- Category: (replace this text with one of the following categories: Administration/Budget, Board, ccTLD, gTLDTopic: Board consideration of .PRO proposed contract amendments, IP, ICANN Structure, International Agreement, Root Zone)
- Topic: (replace this text with a keywords from title)
- Board meeting date: 30 April 2008
- Resolution number: __.2008
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-30apr08.htm
- Status: (replace this text with: Completed, Ongoing, Suspended)
Summary
The proposed changes to the .PRO Registry Agreement were approved, and the President and General Counsel were authorized to take such actions as appropriate to implement the amendments. (replace this text with the a one-sentence summary of the resolution)
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Kurt Pritz advised that this is a request for a change to the .PRO registry agreement from the registry operator. The restricted TLD was intended to serve a limited number of certified professionals: medical, law, accounting, and engineering professions, and noted the issues that have been faced by the registry, that did not purport to meet with the purpose of the original proposal. The TLD has had limited success to date, with registrations in the low thousands. In an attempt to invigorate the business .PRO has proposed three changes to registry agreements: the number of professions allowed to be increased by nine (in addition to the existing four) plus additional professions licensed by governmental boards; increase the ability to make registrations at the second level; and add a Terms of Use to the registry agreement.
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- A voice vote was taken of all Board Members present, and the motion was approved by a vote of 10 to 0, with no abstentions. In addition to the board members that were not available for the call, Roberto Gaetano was not available to participate in the meeting, during this particular vote.
Implementation Actions
- ICANN and RegistryPro to sign .PRO agreement amendment
- Responsible entity: gTLD Registry Liaison
- Due date: as soon as possible after Board approval
- Completion date: 24 June 2008
Other Related Resolutions
- Resolution 02.40 and 02.41 - Authorizing President to enter .pro registry agreement and implement agreement once signed: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-14mar02.htm
- Resolution 02.143 - Authorizing amendment to the .PRO registry agreement to implement defensive registration product offerings: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-02dec02.htm
- Resolution 03.161 - Authorizing amendments to .PRO registry agreement to implement second-level registration product offering: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/advisory-31oct03.htm
- Resolution 04.85 - Authorizing amendment of .PRO registry agreement to implement additional mechanisms for personal data verification: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-30sep04.htm
- Resolution 05.01 - Approving implementation of ENG as new profession-specific second-level domain in .PRO: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-24jan05.htm
- Resolution 05.06 - Approving introduction of ING as new profession-specific second-level domain in .PRO: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-18feb05.htm
- Other resolutions TBD
Additional Information
- .PRO registry agreement: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/pro/
- .PRO registry agreement was assigned from RegistryPro, Inc. to Registry Services Corporation on 18 February 2004: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-18feb04.htm
- ICANN Publishes Comprehensive Evaluation of the Introduction of the .aero, .biz, .coop, .info, .museum, .name and .pro gTLDs
- The resolution does not address funding for the items identified therein.
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- Responsible entity: (replace this text with the responsible entity: ICANN department, ICANN Community Structure, Board, U.S. Department of Commerce)
- Due date: (replace this text with Due Date)
- Completion date: (replace this text with Date action was implemented)
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- Responsible entity: (replace this text with the responsible entity: ICANN department, ICANN Community Structure, Board, U.S. Department of Commerce)
- Due date: (replace this text with Due Date)
- Completion date: (replace this text with Date action was implemented)
Other Related Resolutions
- (replace this text with links to related resolutions)
Additional Information
- (replace this text with any additional notes related to this resolution, i.e. funding considerations)