Re: [council] FW: the topic of new gTLDs and the role of gNSO Council

[Bret Fausett <bfausett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Avri,

As background, in 1999-2000, the GNSO (then called the DNSO) created a 
working group to examine the new TLD issues. Recommendations from the 
working group were presented to the Council, and we voted in favor of 
the following resolution:
   The Names Council...recommends to the ICANN Board that it establish
   a policy for the introduction of new gTLDs in a measured and
   responsible manner, giving due regard in the implementation of that
   policy to (a) promoting orderly registration of names during the
   initial phases; (b) minimizing the use of gTLDs to carry out
   infringements of intellectual property rights; and (c) recognizing
   the need for ensuring user confidence in the technical operation of
   the new TLD and the DNS as a whole.

   Because there is no recent experience in introducing new gTLDs, we
   recommend to the Board that a limited number of new top-level
   domains be introduced initially and that the future introduction of
   additional top-level domains be done only after careful evaluation
   of the initial introduction.

http://www.icann.org/yokohama/new-tld-topic.htm#18/19April2000NCStatement

The ICANN Board adopted the Names Council's recommendations in the 
following resolution:
   Resolved [00.46] that the Board hereby adopts the Names Council's
   recommendation that a policy be established for the introduction of
   new TLDs in a measured and responsible manner.

http://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-16jul00.htm

In accord with the Names Council's recommendations in Paragraph 2 of the 
above statement of policy, ICANN approved the creation of seven new TLDs 
in November, 2000 (.INFO, .BIZ, .NAME, .PRO, .MUSEUM, .COOP, and .AERO). 
And, again as requested by the Names Council policy recommendation, 
ICANN commissioned a study of the initial introduction 
(http://icann.org/tlds/new-gtld-eval-31aug04.pdf).
That pretty much brings us up to date.

         Bret

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