[ispcp] RV: [council] A way forward on the Specification 13 question

["Novoa, Osvaldo" <onovoa@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,
The NGPC approved Specification 13 that provides special provissiones for ".Brand TLDs" that might be consider to be inconsistent with Policy Recommendation 19 in the GNSO's Final Report on the Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains, the Board has now requested the GNSO Council to advise ICANN as to wether this is so or not.
It has been agreed in the Council to request the different constituencies the following questions:

Is this additional provision inconsistent with the letter and intent of GNSO Policy Recommendation 19?
It will be helpful to have as clear as possible an answer as soon as possible along the following lines:


*         No. It is not inconsistent (... with the letter and intent ...).
and

*         Possibly, an explanation as to why it is not inconsistent.
and

*         Are there any other qualifying points that the Council should make in its response to the NGPC?

OR


*         Yes. It is inconsistent ( ... with the letter and intent ... ).
and

*         Possibly, an explanation as to why it is inconsistent.
and

*         Is there a process by which the Council could assist the NGPC in resolving this issue and in what time frame?


Recommendation 19 is that "Registries must use only ICANN accredited registrars in registering domain names and may not discriminate among such accredited registrars."

See here:

<http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/council-report-to-board-pdp-new-gtlds>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/council-report-to-board-pdp-new-gtlds<http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/council-report-to-board-pdp-new-gtlds-11sep07.pdf>-11sep07.pdf

The original public comment period on Specification 13 is located here:

http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/spec13-06dec13-en.htm

including the BRG's supporting statement here:

<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/brand-spec-13-statement-06dec13>http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/brand-spec-13-statement-06dec13<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/brand-spec-13-statement-06dec13-en.pdf>-en.pdf

and the ICANN staff summary here:

<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/report-comments-spec13-14mar14-e>http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/report-comments-spec13-14mar14-e<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/report-comments-spec13-14mar14-en.pdf>n.pdf

Note that the GNSO Council did not previously comment or provide advice to ICANN in relation to this matter i.e. the " Proposal for a Specification 13 to the ICANN Registry Agreement to Contractually Reflect Certain Limited Aspects of ".Brand" New gTLDs".

 If any of you participated in any of the discussions or works related either to Specification 13 or  GNSO Policy Recommendation 19 and can provide more information on the subject it would be very helpful.

Best regards,

Osvaldo








[cid:775135517@10042014-1CA1]Osvaldo Novoa
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Attachment: Letter to GNSO re Spec 13 - Final.pdf
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• Subject: [council] new gTLD Program Committee resolution regarding Specification 13 of the new gTLD registry agreement
• From: Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 04:01:48 -0300
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• Thread-topic: new gTLD Program Committee resolution regarding Specification 13 of the new gTLD registry agreement

From:  http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-new-gtld-26mar14-en.htm

Approval of Registry Agreement Specification 13 for Brand Category of Applicants

 Whereas, on 2 July 2013, the ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) approved the form of the New gTLD Registry Agreement to be entered into by ICANN and successful New gTLD applicants.

Whereas, the Brand Registry Group engaged with ICANN regarding modifications to the New gTLD Registry Agreement to address concerns of their constituents.

Whereas, on 6 December 2013, ICANN posted for public comment a proposed Specification 13 to the New gTLD Registry Agreement http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/base-agreement-spec-13-proposed-06dec13-en.pdf   [PDF, 80 KB] ("Specification 13"), which if adopted would provide limited accommodations to registry operators of TLDs that qualify as ".Brand TLDs."

Whereas, the proposed Specification 13 was revised in response to the public comments, including the removal of a provision allowing a registry operator of a .BRAND TLD to designate one or more ICANN accredited registrars as the exclusive registrar(s) for the TLD in response to a comment submitted by a group of eleven registrars.   An update to the community and a revised draft was posted on the ICANN Blog on 14 March 2014 (http://blog.icann.org/2014/03/summary-and-analysis-of-specification-13-public-comments/ ). 

Whereas, on 25 March 2014 the NGPC received notification from the group of registrars that submitted the joint comment referenced above during the public comment period that it no longer objected to the inclusion of a provision allowing a registry operator of a .BRAND TLD to be limited to using no more than two registrars at one time.

Whereas, the NGPC takes specific note of Policy Recommendation 19 in the GNSO's Final Report on the Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains (8 August 2007), which provides that "registries must use only ICANN accredited registrars in registering domain names and may not discriminate among such accredited registrars."

Whereas, the NGPC has considered all of the comments received from the community, and has determined that the revised Specification 13 provides appropriate and limited accommodations to registry operators of TLDs that qualify as .Brand TLDs.

Whereas, the NGPC is undertaking this action pursuant to the authority granted to it by the Board on 10 April 2012, to exercise the ICANN Board's authority for any and all issues that may arise relating to the New gTLD Program.

Resolved (2014.03.26.NG01), the NGPC approves Specification 13 to the New gTLD Registry Agreement attached to this Resolution as Annex 1  (http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-new-gtld-annex-1-26mar14-en.pdf   ) [PDF, 106 KB] (which does not include the clause allowing a .Brand registry operator to designate a limited number preferred registrars for the TLD), and authorizes the President and CEO, or his designee, to take all necessary steps to implement Specification 13 to the New gTLD Registry Agreement consistent with this resolution.

Resolved (2014.03.26.NG02), the NGPC approves the incorporation of the additional clause identified below into Specification 13. Implementation will not take effect until 45 days from the publication of this resolution to:

 (i) provide the GNSO Council an opportunity to advise ICANN as to whether the GNSO Council believes that this additional provision is inconsistent with the letter and intent of GNSO Policy Recommendation 19 on the Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains; 

or (ii) advise ICANN that the GNSO Council needs additional time for review, including an explanation as to why additional time is required.


	"The second sentence of Section 2.9(a) of the Agreement is superseded by the following:

	Subject to the requirements of Specification 11, Registry Operator must either (i) provide non-discriminatory access to 	Registry Services to all ICANN accredited registrars that enter into and are in compliance with the registry-registrar 	agreement for the TLD; provided that Registry Operator may establish non-discriminatory criteria for qualification to register 	names in the TLD that are reasonably related to the proper functioning of the TLD, or (ii) designate no more than three 	ICANN accredited registrars at any point in time to serve as the exclusive registrar(s) for the TLD."

A .BRAND TLD registry operator may amend its Specification 13 to incorporate this provision upon request as part of implementation. The President and CEO, or his designee, is authorized to take all necessary steps to implement this provision in Specification 13 to the New gTLD Registry Agreement consistent with this resolution.

Attachment: resolutions-new-gtld-annex-1-26mar14-en.pdf
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Attachment: BRG FAQ Spec 13 registrar.pdf
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