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

[Cheryl Langdon-Orr]

FYI. Both Maureen and I are representing ALAC in this, and I served on the
preceding Study Group, so we will be happy to help any newbie along, won't
we Maureen :-) :-) :-)
On Apr 11, 2014 1:59 PM, "Ali AlMeshal" <dralialmeshal at gmail.com> wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 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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