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- Category: (replace this text with one of the following categories: Administration/Budget, ccTLD, gTLD, IP, ICANN Structure, International Agreement)Topic: (replace this text with a keywords from title) gTLDs
- Topic: Registrar Accreditation Policy Assessment
- Board meeting date: 11 May 2004
- Resolution number: 04.40
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-11may04.htm
- Status: (replace this text with: Completed, Ongoing, Suspended) Overtaken by events
Summary
Board directs Staff to develop a recommendation for appointing an Expert Advisory Panel to gather facts and assess issues concerning the competitive registry-registrar marketplace and the Registrar Accreditation Policy.Summary
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Whereas, ICANN accredited its first five registrars on 21 April 1999 <http://www.icann.org/announcements/icann-pr21apr99.htm>. Five years later, ICANN currently has 198 accredited registrars <http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html>.
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Whereas, the anticipated fact gathering and issue assessment will precede and inform the work of the GNSO, not replace it. The GNSO still has primary responsibility for recommending substantive policies relating to gTLDs, but the Bylaws provide for this mechanism to contribute outside expertise where helpful.unmigrated-wiki-markup
Resolved \ [04.40\] that pursuant to Bylaws Article XI-A.2(a), the Board directs staff to develop a recommendation for the appointment of an Expert Advisory Panel to gather facts and assess issues affecting the competitive registry-registrar marketplace and ICANN's Registrar Accreditation Policy.
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Implementation Actions
- Develop recommendation for appointment of Expert Advisory Panel to gather facts and assess issues affecting competitive registry-registrar marketplace and ICANN's Registrar Accreditation Policy. (replace this text with specific Action Item)
- Responsible entity: (replace this text with the responsible entity: ICANN department, ICANN Community Structure, Board, U.S. Department of Commerce)ICANN Staff
- Due date: (replace this text with Due Date)None provided
- Completion date: (replace this text with Date action was implemented, if different from due date)
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- Responsible entity: (replace this text with the responsible entity: ICANN department, ICANN Community Structure, Board, U.S. Department of Commerce)
- Due date: (replace this text with Due Date)
- Completion date: (replace this text with Date action was implemented, if different from due date)
Other Related Resolutions
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Additional Information
- (replace this text with any additional notes related to this resolution, i.e. funding considerations)
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- Overtaken by subsequent work in GNSO on Registrar Accreditation issues, including the revision of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement in 2009.
Other Related Resolutions
- Resolution 99.16 - Board approves and directs implementation of Registrar Accreditation Policy: http://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-04mar99.htm#99.16
- Resolutions 07.50, 07.51, and 07.52 - Board directs staff to conduct a process to arrive at proposed amendments to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement for Board consideration: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-29jun07.htm
- Resolutions 2009.05.21.05 and 2009.05.21.06 - Board approves a Revised Registrar Accreditation Agreement, at http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-21may09.htm.
- Resolutions other than those that are listed above are TBD.
Additional Information
- For more information on ICANN's Registrar Accreditation Process: http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/accreditation-process.htm
- For more information about Registrar Accreditation Agreement: http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/ra-agreement-21may09-en.htm
- For more information about Consultation on Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments: http://icann.org/en/topics/raa/
- A list of all ICANN-Accredited Registrars is available at http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/accredited-list.html
- 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.