[council] Initial Evaluation Results Released for First Set of Applications

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-22mar13-en.htm
Initial Evaluation Results Released for First Set of Applications
22 March 2013

Today marks a major milestone in the New gTLD Program: Initial Evaluation (IE) 
results for the first set of new gTLD applications have been released to 
applicants and the general public.

This achievement is the result of many years of policy development and 
implementation work to bring diversity, competition, and innovation to the 
Domain Name System. Applicants, along with the greater ICANN community have 
dedicated countless hours toward reaching this goal. This is not only an 
important and exciting moment in the New gTLD Program but also in the 
continuing evolution of the Internet.

To view Initial Evaluation results for applications with priority numbers 1 
through 30, go to the Current Application 
Status<https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus> page 
of the new gTLD microsite. Results are posted under the IE Results column. 
Clicking on the result will take you to the Initial Evaluation report for that 
application.

There are three possible outcomes of Initial Evaluation: Pass, Eligible for 
Extended Evaluation, or Ineligible for Further Review.

 *   Pass - The evaluation panels determined that the application is consistent 
with the requirements in the Applicant Guidebook and can advance to the next 
phase of the Program.
 *   Eligible for Extended Evaluation - The Financial, Technical/Operational, 
Registry Services, or Geographic Names evaluation panels determined that the 
application did not provide sufficient information to award a passing score. 
The application is eligible for extended evaluation.
 *   Ineligible for Further Review - The DNS Stability, String Similarity, 
Background Screening, and/or Geographic Names evaluation panels determined that 
the application did not meet the relevant criteria in the Applicant Guidebook, 
and the application is ineligible for further review.

For some applications Initial Evaluation results were not yet available for one 
or more possible reasons such as: pending change requests, clarifying 
questions, or follow-up with applicants regarding missing information. The 
results for these applications will be published as soon as the relevant 
processes are completed.

As communicated previously, ICANN is releasing Initial Evaluation results in 
priority order, in increments of 30 per week, with plans to increase to 100 per 
week. ICANN anticipates having Initial Evaluation results for all applications 
published by the end of August 2013.
Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org