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Whereas, the overarching issue of mitigating malicious conduct has been addressed by including refinement of proposals such as centralized zone file access to reduce potential for proliferation of malicious conduct in the new gTLD space.
Whereas, the overarching issue of *root-zone scaling* has been addressed through expert consultation and study on the impact of new gTLDs on the stability of the root, indicating that rate-limited addition of TLDs can be implemented without any expected impact on the stability of the root zone system, and that communications and monitoring mechanisms will be implemented: <[http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/summary-of-impact-root-zone-scaling-06oct10-en.pdf|https://wiki.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/summary-of-impact-root-zone-scaling-06oct10-en.pdf]> \ [PDF, 958 KB\], <[http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/delegation-rate-scenarios-new-gtlds-06oct10-en.pdf|https://wiki.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/delegation-rate-scenarios-new-gtlds-06oct10-en.pdf]> \ [PDF, 1.08 MB\] , and <[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-17sep09-en.htm|https://wiki.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-17sep09-en.htm]>. Wiki Markup
Whereas, the overarching issue of the call for economic analysis, has been addressed by comprehensive expert consultation and analyses, including reports by CRA International, Dennis Carlton, Michael Katz and Greg Rosston. The latest of these reports, "New gTLD Economic Study Phase II", was posted on the ICANN website on 3 December 2010 <http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03dec10-en.htm>.
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- The Board approved the new gTLD program on 20 June 2011, at http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-20jun11-en.htm.
- On 25 January 2011, regarding economic studies, the Board noted that no further economic studies would be commissioned in advance of considering the launch of new gTLDs, at http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25jan11-en.htm#4.
- On 25 January 2011, the Board took further action relating to Board/GAC consultations, at http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25jan11-en.htm#4.
- On 25 September 2010, the Board took a number of actions furthering its consideration of the new gTLD program, at http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25sep10-en.htm.
- Additional resolutions TBD.
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