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[ NNSquad ] ICANN actions regarding ex-ex-ex top-level domain
ICANN is just concluding a meeting in Nairobi - (Yeah, Nairobi! Whatever happened to videoconferencing to save a few bucks? We have all this great Internet technology and ... oh well ...) Readers will remember that I am strongly opposed to the creation of an ex-ex-ex TLD: http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000152.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive summary: Further process to be determined. ------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#15 15. Consideration of the Independent Review Panel Declaration - ICM Registry v. ICANN Whereas, on 6 June 2008, in accordance with ICANN Bylaws, ICM Registry, Inc. filed an application for an Independent Review challenging ICANN's denial of ICM's application for the .XXX sTLD; Whereas, on 8 September 2008, ICANN submitted its response to ICM's IRP; Whereas, after a three-member Independent Review Panel (Panel) was constituted, both ICM and ICANN submitted additional papers setting out their respective positions on the matter; Whereas, from 21 through 25 September 2009, a live hearing was held in Washington DC, where both sides submitted documentary evidence and witness testimony; Whereas, on 19 February 2010, the Panel issued its 2-1 majority Declaration with findings; Whereas, in accordance with Article IV, section 3.15 of ICANN's Bylaws, "[w]here feasible, given that the Board shall consider the IRP Panel Declaration at the Board's next meeting"; Whereas, the Board has considered the IRP Panel Declaration throughout the week in Nairobi from 7-12 March 2010 and reviewed various paths toward conclusion; and Whereas, in the absence of a process for approving an sTLD six years following the receipt of the original application, the Board wishes to create a transparent set of process options which can be published for public comment. Resolved (2010.03.12.39), the Board has considered the Independent Review Panel's Declaration in conformity with the ICANN Bylaws requirements during its meeting in Nairobi and explored possible paths regarding ICM's application for the .XXX sTLD. Resolved (2010.03.12.40), the Board directs ICANN's CEO and General Counsel to finalize a report of possible process options for further consideration. Resolved (2010.03.12.41), the Board directs ICANN's CEO and General Counsel to post the report of possible process options on the ICM matter for public comment within 14 days, which will enable the community to provide input on the Board processes. The report will be posted for public comment for no less than 45 days, which will enable the Board to consider the possible process options no later than ICANN's 38 th International Meeting in Brussels. ------- --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator