GAC Advice

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2015-10-21 Community Priority Evaluation

GAC Advice

Reference No. :

2015-10-21 Community Priority Evaluation

First Delivered 22 Oct 2015 via :

ICANN54 Dublin Communique

Consenus:

Consensus met

2015-10-21 Community Priority Evaluation

Communication

4. Community Priority Evaluation

a. The GAC advises the Board that:

i. the GAC reiterates previously expressed concerns that the Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) process has not met the expectations of applicants and notes that all the successful applications are currently the subject of dispute resolution procedures;

ii. the GAC expects the current specific problems faced by individual applicants to be resolved without any unreasonable delay, and in a manner in which justified community interests are best served;

iii. the GAC notes possibly unforeseen consequences for community applicants of recourse by competing applicants to other accountability mechanisms; and the specific challenges faced by some community applicants in auctions when in competition with commercial applicants;

iv. the GAC will take into account the final report of the ICANN Ombudsman on this issue when preparing the GAC’s input into the GNSO’s review of issues for improving procedures relating to community-based applications in the next gTLD round; and the Competition, Trust and Consumer Choice Review (CCT) under the Affirmation of Commitments.

Responsible Party

ICANN Board

2015-10-21 Community Priority Evaluation

GAC Advice

2015-10-21 Community Priority Evaluation

ICANN54 Dublin Communique

Consensus met

2015-10-21 Community Priority Evaluation

Communication

Responsible Party

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