- Category: gTLD
- Topic: Approval to Enter into .XXX sTLD Contract Negotiations
- Board meeting date: 1 June 2005
- Resolution number: 05.32, 05.33
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-01jun05.htm
- Status: Completed
Summary
Board authorizes the President and General Counsel to enter into negotiations for the .XXX sTLD contract and to present any negotiated terms to the Board for approval and authorization.
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Vinton Cerf introduced the discussion which was carried over from the last Board Meeting. The topics of discussion among board members, liaisons and staff surrounded the adequacy of the application with particular focus on the "sponsored community" issues among others. Hagen Hultzsch moved for a vote on the below resolutions and Joichi Ito seconded the following resolution:
Resolved [05.32] the Board authorizes the President and General Counsel to enter into negotiations relating to proposed commercial and technical terms for the .XXX sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) with the applicant.
Resolved [05.33] if after entering into negotiations with the .XXX sTLD applicant the President and General Counsel are able to negotiate a set of proposed commercial and technical terms for a contractual arrangement, the President shall present such proposed terms to this board, for approval and authorization to enter into an agreement relating to the delegation of the sTLD.
The Board approved these resolutions by a vote of 6-3 with two abstentions.
Affirmative votes were cast by Vinton Cerf, Hagen Hultzsch, Joichi Ito, Veni Markovski, Vanda Scartezini, and Paul Twomey. Negative votes were cast by Raimundo Beca, Alejandro Pisanty and Hualin Qian. The following Board Members abstained from voting: Demi Getschko and Michael Palage.
Implementation Actions
- Enter into negotiations for the .XXX Sponsored TLD Registry Agreement.
- Responsible entity: President and General Counsel
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: 1 August 2005
- Present negotiated terms to the Board.
- Responsible entity: President and General Counsel
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: 15 September 2005
Other Related Resolutions
- Authorization for President and General Counsel to further negotiate terms of .XXX Sponsored TLD Registry Agreement on 15 September 2005 Resolution 05.75 at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-15sep05.htm.
- President and General Counsel directed to analyze all public comments for revision of the .XXX Sponsored TLD Registry Agreement on 31 March 2006 Resolution 06.12 at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-31mar06.htm.
- Board directs ICM to publish a revision to the proposed .XXX Sponsorship TLD Registry Agreement for public comment on 12 February 2007 Resolution 07.09 at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-12feb07.htm.
- Board rejects the ICM revision of the .XXX Sponsored TLD Registry Agreement on 30 March 2007 Resolution 07.18 at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-30mar07.htm#_Toc36876524.
- Other resolutions TBD.
Additional Information
- The proposed .XXX Sponsored TLD Registry Agreement was posted on 9 August 2005 on the ICANN website. See Proposed Sponsored TLD Registry Agreement.
- The resolution does not address funding for the items identified herein.
Explanatory text does not modify or override Resolutions. See Board Resolutions Page for more information.
