RE: [council] Draft Applicant Guidebook Now Available in Additional Languages for Comment

["Rosette, Kristina" <krosette@xxxxxxx>]

Liz,

I think I was asking about the carry over to a business day (I must have been 
looking at a November calendar - Nov. 8 is a Sunday, Dec. 8 is not).  
Nonetheless, if there will be an extension to sync the dates, it would be great 
to know that sooner rather than later.  

Many thanks.

K

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Liz Gasster
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 10:36 AM
To: icann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; GNSO Council
Subject: RE: [council] Draft Applicant Guidebook Now Available in Additional 
Languages for Comment


Mike and all,

We've asked for clarification and we will get back to you ASAP. Kristina also 
asked about whether there will be any extension, and we are following up on 
that question as well.

Thanks, Liz

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Mike Rodenbaugh
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 2:29 PM
To: GNSO Council
Subject: RE: [council] Draft Applicant Guidebook Now Available in Additional 
Languages for Comment


Since this comment period is for 45 days beginning Nov. 19, I calendar Jan.
3, 2009 as the due date for any comments on the Draft Guidebook.

Can someone on Staff please advise if this is incorrect?

Thanks,
Mike

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http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18nov08-en.htm
Draft Applicant Guidebook Now Available in Additional Languages for Comment

18 November 2008

A draft 'Applicant Guidebook' for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) is now 
available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish and Russian for review and 
comment at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-en.htm. The draft 
Guidebook provides information for those interested in applying for new generic 
top-level domains.

Designed to accompany the draft Applicant Guidebook is a set of Explanatory 
Memoranda that are intended to assist understanding of the implementation work 
for new gTLDs.

Since these are not the final documents, applicants should not rely on the 
details contained in the documents since they remain subject to further 
consultation and revision.

Some areas of the new gTLD program remain under development. These include 
details on: the duration of each stage of the application; third party service 
providers that will be part of the evaluation panels and manage the dispute 
resolution; and fees in addition to the "evaluation fee" that will apply only 
to some applicants depending on the application path. These areas will be made 
available for public consultation in the near future.

ICANN expects to engage in a productive and robust dialogue with the Internet 
community through this consultative process. Staff will review all comments and 
provide a summary/analysis of comments to help production of the final 
Applicant Guidebook, to be released early 2009.

New gTLDs and the Internet - Openness Change Innovation

After years of discussion and thought, new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) 
are being expanded. They will allow for more innovation, choice and change to a 
global Internet presently served by only 21 generic top-level domain names.

As a non-for-profit corporation dedicated to coordinating the Internet's 
addressing system, ICANN is not doing this to add to its revenue.  An 
implementation plan is being developed with opportunities for public comment.  
There will be processes for objections. There has also been detailed technical 
scrutiny to ensure the Internet's stability and security.
There will be an evaluation fee but it will recover costs only (expenses so 
far, application processing and anticipated legal costs). Many thousands of 
people representing organizations as diverse as domain name registries and 
registrars, businesses, engineers, scientists, governments, user, academics, 
and the legal community have contributed.

Promoting competition and choice is one of the principles upon which ICANN was 
founded. In a world with 1.5 billion Internet users (and growing), diversity, 
choice and innovation are key. The Internet has supported huge increases in 
choice, innovation and the competition of ideas. Expanding new gTLDs provides 
further opportunities.

Find out detail at: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm


Glen de Saint Géry
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