[council] Fwd from Jonathan Weinberg, STATUS REPORT, WG-C

[Elisabeth Porteneuve <Elisabeth.Porteneuve@cetp.ipsl.fr>]

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> STATUS REPORT, WG-C, from Jon Weinberg
> 
> 	I have posted a summary of the comments on the WG-C interim report at
> <http://www.dnso.org/wgroups/wg-c/Arc01/msg00490.html>.
> 
> 	The WG is developing a list of eight issues that must be resolved before
> ICANN can introduce new TLDs; they are listed at
> <http://www.dnso.org/wgroups/wg-c/Arc01/msg00610.html>.  The issues include
> matters that we have already addressed (e.g., "How should ICANN proceed
> with the initial deployment of new gTLDs? How large should that rollout
> be?"); issues that we are currently addressing (e.g., "Must a new gTLD have
> a ‘charter' reflecting a specialized purpose?"); and issues we have yet to
> address directly as a group (e.g., "What further conditions relating to
> trademark-domain name issues, if any, should be satisfied before new gTLDs
> are introduced?  In particular, should ICANN postpone the introduction of
> new gTLDs until after completing its deliberations on the "famous marks"
> issue currently before WG-B?").
> 
> 	We are conducting a straw poll on the issue of chartered TLDs.  I am
> soliciting volunteers for a committee to develop a reference model
> detailing different possible structures for the ICANN-registry-registrar
> relationship.  I am drafting a document explaining the thinking (pro and
> con) behind the WG's conclusions on the desirability of new gTLDs and the
> nature of the initial rollout.  
>