RE: [council] Motion re. New gTLD Communications Period

[Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck,

 

If your motion aims to ensure there are no excessive delays due to the 4
months communications period, then it should be more specific about when the
second draft of the applicant guidebook is to be published. Otherwise delays
in the second draft’s publication will still lead to delays in starting the
first application round and the aim of your motion will be defeated.

 

As far as I know, staff aims to have the second draft out a couple of weeks
before the Mexico meeting. If that’s the case, then adding something like:
“the second Draft Applicant Guidebook is posted for public comment will be
posted for comment at least a week before the first international meeting of
2009” would do the trick.

 

Stéphane Van Gelder

 

From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Gomes, Chuck
Sent: samedi 22 novembre 2008 01:15
To: Council GNSO
Subject: [council] Motion re. New gTLD Communications Period

 

I would like to make the following motion (also attached as a Word file) for
consideration at our next Council meeting.

 

Chuck Gomes

 

Whereas:

 

·        Implementation Guideline E states, “The application submission date
will be at least four months after the issue of the Request for Proposal and
ICANN will promote the opening of the application round.”  (See Final
Report, Part A, Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains, dated 8
August 2007 at
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/pdp-dec05-fr-parta-08aug07.htm#_Toc43
798015 )

*       The intent of the GNSO with regard to Guideline E was to attempt to
ensure that all potential applicants, including those that have not been
active in recent ICANN activities regarding the introduction of new gTLDs,
would be informed of the process and have reasonable time to prepare a
proposal if they so desire.
*       The minimum 4-month period for promoting the opening of the
application round is commonly referred to as the ‘Communications Period’.
*       Considerable delays have been incurred in the implementation of new
gTLDs and the GNSO wishes to minimize any further delays.
*       It appears evident that a second Draft Applicant Guidebook (RFP)
will be posted at some time after the end of the two 45-day public comment
periods related to the initial version of the Guidebook (in English and
other languages).

 

Resolve:

 

·        The GNSO Council changes Implementation Guideline E to the
following:

o       ICANN will initiate the Communications Period at the same time that
the second Draft Applicant Guidebook is posted for public comment.

o       The opening of the initial application round will occur no earlier
than four (4) months after the start of the Communications Period and no
earlier than 30 days after the posting of the final Applicant Guidebook
(RFP).

o       As applicable, promotions for the opening of the initial application
round will include:

§         Announcement about the public comment period following the posting
of the second Draft Applicant Guidebook (RFP)

§         Information about the steps that will follow the comment period
including approval and posting of the final Applicant Guidebook (RFP)

§         Estimates of when the initial application round will begin.