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

[Ali AlMeshal]

Great to know this, all the luck.
On 11 Apr 2014 08:53, "Cheryl Langdon-Orr" <langdonorr at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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