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- Category: gTLDs
- Topic: GNSO Recommendation for Protection of Red Cross and International Olympic Committee Names in New gTLDs
- Board meeting date: 10 April 2012
- Resolution number: 2012.04.10.NG4 - 2012.04.10.NG5
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/minutes-new-gtld-10apr12-en.htm#2
- Status: Complete
Summary
GNSO Recommendation for Protection of Red Cross and International Olympic Committee Names in New gTLDs
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Resolved (2012.04.10.NG4), the New gTLD Program Committee acknowledges receipt of the GNSO's recommendation on extending certain protections to the Red Cross/Red Crescent and the International Olympic Committee names at the top level.
Resolved (2012.04.10.NG5), the New gTLD Program Committee chooses to not change the Applicant Guidebook at this time.
Implementation Actions
- None
Rationale
The Committee thanks the GNSO for its work to date on this issue. While the recommendations of the GNSO are well taken, changing the Applicant Guidebook at this time must be balanced againstICANN's commitment to accountability and transparency. The public comment "reply" period remains open on this topic through 14 April 2012, therefore any Committee action at this time – other than maintaining the status quo – could not reflect all of the inputs received on this issue. The comments received to date also demonstrate the existence of opposition to the adoption of the recommendations.
Implementation details have not been worked out to address these recommendations. In addition, a change of this nature to the Applicant Guidebook nearly three months into the application window – and after the date allowed for registration in the system – could change the basis of the application decisions made by entities interested in the New gTLD Program.
Comments received in the public comment forum also raise procedural issues with these recommendations that indicate concerns with the multi-stakeholder process utilized in this instance. While the Committee is not making a determination at this time about these procedural concerns, their existence also weighs towards maintaining the status quo at this time.
The status quo is that the Applicant Guidebook already provides several other protections available to the IOC and Red Cross for the top level, including a moratorium on the delegation of certain names at the top level in the first round of applications; an objection process which allows parties with standing to submit an objection on the grounds that an application infringes its existing legal rights; and theGAC Early Warning and Advice Processes. As protections already exist, when balanced with the accountability and operational issues posed by changing the Applicant Guidebook at this time, the public interest will be better served by maintaining the status quo. This action is not expected to have an impact on resources, nor is it expected to have an impact on the security or the stability of theDNS.
Nothing in the Committee's action or this rationale is intended to preclude the consideration of the GNSO recommendations for future rounds of applications within the New gTLD Program.
Other Related Resolutions
- Resolutions 2011.06.20.01, 2011.06.20.02, 2011.06.20.03, approving the New gTLD Program and discussing protections for the IOC and the Red Cross names, available at http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-20jun11-en.htm#1.
- Resolution NG2012.09.13.01, identifying proposed protections for the IOC and the Red Cross names in the New gTLD Program pending further policy work, available at http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-new-gtld-13sep12-en.htm.
- Resolution 2012.11.26.NG03, affirming the protections that will be provided to the IOC and the Red Cross in the first round of the New gTLD Program, available at http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-new-gtld-26nov12-en.htm#1.c.
- Additional resolutions TBD
Additional Information
- Public comment on the GNSO Recommendations is available at http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-02mar12-en.htm.
- Information on the GNSO's work regarding further protections for names of IGOs and INGOs is available at http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/igo-ingo
- Information on the GNSO drafting team to create the recommendations as provided to the Board is available at http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/ioc-rcrc
- The resolution does not address funding for the items identified therein.
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