[ALAC-Announce] Fwd: Call for input on: "Impact of new gTLDs on ICANN's structure"

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

Dear colleagues,

During the Prague meeting, several Board members have asked ICANN
communities to think about the impact of the new gTLDs on the overall
ICANN Structure.

Below is an email from Bertrand de la Chapelle detailing such enquiry.

Comments are welcome from the whole community. Please add your comments
at the bottom of the WIKI page created on:
https://community.icann.org/x/XAUeAg

The ExCom will summarise in order to provide a single input from At-Large.

*At-Large Comments open*: 3 August 2012

*At-Large Comments close*: 3 September 2012



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Call for input on: "Impact of new gTLDs on ICANN's structure"
Date: 	Fri, 3 Aug 2012 12:24:46 +0200
From: 	Bertrand de La Chapelle <bdelachapelle at gmail.com>
To: 	
CC: 	



Dear all,

The new gTLD program will have a significant impact on the functioning
of ICANN and its structure. An in-depth community discussion is needed
to identify early the corresponding challenges and possible evolutions.
It should be conducted while the gTLD program itself is being
implemented, without waiting for the completion of this round. This
should in particular be taken into account in the upcoming gNSO review,
planned in 2013.

As you probably remember, this issue was therefore put on the agenda of
the various Board interactions with SOs, ACs and constituencies during
the Prague meeting. Several issues were identified during these
discussions, pertaining both to scalability factors (due to the number
of applications) and qualitative impact (including the diversity of the
new gTLDs and the potential overlapping of the constituencies they could
belong to).

At the end of each such session, *Steve Crocker invited participants to
share a one-pager on this topic* to gather preliminary views and help
prepare a dedicated session in Toronto. 

I am writing to you as Chairs of the respective SOs, ACs, Stakeholder
Groups or Constituencies to renew this call for input. The Board
Structural Improvements Committee (SIC), chaired by Ray Plzak, will
discuss the topic during the Board Workshop mid-September and your
perspective is eagerly sought after. The contributions can be very
synthetic at that stage, for instance merely listing bullet points of
identified potential impacts. The objective is to get as complete a
picture as possible of the different dimensions of the issue.

I know the summer period is not the easiest to gather views in you
respective groups but I also understand that this has already been
discussed before Prague and you probably are in a position to share the
concerns already identified, if not the possible solutions. This is only
a preliminary stage and further consultations will take place to prepare
the Toronto session. 

Thank you in advance for your contribution, *if possible before
September 10*, and don't hesitate to share this call for input with
people I might have inadvertently overlooked or you think might be good
contributors from your group.

Best

Bertrand



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Bertrand de La Chapelle
Internet & Jurisdiction Project Director, International Diplomatic
Academy (www.internetjurisdiction.net <http://www.internetjurisdiction.net>)
Member, ICANN Board of Directors 


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