Famous Four Media: new generic TLDs

"Decision to decide" on .WINE & .VIN delayed to November 2013

Following a letter sent by the GAC to the ICANN Board (the NGPC in fact) on 9 September 2013 where no consensus was found on additional specific safeguards (protection of wine GIs), the ICANN Board had to "decide" about what to do regarding .WINE and .VIN new gTLD application: would they allow to proceed or not?

After months waiting, this story could have ended in 3 different ways:

1. The ICANN board would have allowed both application to proceed but this would could have caused diplomatic...problems between the EU and ICANN and serious anger from part of the wine Community;
2. The ICANN board would have ended all applications. In this case it would have meant that there would not have been any .WINE and .VIN domain names before the second round of applications.
3. The ICANN board would have delayed again to give one last chance to applicants. It is precisely what happened: the ICANN Board delayed again to the next ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires in November 2013.

It is now in the hands of the GAC .WINE and .VIN applicants to demonstrate they want to win their application(s): will they just sit on their chair an "wait" like they just did until now or will they try to come with solutions?

Surprises coming...

Below if the copy of the ICANN Board's answer to the GAC: 

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"The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) met on 28 September 2013 and, among other things, adopted a scorecard of remaining advice from the Beijing and Durban GAC 

Communiqués. The scorecard, available here, reflects the following:

.wine and .vin: On 9 September 2013, the NGPC received a letter from Heather Dryden to 

Steve Crocker re: .wine and .vin. The letter noted that there is no GAC consensus advice on 

additional specific safeguards, and that the GAC or its members may communicate further 

details to the Board as to the nature of the differences in views.

As such, the NGPC stands ready to hear from GAC members as to the nature of the differences in views expressed in the advice while the NGPC is analyzing the community input received on this advice.

The NGPC directs staff to analyze the GAC advice and other community input received on this 

issue, and prepare an analysis and recommendation for decision at the NGPC meeting in 

Buenos Aires.

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The letter can be downladed here:

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Neelie Kroes (European Commission) on .WINE & .VIN

".WINE and .VIN domain names were completely ignored by the GAC" http://t.co/fd6TLSdMBB#wine #newgtlds #icann #dotvinum #jeanguillon
— Jean Guillon (@jeanguillon) September 25, 2013

Find the coolest web address you can think of for the new .BID gTLD

Famous Four Media is running a competition to find the coolest web address you can think of for the new .BID generic Top Level Domain (TLD).

The competition is open now and will close at 11:59 UTC +2 on 4th October 2013, at which time the best suggestions will be entered into a random draw and the winner will receive a brand new Apple TV.

To stand a chance of winning all FFM needs is for players to send their suggestions along with their email to coolnames@famousfourmedia.com. Alternatively players can post their suggestions on the company's Facebook wall or tweet them at @famousfourmedia.

The more suggestions are sent the more likely players are to win. The best ones will be posted as they come in. Note suggestions which are crude, rude, protected or libellous won't be accepted.

For more details please refer to the Terms and Conditions for this competition. Please note suggestions for the same name from two or more persons will all be included in the random draw should they qualify for entry.