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• Category: gTLD gTLDs
• Topic: sTLD Agreement with .ASIA 
• Board meeting date: 18 October 2006
• Resolution number: 06.___
• URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-18oct06.htm
• Status: Completed 

Summary
The Board approves the proposed agreement with DotAsia Organizatoin Organization Limited concerning the .ASIA sTLD was approved, and authorizes the President was authorized to take such actions as appropriate to implement the agreement.

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The Board voted 13-0 in favor of this resolution.

Implementation Actions

• Execute Registry Agreement ICANN and DotAsia to sign approved agreement
  • Responsible entity: gTLD Registry LiaisionICANN Staff
  • Due date: as soon as possible after Board approvalNone specified
  • Completion date: 6 December 2006 

Other Related Resolutions

• Resolution 01.74 - Board directs President to form and chair New TLD Evaluation Process Planning Task Force (NTEPPTF): http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-04jun01.htm
• Resolution 02.97, 02.97A - Board accepts NTEPPTF report and directs President to produce plan for action for approval by Board at October 2002 meeting in Shanghai, China: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-23aug02.htm
• Resolutions 02.150, 02.151, and 02.152: Board authorizes President to implement NTEPPTF recommendations in Action Plan, requests GNSO to provide recommendation on structure of generic tol level namespace, and directs President to develop draft Request for Proposals: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-15dec02.htm#AnnualMeetingoftheTransitionBoard
• Resolution 03.112 and 03.113 - Board invites public comment on draft request for proposals for sTLDs; requests President to provide to Board detailed plan and schedule for development of appropriate long-term policy for introduction of new gTLDs: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-26jun03.htm
• Resolutions 03.166, 03.167, and 03.168 - Board calls for the development of process and policy for streamlining introduction of new gTLDs as specified in ICANNs MoU with the U.S. Department of Commerce: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/advisory-31oct03.htm
• Resolutions 03.169, 03.170, and 03.171 - Board resolves to negotiate agreement reflecting commercial and technical terms upon completion of sTLD selection, resolves that selection process and implementation for sTLDs will be evaluated, and directs President to finalize and post open Request for Proposals for limited number of new sTLDs: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/advisory-31oct03.htm
• Board authorization to enter negotiations regarding proposed commercial and technical terms for .ASIA sponsored top-level domain: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-03may05.htm
• Other resolutions TBD.

Additional Information

• .ASIA Registry Agreement: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/asia/^{Image Removed}/
• To review public comments submitted on  the 2003 round, refer to:  http://forum.icann.org/mtg-cmts/stld-rfp-comments/general/index.html
• To review the Status Reports on the 2003 round, refer to:  http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/PostsTLDStatusRpt.pdf
• 15 December 2003 - New sTLD Application: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/new-stld-rfp/new-stld-application-parta-15dec03.htm
• 24 June 2003 - Request for Proposals, Establishment of new sTLDs (Draft for Public Comment): http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/new-stld-rfp/new-stld-rfp-24jun03.htm
• 19 March 2004 - Status Report on sTLD Evaluation Process: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/stld-status-report.pdf
• Some analysis of the sTLD program is available in Staff's 24 September 2004 report on a strategy for introducing New gTLDs, at http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/new-gtld-strategy.pdf, and additional information can be found in the documentation of the New gTLD program, at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/related-en.htm.
• The resolution does not address funding for the items identified therein.

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