Page History

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1. ICANN’s founding and New gTLD Program  History
2. Names Council approves new gTLDs launching proof of concept round (19 April 2000)
3. Evaluation of the New gTLDs: Policy and Legal Issues (Summit Strategies, 10 July 2004)
4. Sponsored Round applications and public comments, includes evaluation report of sponsored round (3 December 2005)
5. Program History
6. New gTLD Program:  Benchmarking of Registry Operations (February 2010GNSO policy recommendations for adding new gTLDs (8 August 2007)
7. Board adopts GNSO’s 19 policy recommendations (26 June 2008)
8. Applicant Guidebook 
   1. New gTLD Program and AGB approved (20 June 2011)
   2. NTIA letter to ICANN on AGB and competition issues in New gTLD Program (18 December 2008)
9. New gTLD Program and AGB approved (20 June 2011)
10. Applicant Guidebook 
11. New gTLD Program:  Benchmarking of Registry Operations  

1. GNSO policy recommendations for adding new gTLDs (8 August 2007)
2. Sponsored Round applications and public comments, includes evaluation report of sponsored round (3 December 2005)
3. Evaluation of the New gTLDs: Policy and Legal Issues (Summit Strategies, 10 July 2004)
4. Names Council approves new gTLDs launching proof of concept round (19 April 2000)

Application Processing and Contracting

1. Application window opens (Announcement, 11 January 2012)
2. Priority draw (Announcement, Draw held 17 December 2012)
3. About IDNs (ICANN.org)
4. About the New gTLD Program's objection process and contention resolution processes (ICANN.org)
5. About new gTLD contracting (Base contract and other relevant documents, ICANN.org)
6. FAQ about Spec 11 (PICs) (4 March 2013)
7. About Spec 13 (.BRANDS) (Contracting & the Registry Agreement, ICANN.org)
8. About Registry Operator Code of Conduct (Contracting & the Registry Agreement, ICANN.org)

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1. Affirmation of Commitments
2. 2007 GNSO Policy Recommendations
3. Applicant Guidebook 
4. Base Registry Agreement2011 Board approval of AGB 
5. 2011 Board resolution approving the New gTLD Program

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