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Public Comment: Interim Paper on Issues and Possible Solutions Inclusion of IDN ccTLD’s in the ccNSO

22 November 2010

IDN PDP WG 2 Final Interim Report [PDF, 132 KB]

The IDN country code policy development process Working Group 2 (IDN ccPDP WG 2) seeks input from the community on its work to date, on developing recommendations for the inclusion of IDN country code Top Level Domain managers in the country code Names Supporting Organization. 

Building on the Issue Report (see: http://ccnso.icann.org/policy/cctld-idn), the WG identified potential issues that need to be resolved to include IDN ccTLD’s in the ccNSO.

To date the WG has identified the following clusters of issues/topics:

  1. Membership definition.
  2. Roles of members
    1. Eligibility and selection of Councillors to the ccNSO Council
    2. Initiation of PDP
    3. Voting (Policy development process, selection of Councillors, other)
  1. Quorum for voting
  2. Scope of PDP as defined in Annex C

To resolve the issues identified the WG has also identified potential solutions.

At this stage the WG seeks your comments and inputs on the following:

  • Are all topics and issues identified? If not, which topics should be included?
  • Should other alternatives be added to resolve an issue identified?
  • What is preferred solution, if any?

To be most helpful you are kindly requested to submit your comments by 21 January 2011 at idn-cctld-ccnso@icann.org.

Background

The purpose of the IDN country code policy development process Working Group 2 (IDN ccPDP WG 2) is to report on and identify feasible recommendations for the inclusion of IDN ccTLDs in the ccNSO within the framework of the IDN ccPDP.

The scope of the IDN ccPDP WG 2 is to focus on, without limitation, examination of Article IX of the ICANN Bylaws and associated Annexes (Annex B and C of the ICANN Bylaws). It shall also take into account the proposals and recommendations of the IDN country code policy development process Working Group 1 (IDN ccPDP WG 1) on the selection and delegation of IDN ccTLDs associated with the territories listed in the ISO 3166-1 (IDN ccTLDs).

As this IDN ccPDP WG 2 undertakes its activities within the framework of the IDN ccPDP, the limitations on the scope of a ccPDP, in particular by Article IX of and Annex C to the Bylaws, shall limit the scope of this WG accordingly.