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Time Table for the Possible Introduction of IDN ccTLDs

 

Event

Entity

Date

Comment

Submission Final Report to ICANN Board

Chairs IDNC WG

26 June 2008

 

GAC and ccNSO Support Final Report

Chair of GAC and ccNSO

25 June 2008

 

Publication Final Report IDNC WG

IDNC WG

13 June 2008

Final Report contains Recommendations of IDNC WG

Publication of Issues Report ccPDP

Issues Manager

4 June 2008

Issues Report contains recommendation whether or not to initiate a ccPDP. Will be submoitted to the ccNSO Council

Publication of Interim Report

IDNC WG

16 May

 

Publish draft Interim Report & Public Consultation

IDNC WG

28 March – 25 April

 

Publish draft Issues Report ccPDP & Comments period

Issue Manager

8 March – 16 May

 

Publish Initial Report

IDNC WG

8 March

Final Initial Report of IDNC WG to solidify scope of mechanisms for fast track

Request input for Issues Report

Issue Manager

22 February 2008

Issue Manager has extended duration of period to provide input

Publish draft Initial Report & Public Consultation

IDNC WG

1 February – 26 February

 

Formation IDNC WG

Chair ccNSO

14 December 2007

Invitations chair ccNSO to chairs GAC, ALAC, GNSO and SSAC to appoint members.

Board Resolution to adopt fast track in accordance with charter as submitted by ccNSOappoint IDNC WG

ICANN Board

2 November 2007

 

Support GAC charter IDNC WG

GAC

1 November 2007

 

Agreed date (Draft) Issues Report (ccPDP) available.

ccNSO Council

31 October 2007

Draft issue report should be available before New Delhi meeting. Issues Report before Paris meeting.

Adoption charter IDNC WG (fast track) to propose methodology for introduction IDN ccTLD in short term introduction

ccNSO Council

31 October

2007

Adoption of IDNC WG charter and chair to submit it to the ICANN Board. Was adopted by Board

Publication draft fast track process and background paper

Chair ccNSO

14 October 2007

 

Informing Board, ALAC, GAC and GNSO of proposal for fast track approach

Chair ccNSO

17 October 2007

 

Letter to ascertain need IDN ccTLD

 

Chair of ccNSO Council

5 October 2007

ccNSO chair sends letter to ccTLD managers.

GAC chair informed GAC representatives of letter.

Preparing fast track approach. Ascertain need in territories. Design and propose process for fast track

ccNSO Council

2 October 2007

ccNSO Council requests chair of Council to send letter to ccTLD managers to ascertain near term demand.

 

Request Issues Report

ccNSO Council

2 October 2007

First step in launch of ccPDP. Focus on institutional changes and overall policy. Decision was prepared in preceding Council meetings

Board resolution to answer questions Issues Paper

ICANN Board

29 June

Core part of the ccPDP

Board resolution to explore interim and fast track approach introduction IDN ccTLD

ICANN Board

29 June

Starting point for initiating ccPDP and fast track approach

Proposal Interim approach

GAC & ccNSO

28 June 2007

Core communication was GAC communiqué

Endorsement/

support Issues paper

ccNSO Council

27 June 2007

Basic document the GAC communiqué.

References in CD public Forum update ccNSO Council resolutions.

Discussion draft Issues Paper

Joint GAC & ccNSO WG

ccNSO meeting

GAC closed meeting

25 & 26 June 2007

Joint session with GAC,

IDN Workshop 27 June

Discussion standardisation effort

Elisabeth Portneuve

(AFNOR) &

Debbie Garside (BSI)

25 June 2007

Different option to construe a list for definition of IDN ccTLD. Both initiatives assumed link between strings in non-Ascii and territory listed in ISO 3166-1 two alpha ASCII code. Methodology differs

Publication revised second draft Issues Paper

Joint GAC/ccNSO WG

19 June 2007 &

26 June 2007

In preparation of San Juan meeting.

Concept IDN ccTLD

Letter ccNSO to the Board

Chair ccNSO

16 May 2007

The result of the meeting Lisbon meeting. At the request of the IDN WG in the ccNSO. Fear new TLd process would overtake the work of the ccNSO

Resolution to publish draft Issues paper for public comment

ccNSO Council

28 March

2007

In preparation of Lisbon meeting

Joint GAC-ccNSO IDN WG

GAC & ccNSO

 

Was established at request of Board.

Joint GAC ccNSO WG assumed IDN ccTLD, however defined

Board resolution requesting input

ICANN Board

8 December 2006

Board resolution to initiate joint GAC-ccNSO WG.

This resolution also introduced the concept of IDN ccTLD and in the deliberations an explicit reference is made to the ISO 3166 list