[bc-gnso] ALERTS From the Secretariat: New gTLD Registration Closed Today 29 March TAS Registration Deadline

[Benedetta Rossi <bc-secretariat@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear BC members,

Please find below an announcement posted yesterday on the ICANN web site:

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-29mar12-en.htm

29 March 2012


     29 March TAS Registration Deadline

The window has closed for anyone planning to apply for a new gTLD to 
register and submit a TLD application request. As of 25 March there were 
839 registered users in the TLD Application System. This number will be 
updated.
Why can't registrations be submitted after 29 March, when applications 
are being accepted until 12 April? Registration in TAS is the step in 
the process that occurs before you apply for a TLD. As stated in the 
Applicant Guidebook and subsequent announcements, the 29 March deadline 
was put in place to ensure applicants have sufficient time before the 
deadline of 23:59 UTC on 12 April 2012 to submit an application, which 
includes the following steps (as of 29 March steps 1-2 had to be 
completed for all qualified applicants):

     Steps

1.Applicant completes TAS user account information (user profile and 
applicant profile)
2.Applicant completes a TLD application request

3.ICANN conducts the Legal Compliance check (see Applicant Guidebook 
section 1.2.1 -- Eligibility)
4.Applicant submits USD 5000 registration fee

5.ICANN confirms receipt of the USD 5000 registration fee

6.Applicant completes and submits the full application and remaining 
evaluation fee amount of USD 180000
7.ICANN confirms receipt of the USD 180000 registration fee

Once ICANN completes Step 3 we strongly encourage applicants to promptly 
complete Step 4 for all open application requests. Since no one can 
predict how long it may take for ICANN to receive wire transfers from 
your bank, you might experience delays in obtaining access to the areas 
within TAS necessary to complete your TLD application(s). Bank delays 
and the up to 5 business days it might take ICANN to reconcile your fee 
will impact how much time remains for you to complete and submit your 
final application, submit your final USD 180000 evaluation fee, and for 
ICANN to confirm receipt of that fee. Both the completed application and 
final fee must be received by ICANN no later than 23:59 UTC on 12 April 
2012.

     Changes to Your Accounts or Applications

29 March was also the last day during the registration and application 
submission period to request any changes to your applicant profile. If 
you have a change to your profile (for instance, a new point of contact, 
or an updated address) it will not be processed until the end of the 
Administrative Completeness Check. The Administrative Completeness Check 
begins when the application window closes and lasts for approximately 8 
weeks. At the end of Administrative Completeness Check (the beginning of 
the Initial Evaluation period) change requests will once again be processed.
Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

http://gnso.icann.org