[council] NGPC Progress on Addressing GAC Beijing Advice on New gTLDs

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-27jun13-en.htm
NGPC Progress on Addressing GAC Beijing Advice on New gTLDs
27 June 2013

On 25 June 2013, the ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) had its 
sixth meeting to discuss the GAC Beijing advice on New gTLDs. The Committee 
adopted two resolutions concerning portions of the GAC's Safeguard Advice. It 
also adopted a resolution regarding the GAC's advice on singular and plural 
versions of the same string. These resolutions are posted at 
http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-new-gtld-25jun13-en.htm<https://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-new-gtld-25jun13-en.htm>.

The NGPC will meet again on 2 July 2013. The agenda is available at 
http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/agenda-new-gtld-02jul13-en.htm<https://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/agenda-new-gtld-02jul13-en.htm>.
 Among other things, the NGPC is expected to consider resolutions regarding the 
proposed registry agreement and IGO names and acronyms.

The New gTLD evaluation and objection processes remain on track. ICANN has 
posted initial evaluation results on approximately one half of the applications 
received. The remaining evaluations are expected to be completed on time. The 
NGPC continues to prioritize its work in order to allow the greatest number of 
applications to move forward as soon as possible.


Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org