[ALAC] Resolutions from the ICANN Board's new gTLD Program Committee meeting on 14 May 2014

[Rinalia Abdul Rahim]

Dear ALAC,

The items on .amazon and review mechanism for inconsistent expert
determination on string confusion objection may be of interest.

Where there is no resolution taken is due to the need for more discussion.

Attached doc provides a better overview of the NGPC decisions from its
meeting on Wednesday May 14th.

Best regards,

Rinalia
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http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-new-gtld-14may14-en.htm
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> 1.Consent Agenda:
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> a.  Approval of Minutes
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> Resolved (2014.05.14.NG01), the ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee
(NGPC) approves the minutes of the 22 March, 26 March and 3-4 April 2014
NGPC meetings.
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> 2. Main Agenda:
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>         a. Remaining Items from Beijing, Durban, Buenos Aires, and
Singapore GAC Advice
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> Whereas, the GAC met during the ICANN 46 meeting in Beijing and issued a
Communiqué on 11 April 2013 ("Beijing Communiqué").
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> Whereas, the GAC met during the ICANN 47 meeting in Durban and issued a
Communiqué on 18 July 2013 ("Durban Communiqué").
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> Whereas, the GAC met during the ICANN 48 meeting in Buenos Aires and
issued a Communiqué on 20 November 2013 ("Buenos Aires Communiqué").
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> Whereas, the GAC met during the ICANN 49 meeting in Singapore and issued
a Communiqué on 27 March 2014, which was amended on 16 April 2014
("Singapore Communiqué").
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> Whereas, the NGPC adopted scorecards to respond to certain items of the
GAC's advice, which were adopted on 4 June 2013, 10 September 2013, 28
September 2013 and 5 February 2014.
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> Whereas, the NGPC has developed another iteration of the scorecard to
respond to certain remaining items of GAC advice in the Beijing Communiqué,
the Durban Communiqué, the Buenos Aires Communiqué, and new advice in the
Singapore Communiqué.
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> 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.
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> Resolved (2014.05.14.NG02), the NGPC adopts the scorecard titled "GAC
Advice (Beijing, Durban, Buenos Aires and Singapore): Actions and Updates"
(14 May 2014), attached as Annex 1 [
http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-new-gtld-annex-1-14may14-en.pdf]
to this Resolution, in response to open items of Beijing, Durban,
Buenos
Aires and Singapore GAC advice as presented in the scorecard.
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>         b.  GAC Advice on .AMAZON (and related IDNs)
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> Whereas, the GAC met during the ICANN 47 meeting in Durban and issued a
Communiqué on 18 July 2013 ("Durban Communiqué").
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> Whereas, the GAC advised the ICANN Board in its Durban Communiqué that
the GAC reached "consensus on GAC Objection Advice according to Module 3.1
part I of the Applicant Guidebook on the following applications: [t]he
application for .amazon (application number 1-1315-58086) and related IDNs
in Japanese (application number 1-1318-83995) and Chinese (application
number 1-1318-5591)." This item of GAC advice is identified in the GAC
Register of Advice as 2013-07-18-Obj-Amazon.
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> 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.
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> Resolved (2014.05.14.NG03), the NGPC accepts the GAC advice identified in
the GAC Register of Advice as 2013-07-18-Obj-Amazon, and directs the
President and CEO, or his designee, that the applications for .AMAZON
(application number 1-1315-58086) and related IDNs in Japanese (application
number 1-1318-83995) and Chinese (application number 1-1318-5581) filed by
Amazon EU S.à r.l. should not proceed. By adopting the GAC advice, the NGPC
notes that the decision is without prejudice to the continuing efforts by
Amazon EU S.à r.l. and members of the GAC to pursue dialogue on the
relevant issues.
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>         c.  Perceived Inconsistent String Confusion Objection Expert
Determinations – Review Mechanism
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> No resolution taken.
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>         d.  New gTLD Auction Rules
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> No resolution taken.
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>         e.  New gTLD Program Financial Update
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> Item not considered.
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> Published on 16 May 2014
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