[ALAC-Announce] Community-wide Working Group Completes Recommendations for Continued Use of ICANN Geographic Regions Framework

[At-Large Staff]

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Community-wide Working Group Completes Recommendations for Continued Use of
ICANN Geographic Regions Framework
22 June 2013
The Geographic Regions Review Working Group, a community-wide working group
established by the Board, has nearly completed its work developing
recommendations to the ICANN Board for the continued use of the ICANN
Geographic Regions Framework. The Working Group has produced those
recommendations in a Final Report document that is being shared today with
the community.

According to the Working Group Charter, each community Supporting
Organization and Advisory Committee that contributed members to the Working
Group will now have the opportunity to formally review and comment on this
document before it is submitted to the ICANN Board. The Working Group will
host a workshop during the upcoming ICANN Public Meeting in Durban, South
Africa and briefings will be made available to the leadership of all
Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees (SOs and ACs) as needed.

The Working Group was formed by the Board to (1) identify the different
purposes for which ICANN's Geographic Regions are used; (2) determine
whether the uses of ICANN's Geographic Regions (as currently defined, or at
all) continue to meet the requirements of the relevant stakeholders; and (3)
submit proposals for community and Board consideration relating to the
current and future uses and definition of the ICANN Geographic Regions. A
full record of the Working Group's past reports and public workshops and
presentations can be found at the Working Group's Confluence Wiki space
<https://community.icann.org/display/georegionwg/Geographic+Regions+Review+W
G+-+Documents> .

The Final Report will soon be formally shared directly with the leadership
of the SOs and ACs participating in the Working Group. They will have a full
90 days after the conclusion of the Durban meeting to discuss the Working
Group's recommendations with their communities and, if they choose, to
submit written statements back to the Working Group. Later this year, after
that exchange has taken place, the Working Group will formally submit its
Final Report recommendations to the ICANN Board for consideration.

A copy of the Final Report can be found here:
* English 
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/geo-regions-final-report-22jun1
3-en.pdf>  [PDF, 287 KB]
ICANN Staff Contact ­ Robert Hoggarth

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Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie
Peregrine and Julia Charvolen
ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
E-mail: staff at atlarge.icann.org


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