Update on gTLD Registrar Application Process

Hi,

There has been an update on the http://www.gtld-mou.org site.

As always, for latest news, click on "Latest News"

Of specific interest:

1. There is a near-final draft of the "Application Form to Qualify to 
sign the CORE-MoU Submitted to the Internet Council of Registrars (CORE)"
which is available from http://www.gtld-mou.org/docs/apply.htm

The application process for applying to become a new gTLD Registrar 
under the aegis of the gTLD-MoU framework is not yet open.  However,
the target release date for the final application form is within 
the next week after which the current application form foresees 
approximately a 90 day application period (replacing the previously
planned 60 day period). Also new is that the application form foresees 
that CORE will begin "start-up" activities 30 days after the beginning 
of acceptance of applications.

In order to act as a gTLD registrar, the draft application process
foresees the following steps:

(i)   Submit a completed application form and application fee within
      the application period;

(ii)  Have the application be deemed acceptable;

(iii) After the application has been deemed acceptable, sign the
      CORE-MoU, and thereby become a member of CORE;

(iv)  Conform to the operational and technical requirements determined
      by CORE for registrars;

(v)   Begin registration activities.

After the commencement of registration activities by CORE, only
Registrars may remain members of CORE.  Registrars, and only Registrars,
shall participate in the on-going activities of CORE.

Potential gTLD Registrar applicants are encouraged to carefully read 
the application form.

The application form makes reference to the DNS Walk program. The
version on the http://www.gtld-mou.org site will be updated with a
more robust version before the application process starts.

The application form also makes reference to the CORE-MoU. The
version on the http://www.gtld-mou.org site will be updated before 
the application process starts.

Robert
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Robert Shaw (shaw at itu.int)
Advisor, Global Information Infrastructure
International Telecommunication Union (http://www.itu.int)
Place des Nations, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland