- Category: gTLDs
- Topic: .JOBS STLD Negotiation Resolution
- Board meeting date: 13 December 2004
- Resolution number: 04._, 04._
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-13dec04.htm
- Status: Completed
Summary
Board authorizes President and General Counsel to enter into negotiations relating to proposed commercial and technical terms of .JOBS sTLD; if negotiations are successful, President will present proposed terms to Board.
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Resolved (04.__) the board authorizes the President and General Counsel to enter into negotiations relating to proposed commercial and technical terms for the .JOBS sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) with the applicant. During these negotiations, the board requests that special consideration be taken as to how broad-based policy-making would be created for the sponsored community, and how this sTLD would be differentiated in the name space.
Resolved (04.__) if after entering into negotiations with the .JOBS sTLD applicant the President and General Counsel are able to negotiate a set of proposed commercial and technical terms for a contractual arrangement, the President shall present such proposed terms to this board, for approval and authorization to enter into an agreement relating to the delegation of the .JOBS sTLD.
Vint Cerf moved for a vote on these resolutions and Mouhamet Diop seconded. The Board approved these resolutions unanimously by a vote of 12-0 with no abstentions.
Implementation Actions
- Enter into negotiations relating to proposed commercial and technical terms for the .JOBS sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) with applicant.
- Responsible entity: President and General Counsel
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: April 2005
- If negotiations successful, present proposed terms to Board for approval and authorization.
- Responsible entity: President
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: April 2005
Other Related Resolutions
- Resolution 01.74 - Board directs President to form and chair New TLD Evaluation Process Planning Task Force (NTEPPTF): http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-04jun01.htm
- Resolution 02.97, 02.97A - Board accepts NTEPPTF report and directs President to produce plan for action for approval by Board at October 2002 meeting in Shanghai, China: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-23aug02.htm
- Resolutions 02.150, 02.151, and 02.152: Board authorizes President to implement NTEPPTF recommendations in Action Plan, requests GNSO to provide recommendation on structure of generic tol level namespace, and directs President to develop draft Request for Proposals: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-15dec02.htm#AnnualMeetingoftheTransitionBoard
- Resolution 03.112 and 03.113 - Board invites public comment on draft request for proposals for sTLDs; requests President to provide to Board detailed plan and schedule for development of appropriate long-term policy for introduction of new gTLDs: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-26jun03.htm
- Resolutions 03.166, 03.167, and 03.168 - Board calls for the development of process and policy for streamlining introduction of new gTLDs as specified in ICANNs MoU with the U.S. Department of Commerce: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/advisory-31oct03.htm
- Resolutions 03.169, 03.170, and 03.171 - Board resolves to negotiate agreement reflecting commercial and technical terms upon completion of sTLD selection, resolves that selection process and implementation for sTLDs will be evaluated, and directs President to finalize and post open Request for Proposals for limited number of new sTLDs: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/advisory-31oct03.htm
- 8 April 2005 Meeting minutes - Resolution approving proposed agreement with Employ Media concerning the .JOBS sTLD: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-08apr05.htm
- Other resolutions TBD
Additional Information
- .JOBS Registry Agreement: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/jobs/
- 21 March 2005 Meeting Minutes - Suggestion that .JOBS sTLD Agreement drafts should be posted for public comment: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-21mar05.htm
- For information on the introduction of sTLDs in 2003 - 2004, please refer to:http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/
- To review public comments submitted on the 2003 round, refer to: http://forum.icann.org/mtg-cmts/stld-rfp-comments/general/index.html
- To review the Status Reports on the 2003 round, refer to: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/PostsTLDStatusRpt.pdf
- 15 December 2003 - New sTLD Application: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/new-stld-rfp/new-stld-application-parta-15dec03.htm
- 24 June 2003 - Request for Proposals, Establishment of new sTLDs (Draft for Public Comment): http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/new-stld-rfp/new-stld-rfp-24jun03.htm
- 19 March 2004 - Status Report on sTLD Evaluation Process: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/stld-status-report.pdf
- Some analysis of the sTLD program is available in Staff's 24 September 2004 report on a strategy for introducing New gTLDs, at http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/new-gtld-strategy.pdf, and additional information can be found in the documentation of the New gTLD program, at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/related-en.htm.
- The resolution does not address funding for the items identified therein.
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