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NARALO Members,</span></p>
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ICANN
granted the city of New York the right to issue domain names
using the .nyc TLD in January 2014. As of May 1, 2016, 76,682
names had been issued to individuals and organizations.</span></p>
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Connecting.nyc
Inc. is an At-Large Structure associated with the ICANN and an
active participant in its multistakeholder governance process.
With our focus on the development of the .nyc TLD as a public
interest resource, I recently reviewed the .nyc Registry
Agreement page on ICANN's website <</span><a
href="https://www.icann.org/resources/agreement/nyc-2014-01-23-en"
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.icann.org/resources/agreement/nyc-2014-01-23-en">https://www.icann.org/resources/agreement/nyc-2014-01-23-en</a></span></a><span
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and noted that four changes to the original agreement had been
recorded there. Three were under the heading "Authorization(s)
for Release of Reserved Names," as follows:</span></p>
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Digit/Digit, Letter/Digit, and Digit/Letter Two-Character
ASCII Labels at the Second Level (01 December 2014) <</span><a
href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/spec5-amend-two-char-01dec14-en.pdf"
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Letter/Letter
Two-Character ASCII Labels (26 May 2015) <</span><a
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Letter/Letter
Two-Character ASCII Labels (14 March 2016) <</span><a
href="https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/tlds/nyc/nyc-auth-ltr-ltr-14mar16-en.pdf"
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fourth was listed under "Amendment No.1 (31 March 2016)":</span></p>
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<</span><a
href="https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/tlds/nyc/nyc-amend-1-pdf-31mar16-en.pdf"
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/tlds/nyc/nyc-amend-1-pdf-31mar16-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/tlds/nyc/nyc-amend-1-pdf-31mar16-en.pdf</a></span></a><span
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This PDF amendment deals with the addition of 14 new data
fields to the Registration Data Directory.</span></p>
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The
existence of these changes came as a complete surprise to me. As
Chair of Connecting.nyc Inc., a NYS nonprofit created in 2007 to
engage and educate New Yorkers about the use of the .nyc TLD,
and as an active participant in ICANN's governance processes
through our association as an At-Large Structure, I had presumed
we would have been consulted about changes to the registry
agreement. </span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span
style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">My
desire for inclusion of individual Internet users in
consultations about future registry changes provides the basis
for this message.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span
style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Note:
An earlier email on this general subject led some to think I was
challenging the 4 registry changes as being out of compliance
with approved ICANN procedures. This is not the case. And based
on my perusal of precedent references kindly provided by a
fellow ALSer (see them below), I’d say that ICANN and the city
followed the “letter of the law.” However...</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span
style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">However,
I do question the efficacy of a process that allows changes to a
registry agreement without taking full advantage of the existing
machinery of governance, i.e., the multistakeholder model and
the extant At-Large Structures (ISOC-NY is also a NYC based
ALS). With the Internet community having settled on a
multistakeholder governance model, one would imagine that our
ALS would be involved in changing the basic agreement that
guides the operation of the .nyc TLD. </span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span
style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">But
perhaps we were excluded from the review process for good
reason, for example, that the city’s governance structure more
effectively represents the needs of the various stakeholders
than the Internet’s multistakeholder model. After all, New York
City does have a democratic governance system, and a general
election was held in November 2013. Perhaps it's thought the
people thereby approved or acquiesced to the registry agreement,
and thus, in the eyes of ICANN, a city-based ALS should not have
a formal role. If this is the situation, I would appreciate
someone pointing me to the relevant guidelines. For indeed...</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span
style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">At
this point, the city is acting as if there is no role for its
residents in a traditional multistakeholder model. While there
was a 20 month period during which the city acknowledged the
role of the residents and users through a .NYC Community
Advisory Board (May 2013 - December 2014), the city unilaterally
decided that entity should cease to exist on January 1, 2015.
And to my dismay, it followed this decision by eliminating all
reference to the .NYC Community Advisory Board’s very existence
from the city’s website. </span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span
style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">NOTE:
To my knowledge city government has not been provided with any
requirement or guideline about the operation of an inclusive,
multistakeholder governance process for the .nyc TLD. So I’m not
faulting the city administration for the current state of
affairs. To do so would be to assume greater awareness and
concomitant responsibility about this new resource than is
seemingly warranted. </span></p>
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">What’s
to be done?</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span
style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">This
email seeks the assistance or NARALO in learning if
Connecting.nyc Inc. should be provided with an opportunity to
consult and consent to future registry agreement changes. We see
precedent for this with the .us TLD.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span
style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The
.us TLD is currently governed with the assistance of a .usTLD
Stakeholder Council: </span><a
href="http://www.neustar.us/ustld-stakeholder-council/structure-and-history/"
style="text-decoration:none;"><span
style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.neustar.us/ustld-stakeholder-council/structure-and-history/">http://www.neustar.us/ustld-stakeholder-council/structure-and-history/</a></span></a><span
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The council has a </span><a
href="http://www.neustar.us/ustld-stakeholder-council/charter/"
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;">charter</span></a><span
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</span><a
href="http://www.neustar.us/ustld-stakeholder-council/ustld-stakeholder-council-operating-procedures/"
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;">operating
procedures</span></a><span
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a membership (which is appointed by the contractor!), and
operational parameters (see usTLD Administrative Component
graphic below).</span></p>
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8pt;text-align: center;"><span
style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><img
src="cid:part9.A530C394.8ADF4F98@communisphere.com"
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">If
it is the consensus that we are inappropriately outside the
extant "consultation loop" I suggest that NARALO initiate a
review to determine if the current process should be changed to
more closely align with the tenets of the multistakeholder
governance system that underpins the operation of ICANN and the
Internet.</span></p>
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8pt;"><span
style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Sincerely,</span></p>
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8pt;"><span
style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Thomas
Lowenhaupt</span></p>
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Basis
for ICANN approval of 4 .nyc TLD registry agreement changes</span></p>
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The
release of 2-character names at the second level has been
the subject of extensive public consultation. The ALAC did
comment on these and explicitly said we did not see any
problems with that. This was a result of discussion and
consultation within-At-Large. The call for comments on our
first such statement can be seen at </span><a
href="http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/alac-announce/2014q3/001875.html"
style="text-decoration:none;"><span
style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/alac-announce/2014q3/001875.html">http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/alac-announce/2014q3/001875.html</a></span></a><span
style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">.
The net result was that we supported the release of such
names. Note that the approval to release such names does not
compel a registry to release them, it only allows them to
make such a decision.</span></p>
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">You
can see the history of our full process on this by going to
</span><a href="https://atlarge.icann.org/policy-summary"
style="text-decoration:none;"><span
style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;">https://atlarge.icann.org/policy-summary</span></a><span
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and doing a search on statement titles including the words
TWO CHARACTER DOMAIN.</span></p>
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The
contract amendment to include additional RDDS fields was
made at the explicit request of the registry to allow .nyc
to satisfy the nexus requirements of the registry (that is,
to allow verification that the registrant does have a
connection with New York City (</span><a
href="http://www.ownit.nyc/policies/nyc_nexus_policy.php"
style="text-decoration:none;"><span
style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ownit.nyc/policies/nyc_nexus_policy.php">http://www.ownit.nyc/policies/nyc_nexus_policy.php</a></span></a><span
style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">).
The request by the registry can be viewed at </span><a
href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rsep-2016002-nyc-request-04jan16-en.pdf"
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rsep-2016002-nyc-request-04jan16-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rsep-2016002-nyc-request-04jan16-en.pdf</a></span></a><span
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Such Registry Service Evaluation Process (RSEP) requests can
be viewed at</span><a
href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rsep-2014-02-19-en"
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rsep-2014-02-19-en">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rsep-2014-02-19-en</a></span></a><span
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The overall process followed in RSEP can be seen at </span><a
href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/workflow-2012-02-25-en"
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style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/workflow-2012-02-25-en">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/workflow-2012-02-25-en</a></span></a><span
style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">.
The process requires a formal public comment only if there
is the possibility (based on a "quick look" review) of a
security or stability issue (which it did not in this case).</span></p>
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RSEP is the result of one of the early GNSO Consensus Policy
Development Processes - </span><a
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That process was of course subject to public comments and
the resultant policy was widely supported.</span></p>
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