Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories
The Study Group's goal is to provide the ccNSO Council, ccTLD community and other interested stakeholders, including the GAC and GNSO Council, an overview of the scope and issues associated with the use of Country and Territory names as TLD strings and the scope and impact of alternative action paths on IDN ccTLD and new gTLD processes.
Study Group Members
ccNSO
- Martin Boyle, .uk
- Joke Braeken, .eu
- Becky Burr, NomCom Appointee to the ccNSO Council
- Henry Chan, .hk
- Ian Chiang, .tw
- Keith Davidson, .nz
- Sokol Haxhiu, NomCom Appointee to the ccNSO Council
- Hiro Hotta, .jp
- Annebeth Lange, .no
- Young-Eum Lee, .kr
- Leo Maluwa, .mw
- Kathryn Reynolds. .ca
- Nigel Roberts, .gg
- Grigori Saghyan, .am
- Ron Sherwood, .vi
- Paul Szyndler, .au (Chair)
- Maarten Simon, .nl
- Tan Yaling, .cn
GAC
- Elise Lindeberg, Norway
GNSO
- Carlos Aguirre - GNSO Nominating Committee Appointee
- George Asare-Sakyi - NCSG
- Iliya Bazlyankov - RrSG
- Chris Chaplow - CBUC (Observer)
- Ching Chiao - RySG
- Avri Doria - NCSG
- Heather Forrest, IPC
- Volker Greimann - RrSG
- Tony Harris- ISPCP
Glossary
NCSG = Non Commercial Stakeholder Group
RySG = Registries Stakeholder Group
RrSG = Registrars Stakeholder Group
ISPCP = Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency
IPC = Intellectual Property Constituency
At-Large
- Hawa Diakite, AFRALO
- Eduardo Diaz (NARALO)
- Cheryl Langdon-Orr, APRALO (liaison)
- Sophie Liang (APRALO)
- Andres Piazza (LACRALO)
- Rudi Vansnick, EURALO
Specialists
- Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg, UNESCO
Support Staff
- Bart Boswinkel, ccNSO
- Kristina Nordström, ccNSO
- Gabriella Schittek, ccNSO
Transcripts
- Transcript Telephone Conference 26 January 2012
- Transcript Telephone Conference 19 December 2011
- Transcript Telephone Conference 12 October 2011
- Transcript Singapore Meeting 23 June 2011
- Transcript Telephone Conference 11 May 2011
Presentations