- Category: ccTLD
- Topic: ccTLD Administration and Delegation Policies
- Board meeting date: 10 March 2000
- Resolution number: 00.13
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-10mar00.htm
- Status: Completed
Summary
Resolved that the ICANN President and staff are to work with interested parties to draft language for the rights and responsibilities of the various parties in ccTLD agreements.
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Whereas, the Board has received a number of serious and carefully crafted recommendations relating to ccTLD administration and delegation policies, best practices, and contractual elements, including recommendations from the Governmental Advisory Committee, ccTLD managers, and others;
Whereas, the elements of these recommendations provide a sound basis for constructive dialogue and the finalization of stable and appropriate relationships;
RESOLVED [00.13] that the President and staff are authorized to work with the ccTLD managers, Governmental Advisory Committee, and other interested parties to prepare draft language for contracts, policy statements, and/or communications, including appropriate funding arrangements, to be presented to the Board and posted for public comment as soon as practicable.
Implementation Actions
- Work with the ccTLD organizations, Governmental Advisory Committee, and other interested parties to prepare draft language for contracts, policy statements, and/or communications embodying these relationships.
- Responsible entity: ICANN President and staff
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: 5 July 2000
Other Related Resolutions
- ICANN staff determined that it was premature to set forth a "final" agreement. ICANN staff prepared and presented a draft of a "status quo" agreement between ICANN and ccTLDs for comment as recorded in the 05 July 2000 ICANN Yokohama Meeting agenda at http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/yokohama/cctld-topic.htm.
- The discussion draft of the ccTLD Manager-ICANN "Status Quo" agreement was posted on 05 July 2000 at http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/yokohama/draft-cctld-status-quo-agreement-05jul00.htm.
- It was later resolved that delegation of additional ccTLDs would only be established upon Board approval of stable and appropriate agreements between ICANN and the ccTLDs as recorded in the 25 September 2000 Resolution 00.75 at https://wiki.icann.org/display/tap/2000-09-25+-+Delegation+of+ccTLDs.
Additional Information
- The resolution does not address funding for the items identified herein.
- Mr. McLaughlin noted that the issue of possible policy revisions concerning administration and delegation of country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) had been discussed over the past few days. Although progress had been made toward defining issues and positions, additional discussions with interested parties, including individual ccTLD managers and governments, were needed to reach resolution. He read resolution language proposed by the staff (set forth below) authorizing the staff to proceed with those discussions, with the goal of reaching contracts and policy statements to be posted for public comment.
In discussion, it was noted that the resolution would permit action on at least some aspects of the ccTLD issues before the Board's next face-to-face meeting in Yokohama in July 2000.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Board unanimously approved the adoption of the following resolution:Whereas, the Board directed the President and staff to prepare "appropriate contractual relationships" with ccTLD registries in connection with the funding arrangements presented in the final report of the Task Force on Funding, in resolution 99.136;
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