Chuck, If your motion aims to ensure there are no excessive delays due
to the 4 months communications period, then it should be more specific about
when the second draft of the applicant guidebook is to be published. Otherwise
delays in the second draft’s publication will still lead to delays in starting
the first application round and the aim of your motion will be defeated. As far as I know, staff aims to have the second draft out a
couple of weeks before the Mexico meeting. If that’s the case, then adding
something like: “the second Draft Applicant Guidebook is posted for public
comment will be posted for comment at least a week before the first
international meeting of 2009” would do the trick. Stéphane Van Gelder From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gomes, Chuck I
would like to make the following motion (also attached as a Word file) for
consideration at our next Council meeting. Chuck
Gomes Whereas: ·
Implementation Guideline
E states, “The application submission date will be at least four months after
the issue of the Request for Proposal and ICANN will promote the opening of the
application round.” (See Final Report, Part A, Introduction of New Generic
Top-Level Domains, dated 8 August 2007 at http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/pdp-dec05-fr-parta-08aug07.htm#_Toc43798015
)
Resolve: ·
The GNSO Council changes
Implementation Guideline E to the following: o
ICANN will initiate the
Communications Period at the same time that the second Draft Applicant
Guidebook is posted for public comment. o
The opening of the
initial application round will occur no earlier than four (4) months after the
start of the Communications Period and no earlier than 30 days after the
posting of the final Applicant Guidebook (RFP). o
As applicable, promotions
for the opening of the initial application round will include: §
Announcement about the
public comment period following the posting of the second Draft Applicant
Guidebook (RFP) §
Information about the
steps that will follow the comment period including approval and posting of the
final Applicant Guidebook (RFP) §
Estimates of when the
initial application round will begin. |