[At-Large] Fwd: Resolutions from the Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee held in Los Angeles on 5 Feb 2014

[Carlton Samuels]

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Carlton A Samuels
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*Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround*
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http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-new-gtld-05feb14-en.htm
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> Approved Resolutions | Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee
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> 5 February 2014
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> 1.  Main Agenda
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>    a.  Remaining Items from Beijing, Durban and Buenos Aires GAC Advice:
Updates and Actions Rationale for Resolution 2014.02.05.NG01
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>    b.  Discussion of Report on String Confusion Expert Determinations
Rationale for Resolution 2014.02.05.NG02
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>    c.  Staff Update on Reassignment of Registry Agreements
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>    d.  Staff Update on Name Collision Framework
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> 1.  Main Agenda:
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>    a.  Remaining Items from Beijing, Durban and Buenos Aires GAC Advice:
Updates and Actions
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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 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.
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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
and the Durban Communiqué, and new advice in the Buenos Aires 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 (2014.02.05.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.
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>    b.  Discussion of Report on String Confusion Expert Determinations
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> 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."
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> 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.
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> Whereas, the proposed review mechanism, if implemented, would constitute
a change to the current String Confusion Objection process in the New gTLD
Applicant Guidebook.
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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 (2014.02.05.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.
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>    c.   Staff Update on Reassignment of Registry Agreements
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> Item not considered.
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>    d.    Staff Update on Name Collision Framework
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> Item not considered.
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> Published on 7 February 2014
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