[APAC-Discuss] Fwd: [ArabICANN] Call for Volunteers: Cross-Community Working Group on the Use of Country and Territory Names as TLDs

Ali AlMeshal dralialmeshal at gmail.com
Fri Apr 11 03:59:13 UTC 2014


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From: "Fahd Batayneh" <fahd.batayneh at icann.org>
Date: 11 Apr 2014 00:48
Subject: [ArabICANN] Call for Volunteers: Cross-Community Working Group on
the Use of Country and Territory Names as TLDs
To: "'Arab ICANN' (arabicann at aratld.org)" <arabicann at aratld.org>
Cc:

For those interested



http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-10apr14-en.htm




In Brief



The Generic Names Supporting Organization is looking for volunteers to
participate in a new cross-community Working Group (CWG) on the Use of
Country and Territory Names as TLDs (UCTN). This CWG has been charted
jointly with the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) and it
is expected to review the current status of representations of country and
territory names as they exist under current ICANN policies, guidelines and
procedures and to provide advice on whether to develop a framework,
applicable across all SOs and ACs - and if so, provide advice to the
content of such a framework.


What this CWG will do



The UCTN CWG has been
charted<http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/unct-framework-charter-27mar14-en.pdf>to
address three issues:



   - To review the current status of representations of country and
   territory names, as they exist under current ICANN policies, guidelines and
   procedures;
   - To provide advice regarding the feasibility of developing a consistent
   and uniform definitional framework that could be applicable across the
   respective SOs and ACs; and
   - Should such a framework be deemed feasible, to provide detailed advice
   as to the content of the framework.



When tackling these issues, the UCTN CWG is advised to take into account
the Final Report<http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/unct-final-08sep12-en.pdf>of
the ccNSO Study Group on the Use of Names for Country and Territory.
According to its
Charter<http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/unct-framework-charter-27mar14-en.pdf>,
the scope of this CWG is limited to: 1) representations of names of
countries, territories and their subdivisions listed on or eligible to be
listed on the ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 code International Standard for country
codes and codes for their subdivisions, hereafter: Country and Territory
names (note: other geographical indicators, such as regions, are excluded);
2) the use of Country and Territory names as Top Level Domains (note: the
use of Country and Territory names at the second or other level is
excluded). However, if issues become apparent to the Co-chairs of the CWG
that are considered relevant, but outside the scope of the CWG, the
Co-Chairs of the WG, after consulting the members of the WG, shall inform
the Chairs of the participating SOs and ACs.


How this team will work



ICANN WGs use transparent, open processes. The operational aspects of this
CWG will be further determined by the co-chairs at the start of the CWG's
operations, but typically meetings are recorded, mailing lists are publicly
archived and GNSO members are expected to submit Statements of
Interest (SOI<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/New+SOIs>)
in order to participate. The group may decide to collaborate using a public
workspace for draft materials and all final work products and milestones
will be documented.



Please note that as a working group member you are expected to attend
conference calls and to actively participate in online discussions.


How to Join



The CWG is open to anyone interested to join. If you are interested to
participate, please send an email to the GNSO Secretariat (
gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org) *preferably by 18 April 2014 at the latest*,
to indicate your interest to join this Cross Community Working Group.


Background



The ccNSO Study group on the use of Names for Country and Territory
published its Final Report in September 2013 (
http://ccnso.icann.org/node/42227). The first of the two recommendations of
the Study Group to the ccNSO Council was to establish a cross community
working group to:



   - Further review the current status of representations of country and
   territory names, as they exist under current ICANN policies, guidelines and
   procedures;
   - Provide advice regarding the feasibility of developing a consistent
   and uniform definitional framework that could be applicable across the
   respective SOs and ACs;
   - And, should such a framework be deemed feasible, provide detailed
   advice as to the content of the framework.



The ccNSO Council adopted the recommendations and, as the objective of the
proposed Working Group is considered to be of common interest to the
broader community, other Supporting Organisations (SOs), Advisory
Committees (ACs) and others were invited to participate in the working
group on equal footing, and should be preferably undertaken as a
collaborative effort. To this end the ALAC, GNSO and GAC were invited by
the ccNSO Council to participate in a Joint Working Group. The GNSO Council
adopted the charter for the CWG at its meeting on 26 March 2014.

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