Since the [[GAC]] provided individual government's advice on this TLD and not a [[GAC]] consensus objection, [[ICANN Board]] Chair [[Steve Crocker]] asked the GAC to provide further consensus advice on the application. However, after the conclusion of [[ICANN 48]] in Buenos Aires, GAC Chair [[Heather Dryden]] wrote to Mr. Crocker informing him that the GAC would provide no further advice on the [[.islam]] and .halal strings. This means that the ICANN Board will now have to decide the fate of the application without strong consensus advice from GAC.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/15259-icann-will-have-to-make-a-call-on-islam ICANN will have to make a call on .islam, DomainIncite] Retrieved 09 Dec 2013</ref> | Since the [[GAC]] provided individual government's advice on this TLD and not a [[GAC]] consensus objection, [[ICANN Board]] Chair [[Steve Crocker]] asked the GAC to provide further consensus advice on the application. However, after the conclusion of [[ICANN 48]] in Buenos Aires, GAC Chair [[Heather Dryden]] wrote to Mr. Crocker informing him that the GAC would provide no further advice on the [[.islam]] and .halal strings. This means that the ICANN Board will now have to decide the fate of the application without strong consensus advice from GAC.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/15259-icann-will-have-to-make-a-call-on-islam ICANN will have to make a call on .islam, DomainIncite] Retrieved 09 Dec 2013</ref> |