- Category: ccTLD, International Agreement
- Topic: Delegation of Aland of Åland Islands (.AX)
- Board meeting date: 9 June 2006
- Resolution number: 06.34
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-09jun06.htm
- Status: Completed
Summary
Board approves the delegation of the .TL (Timor-LesteAX (Åland Islands) ccTLD to the Regional Government of Åland.
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Whereas, the Åland Islands is an autonomous province of the country of Finland.
Whereas, the .AX TLD was added to the ISO 3166-1 table by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency on 13 February 2004.
Whereas, the applicants for .AX delegation are the Regional Government of Åland in conjunction with Ålands Datakommunikation Ab.
Whereas, the applicants have historically been operating the domain .ALAND.FI for the region's inhabitants as a fully functional domain name registry. Should the .AX delegation be approved, a transition of local usage from .ALAND.FI to .AX is planned.
RESOLVED (06.34) that the proposed delegation of the .AX ccTLD to Regional Government of Åland is hereby approved.
Implementation Actions
- Execute Redelegation Redelegate .AX to Regional Government of Åland.
- Responsible entity: IANA
- Due date: none provided None specified
- Completion date: June 2006 2006
Other Related Resolutions
- Board Resolution 00.13, adopted on 10 March 2000, whereby the Board authorized the President and staff to work with the ccTLD managers, Governmental Advisory Committee, and other interested parties to prepare draft language for ccTLD contracts, policy statements, and/or communications.
- Board Resolution 01.37, adopted on 13 March 2001, whereby the Board directed ICANN management to complete drafts of legacy agreements, and to pursue, as needed, acceptable ccTLD agreements.
- Other Resolutions resolutions TBD.
Additional Information
- IANA Report on the Delegation of the .AX Top-Level Domain is available at: http://www.iana.org/reports/2006/ax-report-09jun2006.pdf
- A full list of ccTLD agreements is at: http://www.icann.org/en/cctlds/agreements.html
- ccTLD financial contributions are invoiced annually
- The resolution does not address funding for the items identified therein.
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