GAC Advice

The GAC provides advice to the ICANN Board on policy matters where there may be an interaction between ICANN’s policies and various laws, international agreements and public policy objectives. GAC Advice is communicated to the ICANN Board through either a Communique or a formal piece of Correspondence.

2014-06-25 .spa

GAC Advice

Reference No. :

2014-06-25 .spa

First Delivered 25 Jun 2014 via :

ICANN50 London Communique

Consenus:

Consensus met

2014-06-25 .spa

3. Specific Strings

b. .spa

The GAC welcomes the NGPC's acceptance of the GAC advice on .spa.

The GAC reiterates its advice (https://gacweb.icann.org/display/GACADV/2014-03-27-spa) on the issue that 'the relevant parties in these discussions are the city of Spa and the applicants.' The GAC therefore seeks NGPC's clarification on whether its explanation that 'the applications will proceed through the normal process' means it will follow the Applicant Guidebook taking into consideration the GAC advice.

Current Status/Communications Log

Letter from ICANN Board to Heather Dryden re 8 September 2014 NGPC meeting

Board Scorecard - 8 September 2014

Yes. ICANN will follow the Applicant Guidebook taking into consideration the GAC advice. -Because neither of the .SPA applications were the subject of GAC advice pursuant to Module 3.1 of the Applicant Guidebook, both applications for .SPA remain active and will continue to be processed pursuant to the procedures of the AGB. Because there is more than one application for the .SPA TLD, the applicants will need to resolve the contention set pursuant to the procedures established in Module 4 of the Applicant Guidebook before ICANN will enter into a Registry Agreement with the prevailing applicant.

2014-06-25 .spa

GAC Advice

2014-06-25 .spa

ICANN50 London Communique

Consensus met

2014-06-25 .spa

Current Status/Communications Log

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