[ALAC] Resolutions from the Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee held in Los Angeles on 5 Feb 2014

[Alan Greenberg]

Lots of interesting stuff!  Alan


From: 
http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-new-gtld-05feb14-en.htm
From: 
http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-new-gtld-annex-2-05feb14-en.pdf 
for an additional annex 2 that relates to GAC Category 1 strings.


Approved Resolutions | Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee
5 February 2014

1.  Main Agenda

	a.  Remaining Items from Beijing, Durban and 
Buenos Aires GAC Advice: Updates and Actions 
Rationale for Resolution 2014.02.05.NG01

	b.  Discussion of Report on String Confusion 
Expert Determinations Rationale for Resolution 2014.02.05.NG02

	c.  Staff Update on Reassignment of Registry Agreements

	d.  Staff Update on Name Collision Framework


1.  Main Agenda:

	a.  Remaining Items from Beijing, Durban and 
Buenos Aires GAC Advice: Updates and Actions

Whereas, the GAC met during the ICANN 46 meeting 
in Beijing and issued a Communiqué on 11 April 2013 ("Beijing Communiqué").

Whereas, the GAC met during the ICANN 47 meeting 
in Durban and issued a Communiqué on 18 July 2013 ("Durban Communiqué").

Whereas, the GAC met during the ICANN 48 meeting 
in Buenos Aires and issued a Communiqué on 20 
November 2013 ("Buenos Aires Communiqué").

Whereas, the NGPC adopted scorecards to respond 
to certain items of the GAC's advice in the 
Beijing Communiqué and the Durban Communiqué, 
which were adopted on 4 June 2013, 10 September 2013, and 28 September 2013.

Whereas, the NGPC has developed another iteration 
of the scorecard to respond to certain remaining 
items of GAC advice in the Beijing Communiqué 
and the Durban Communiqué, and new advice in the Buenos Aires Communiqué.

Whereas, the NGPC is undertaking this action 
pursuant to the authority granted to it by the 
Board on 10 April 2012, to exercise the ICANN 
Board's authority for any and all issues that may 
arise relating to the New gTLD Program.

Resolved (2014.02.05.NG01), the NGPC adopts the 
"GAC Advice (Beijing, Durban, Buenos Aires): 
Actions and Updates" (5 February 2014), attached 
as Annex 1 
(http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-new-gtld-annex-1-05feb14-en.pdf) 
to this Resolution, in response to open items of 
Beijing, Durban and Buenos Aires GAC advice as presented in the scorecard.



	b.  Discussion of Report on String Confusion Expert Determinations

Whereas, on 10 October 2013 the Board Governance 
Committee (BGC) requested staff to draft a report 
for the NGPC on String Confusion Objections 
"setting out options for dealing with the 
situation raised within this Request, namely the 
differing outcomes of the String Confusion 
Objection Dispute Resolution process in similar 
disputes involving Amazon 's Applied-for String and TLDH's Applied-for String."

Whereas, the NGPC is considering potential paths 
forward to address the perceived inconsistent 
Expert Determinations from the New gTLD Program 
String Confusion Objections process, including 
implementing a review mechanism. The review will 
be limited to the String Confusion Objection 
Expert Determinations for .CAR/.CARS and .CAM/.COM.

Whereas, the proposed review mechanism, if 
implemented, would constitute a change to the 
current String Confusion Objection process in the New gTLD Applicant Guidebook.

Whereas, the NGPC is undertaking this action 
pursuant to the authority granted to it by the 
Board on 10 April 2012, to exercise the ICANN 
Board's authority for any and all issues that may 
arise relating to the New gTLD Program.

Resolved (2014.02.05.NG02), the NGPC directs the 
President and CEO, or his designee, to publish 
for public comment the proposed review mechanism 
for addressing perceived inconsistent Expert 
Determinations from the New gTLD Program String Confusion Objections process.



	c.   Staff Update on Reassignment of Registry Agreements

Item not considered.


	d.    Staff Update on Name Collision Framework

Item not considered.


Published on 7 February 2014
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