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On 6 October 2014 the Economist Intelligence Unit, ICANN's community priority evaluator, awarded Big Room Inc.'s .eco application priority, [https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/tlds/eco/eco-cpe-1-912-59314-en.pdf scoring the application 14/16 points]. On 18 November 2014 the ICANN Board issued a [https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/determination-little-birch-minds-machines-18nov14-en.pdf final determination] upholding the result. On October 24, 2014, approximately 2 weeks after passing community priority evaluation, the status was changed to "on-hold" due to a pending accountability mechanism for applicant Big Room, Inc.
On 6 October 2014 the Economist Intelligence Unit, ICANN's community priority evaluator, awarded Big Room Inc.'s .eco application priority, [https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/tlds/eco/eco-cpe-1-912-59314-en.pdf scoring the application 14/16 points]. On 18 November 2014 the ICANN Board issued a [https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/determination-little-birch-minds-machines-18nov14-en.pdf final determination] upholding the result. On October 24, 2014, approximately 2 weeks after passing community priority evaluation, the status was changed to "on-hold" due to a pending accountability mechanism for applicant Big Room, Inc.
On February 20, 2015 Jacob Malthouse, a former ICANN Regional Liason (Responsible for ICANN engagements with the Caribbean and Canada) and co-founder of Big Room Inc., filed a Reconsideration Request against ICANN’s staff members, on the behalf of Big Room Inc. Malthouse stated, “Big Room Inc. (“Big Room”) respectfully requests Board reconsideration of ICANN staff inaction in connection with its failure to terminate the ongoing Cooperative Engagement Process (“CEP”) pertaining to the .ECO generic top level domain (gTLD) subject matter." In the request Malthouse further states “ICANN should not permit powerful private interests such as Complainants to manipulate ICANN’s processes and procedures to the detriment of communities like the environmental community and entities like Big Room that work on their behalf”. “In sum, Big Room is suffering considerable harm as a result of its .ECO gTLD application being placed in “on hold” status for an indeterminate amount of time, which is a direct result of ICANN staff inaction with respect to its failure to terminate the ongoing, inappropriate CEP with Complainants.” Big Room’s request for reconsideration has since been withdrawn, having no determination made by the ICANN Board of Governance Committee (BCG) on the scheduled review date of March 19, 2015 or anytime thereafter. Source: [https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/reconsideration-request-15-2-big-room-inc-20feb15-en.pdf Big Room Inc. - Withdrawn Reconsideration Filing].
On February 20, 2015 Jacob Malthouse, a former employee of the United Nations Environment Programme, where he was Head of the Investment Team at the Finance Initiative Unit, responsible for negotiation of critical aspects of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment http://www.unpri.org until 2005, and a former employee of ICANN, where he was Regional Liaison, responsible for ICANN engagement with the Caribbean and Canada, and for leading development of the ICANN fellowships program, including the inaugural fellowship round at ICANN Puerto Rico https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/fellowships-2012-02-25-en until 2007.
.ECO has never been awarded to Big Room Inc. nor has Big Room Inc. received any "award" from ICANN or the Economist Intelligence Unit, ICANN's community priority evaluator. Additionally, due to the "on-hold" status, any and all determinations made, such as "will not proceed", are "not final".
As a Co-founder and Director of Big Room Inc., Mr. Malthouse filed a Reconsideration Request pertaining to ICANN staff action in January 2015. The request included the following: “Big Room Inc. (“Big Room”) respectfully requests Board reconsideration of ICANN staff inaction in connection with its failure to terminate the ongoing Cooperative Engagement Process (“CEP”) pertaining to the .ECO generic top level domain (gTLD) subject matter." In the request Mr. Malthouse further states “ICANN should not permit powerful private interests such as Complainants to manipulate ICANN’s processes and procedures to the detriment of communities like the environmental community and entities like Big Room that work on their behalf”. “In sum, Big Room is suffering considerable harm as a result of its .ECO gTLD application being placed in “on hold” status for an indeterminate amount of time, which is a direct result of ICANN staff inaction with respect to its failure to terminate the ongoing, inappropriate CEP with Complainants.”
The request for reconsideration was withdrawn prior to the ICANN Board of Governance Committee (BCG) scheduled review date of March 19, 2015 due to the matter being resolved.
Source: [https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/reconsideration-request-15-2-big-room-inc-20feb15-en.pdf Big Room Inc. - Reconsideration Request].
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