[council] Board resolutions from ICANN Board meeting on 7 Feb 2012

["Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello All,


From: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-07feb12-en.htm

1. Consent Agenda

        1.1. Approval of Minutes of 8 December 2011 ICANN Special Board Meeting 

        1.2. Redelegation of the .BY domain representing Belarus to Reliable 
Software Inc. 

2. Delegation of the .қаз ("kaz") domain representing Kazakhstan in Cyrillic 

3. Public Comment Posting: Further Bylaws Changes for Revised GNSO PDP

4. Reaffirmation of second round of applications in New gTLD Program

[BT note: I was not present for the discussion or voting on item 4]



1. Consent Agenda

Resolved, the following resolutions in this Consent Agenda are approved:


1.1. Approval of Minutes of 8 December 2011 ICANN Special Board Meeting
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Resolved (2012.02.07.01), the Board approves the minutes of the 8 December 
ICANN Regular Board Meeting.


1.2. Re-delegation of the .BY domain representing Belarus to Reliable Software 
Inc.
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Whereas, BY is the ISO 3166-1 two-letter country-code designated for Belarus;

Whereas, ICANN has received a request for the redelegation of .BY to Reliable 
Software Inc.;

Whereas, ICANN has reviewed the request, and has determined that the proposed 
redelegation would be in the interests of the local and global Internet 
communities.

Resolved (2012.02.07.02), the proposed redelegation of the .BY domain to 
Reliable Software Inc. is approved.


2. Delegation of the .қаз ("kaz") domain representing Kazakhstan in Cyrillic
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Whereas, .қаз ("kaz"), encoded as "xn--80ao21a" is a string that has been 
deemed to appropriately represent Kazakhstan through the IDN Fast Track process.

Whereas, ICANN has received a request for delegation of .қаз to the Association 
of IT companies of Kazakhstan.

Whereas, ICANN has reviewed the request, and has determined that the proposed 
delegation would be in the interests of the local and global Internet 
communities.

Resolved (2012.02.07.03), the proposed delegation of the .қаз domain to the 
Association of IT companies of Kazakhstan is approved.



3. Public Comment Posting: Further Bylaws Changes for Revised PDP
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Whereas, on 27 September 2011, the GNSO Council adopted the Updated Final 
Report 
(http://gnso.icann.org/improvements/updated-final-report-pdpwt-28sep11.pdf 
[PDF, 1.51 MB]) of the Policy Development Process Working Team (PDP-WT), 
setting out a proposed new Annex A to the ICANN Bylaws and a Policy Development 
Process (PDP) Manual, in fulfilment of a directive to develop a new PDP that is 
more effective and responsive to the GNSO's needs.

Whereas, the Board adopted the new Annex A on 8 December 2011 and directed 
transition to the new PDP.

Whereas, additional Bylaws revisions are necessary to fully implement the new 
PDP, including definition of new voting thresholds set out in the PDP-WT 
Updated Final Report.

Resolved (2012.02.07.04). the ICANN Board approves the posting for public 
comment of further revisions to the ICANN Bylaws as necessary for the 
implementation of the new PDP



4. Reaffirmation of second round of applications in New gTLD Program
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***   Prior to the consideration of this item, Board members and liaisons that 
have been identified as having a potential conflict of interest related to the 
New gTLD Program were excused from the meeting.  **** 

Whereas, the first application window for the New gTLD Program opened on 12 
January 2012 and will close on 12 April 2012.

Whereas, the GNSO policy recommendations accepted by the Board on 26 June 2008 
stated that ICANN should introduce new gTLDs in rounds.

Whereas, in the process of forming the New gTLD Program, ICANN has committed to 
undertake certain work prior to initiating a second round of an application 
window for the New gTLD Program.

Resolved (2012.02.07.05), ICANN is committed to opening a second application 
window for the New gTLD Program as expeditiously as possible.

Resolved (2012.02.07.06), the Board directs the CEO to publish a document 
describing the work plan required prior to initiating a second application 
window for the New gTLD Program, specifically addressing the GAC requirement 
for assessment of trademark protections and root zone operation, and 
identifying other prerequisites to the next round of new gTLDs.

Resolved(2012.02.07.07), the Board directs the CEO to continue working with the 
ICANN community to refine the work plan and address the prerequisites needed to 
open the second round of new gTLDs.