board asks the GNSO to make its best efforts to
complete its initial report on new gTLDs at or before ICANN's next
public meeting in Marrakech, Morocco so that the GNSO's report can be
posted for public comment, considered by the Board and the rest of the
ICANN community, and implemented by Staff in accordance with the Board's
instructions, with sufficient time to allow for advancement of a new
gTLD process on or before 1 January 2007. 

Resolved (06.24), the Board asks the Chair to communicate this action to
ICANN's supporting organizations and advisory committees.