- Category: gTLDs
- Topic: Assistance in applying for and operating new gTLDs
- Board meeting date: 12 March 2010
- Resolution number: 2010.03.12.46, 2010.03.12.47
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm
- Status: Ongoing
Summary
Board requests stakeholders to work through their SOs and ACs, and form a Working Group to develop a sustainable approach to providing support to applicants requiring assistance in applying for and operating new gTLDs .
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Whereas, the launch of the New gTLD Program will bring fundamental change to the marketplace, including competition and innovation;
Whereas, the evolution of relationships and restrictions on relationships between registries and registrars have been a center of discussion and analysis;
Whereas, the introduction of new gTLDs will bring change and opportunity for innovation, new services and benefits for users and registrants;
Whereas, ICANN aims to ensure that the New gTLD Program is inclusive, along the lines of the organization's strategic objectives;
Whereas, ICANN has a requirement to recover the costs of new gTLD applications and on-going services to new gTLDs; and
Whereas numerous stakeholders have, on various occasions, expressed concern about the cost of applying for new gTLDs, and suggested that these costs might hinder applicants requiring assistance, especially those from developing countries.
Resolved (2010.03.12.46), the Board recognizes the importance of an inclusive New gTLD Program.
Resolved (2010.03.12.47), the Board requests stakeholders to work through their SOs and ACs, and form a Working Group to develop a sustainable approach to providing support to applicants requiring assistance in applying for and operating new gTLDs .
Implementation Actions
- Develop sustainable approach
- Responsible entity: SO/AC Working Group
- Due date: None
- Completion date: Ongoing
Other Related Resolutions
- Resolutions 2010.09.25.02-03, directing further work towards the next Applicant Guidebook, including discussions on Applicant Support, at http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25sep10-en.htm#2
- http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25sep10-en.htm#2Resolutions 2010.10.28.20-.22, recognizing the ongoing work of the Joint Supporting Organization/Advisory Committee Working Group on New gTLD Applicant Support (JAS WG) and encouraging further work, including the need for a sustainable funding model, at http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-28oct10-en.htm
- Resolution 2011.06.20.01, approving the New gTLD program and directing the implementation of a program designed to support needy applicants, at http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-20jun11-en.htm
- Additional resolutions to be determined.
Additional Information
- The work of the JAS WG, including reports, can be located at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/related-en.htm and on a public wiki site at https://community.icann.org/display/jaswg/SO-AC+New+gTLD+Applicant+Support+Working+Group+%28JAS-WG%29 (login required)
- The resolution does not address funding for the items identified therein.
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