[bc-gnso] New Draft of the Applicant Guidebook for New gTLDs is Available for Public Comment

[Phil Corwin <psc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-15apr11-en.htm

New Draft of the Applicant Guidebook for New gTLDs is Available for Public 
Comment
15 April 2011
Guidebook and Public Comment 
Forum<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-6-en.htm>
ICANN has posted for public comment today the April 2011 Discussion Draft of 
the New gTLD Applicant Guidebook.
In keeping with the draft 
timeline<http://icann.org/en/minutes/draft-timeline-new-gtlds-18mar11-en.pdf> 
[PDF, 117 KB] approved by the ICANN Board at its meeting in San Francisco, this 
draft of the Applicant Guidebook will be open for comment for 30 days, through 
15 May 2011.
This posting includes a "track changes" version of the six modules of the 
Applicant Guidebook, along with a series of new Explanatory Memos related to 
changes made as a result of the recent consultations between ICANN's Board and 
Governmental Advisory Committee:

  1.  Trademark Protections (Trademark Claims & Sunrise Services; and The 
Requirement for Demonstrating 
Use)<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/trademark-protection-claims-use-15apr11-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 284 KB]
  2.  GAC and Government Objections; Handling of Sensitive Strings; Early 
Warning<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gac-objections-sensitive-strings-15apr11-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 91 KB]
  3.  Exemptions to Objection Fees for 
Governments<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/exemptions-govt-objection-fees-15apr11-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 331 KB]
  4.  Root Zone 
Scaling<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/root-zone-scaling-15apr11-en.pdf> 
[PDF, 286 KB]
  5.  Market and Economic 
Impacts<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/market-economic-impacts-15apr11-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 480 KB]
  6.  Registry-Registrar 
Separation<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/registy-regsitrar-separation-15apr11-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 400 KB]
These memos were developed to document the latest position on these topics by 
taking into account the current thinking, discussions and public comments 
received. Each memo not only reflects GAC advice but also contains the 
reasoning and rationale on each of the relevant issues regarding the launch of 
the New gTLD Program and Applicant Guidebook.
Also being posted today is the ICANN 
Reply<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/board-notes-gac-scorecard-clean-15apr11-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 275 KB] to the GAC Comments (on the ICANN Board's Notes on the GAC 
Scorecard).
Keeping with the draft timeline, ICANN plans post a final version of the 
guidebook by 30 May 2011, in time for consideration of the New gTLD 
implementation program at an extraordinary meeting of the ICANN Board to be 
held on Monday, 20 June 2011, at the ICANN meetings in 
Singapore<http://singapore41.icann.org/>.


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