- Category: (replace this text with one of the following categories: Administration/Budget, Board, ccTLD, gTLD, IP, ICANN Structure, International Agreement, Root Zone)
- Topic: (replace this text with a keywords from title)
- Board meeting date: 10 January 2006
- Resolution number: 06.02
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-10jan06.htm
- Status: (replace this text with: Completed, Ongoing, Suspended)
Summary
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ICANN Staff presented a proposal to allow the current group of gTLD registries that would be requiring renegotiation of their agreements to have the renewal proposals extended to allow for the current ongoing gTLD registry negotiations to continue in good faith. After a discussion of the pending contractual negotiations ICANN was having with Afilias, Public Interest Registry, Neustar and VeriSign the board discussed the impact of such discussion. Hagen Hultszch moved and Veni Markovski seconded the following proposed resolution:
Whereas, ICANN has been engaged in discussions with gTLD registry operators regarding renewal terms consistent with their existing registry contracts.
Whereas, these negotiations are intended to result in revised new registry agreements for those TLDs, including extended expiration dates and other revised terms to come into line with ICANN's other recent registry agreements.
Whereas, the existing agreements provide that each operator may submit a renewal proposal no later than eighteen months prior to the expiration date, and that ICANN would then have six months to review and discuss the renewal proposal.
Whereas, it may be beneficial for all parties involved to allow for extensions of the deadline for submitting a renewal proposal so that the registry operators will not have to expend resources on developing comprehensive renewal proposals while discussions with ICANN on replacement registry agreements are continuing.
Resolved (06.02), the President and the General Counsel are authorized to continue negotiations with any such registry operator (s) in accordance with existing contractual terms, and are authorized to extend the relevant renewal process deadlines as necessary and appropriate for up to six full months, while discussions continue.
The Motion was approved by a unanimous voice vote ?V 15-0.
Implementation Actions
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Other Related Resolutions
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Additional Information
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