- Category: gTLDs
- Topic: Renewal of .AERO agreement
- Board meeting date: 30 June 2006
- Resolution number: 06.44
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-30jun06.htm
- Status: Completed
Summary
Board authorizes staff to negotiate renewal of .AERO agreement.
Text
Dave Wodelet introduced a resolution, seconded by Veni Markovski
Whereas, SITA currently serves as the Sponsor of the. AERO top-level domain under its 2001 contract with ICANN;
Whereas, SITA has submitted a renewal proposal to ICANN and ICANN has posted the proposal for public comment as required by the. AERO sponsorship agreement;
Whereas, ICANN has carefully reviewed the public comments submitted and determined that none raise a substantial question about whether renewal of SITA's agreement would be in the best interest of the sponsored TLD community and the global Internet community;
Following discussion, a vote was taken on the resolution, which the Board unanimously adopted by a 11-0 vote.
Resolved (06.44), ICANN staff is authorized to enter into negotiations with SITA for a renewal of the .AERO Sponsorship Agreement .
Implementation Actions
- Conduct negotiations for renewal of .AERO agreement.
- Responsible entity: ICANN Staff
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: 19 December 2008
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
- Renewal of .AERO agreement: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-03feb09.htm
- Other resolutions TBD.
Additional Information
- .AERO Registry Agreement: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/aero/
- 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.
Explanatory text does not modify or override Resolutions. See Board Resolutions Page for more information.
