Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Registry Agreements

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TLD Sponsorship Agreement: Attachment 9 (.museum)

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TLD Sponsorship Agreement: Attachment 9 (.museum)

Posted: 21 August 2001


Selection of Registrars

This Attachment specifies the criteria for Sponsor's selection of ICANN-Accredited Registrars wishing to enter into an Authorizing Agreement to register domain names in the Sponsored TLD.

Sponsor will select from among ICANN-Accredited Registrars in a manner that promotes the following characteristics in the group of authorized ICANN-Accredited Registrars:

1. Recognition of the public-benefit nature of the .museum TLD and the willingness to participate in it in that spirit;

2. Thorough understanding of the principles and intentions underlying .museum TLD policies, especially as manifested in the naming conventions;

3. Dedicated willingness to propagate and enforce these policies in an observant and diligent manner;

4. Familiarity with the needs of the museum community and established modes for reflecting these needs in the selection of domain names;

5. Broad geographic distribution of registrar locations;

6. Familiarity with the particular requirements of museums in the language and cultural region served by the registrar;

7. Established collaborative contact with one or several organizations representing the museum community in the language and cultural region served by the registrar, or, if the registrar specializes in a disciplinary segment of the museum community, contact with an organization representing museums within that discipline; and

8. Dedicated willingness to act together with the museum organizations referred to above, in the processing of registration requests.

The number of ICANN-Accredited Registrars to be selected is specified in Attachment 8. Sponsor will periodically review and as appropriate revise its selection of registrars.


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