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==Community Result==

==Community Result==

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. Unfortunately, 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.  ICANN clearly states that the entire .eco contention set cannot go into delegation while ON-HOLD and therefore, the .eco gTLD award has not been determined. Nevertheless, other applications are marked as "WILL NOT PROCEED". The ICANN Board cannot delegate decision making authority according to its bylaws, and any remaining accountability mechanisms can only issue non-binding review recommendations about the Board's actions in respect to .eco for Board consideration.  Due to the on-hold status, any and all determinations made are NOT FINAL.

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. Unfortunately, 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.  ICANN clearly states that the entire .eco contention set cannot go into delegation while ON-HOLD and therefore, the .eco gTLD award has not been determined. Nevertheless, other applications are marked as "WILL NOT PROCEED". The ICANN Board cannot delegate decision making authority according to its bylaws, and any remaining accountability mechanisms can only issue non-binding review recommendations about the Board's actions in respect to .eco for Board consideration.  Due to the on-hold status, any and all determinations made are "NOT FINAL".

On February 20, 2015 Jacob Malthouse, a former key ICANN Executive 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.  Source: [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/reconsideration-15-2-big-room-inc-2015-02-23-en Big Room Inc. - Withdrawn Reconsideration Filing].

On February 20, 2015 Jacob Malthouse, a former key ICANN Executive 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.  Source: [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/reconsideration-15-2-big-room-inc-2015-02-23-en Big Room Inc. - Withdrawn Reconsideration Filing].