ICANN Extends Comment Deadline on New gTLD Procedures Development Process Report
ICANN extended to Oct. 30 the public comment period on its preliminary report on future new generic top level domain (gTLD) procedures. The report, prepared in response to questions raised by the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council, urged GNSO…
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to proceed with policy development for subsequent rounds of new gTLD rollouts. Policy developments may include reevaluating the $185,000 fee for applying to be a registry for a new gTLD and ICANN’s outreach on gTLDs, ICANN said. ICANN said it believes extending the deadline on the GNSO report would give the community more time to consider the report and will mean the deadline no longer occurs before the start of ICANN’s planned Oct. 18-22 meeting in Dublin. Setting the comment deadline after the end of the Dublin meeting means “discussions about the report can occur during the meeting while the public comment period remains open,” ICANN said.