<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I am sending this as a call for volunteers to draft an NCSG comment on the public consultation on Community gTLD change requests <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/community-gtld-change-procedure-2018-02-14-en" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://www.icann.org/public-<wbr>comments/community-gtld-<wbr>change-procedure-2018-02-14-en</span></span></a>.</div><div><br></div><div>You can find below the message sent to GNSO council about this public consultation which also gives the background and the process leading to this public comment. This concerns a procedure to make change for specification 12by Community TLD registry operator. The GNSO council discussed a few months ago on how to handle the issue and agreed to have this public comment to seek input on the proposed procedure. </div><div><br></div><div>if you want to volunteer please let me know offlist, I will help and guide you in drafting this comment. It is a good opportunity to learn more about gTLD program and registry agreements. I created a google doc for our draft comment <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wy5bMfvEvLA-FU2Ir4zd1Hhgo78XbDjROrCmmmfQgE0/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wy5bMfvEvLA-FU2Ir4zd1Hhgo78XbDjROrCmmmfQgE0/edit</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>You can also find the list of other public comments and volunteers here : <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Public+Comments+-+2018">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Public+Comments+-+2018</a></div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik Dammak </div><div><br></div><div>NCSG Policy Committee Chair<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Heather and GNSO Councilors,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I wanted to follow up on an item the GDD discussed with the GNSO Council at the ICANN60 meeting, a draft procedure for Community
gTLD Change Requests. Based on the </span></span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/minutes-council-1-01nov17-en.pdf" target="_blank"><span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">guidance</span></span><span></span></a><span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">
from the Council, ICANN org has collaborated with the Community gTLD working group to develop an draft procedure for ICANN to consider changes to a community gTLD operator’s community registration policies, Specification 12 of their registry agreement.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">On 14 February 2018, ICANN opened a
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on the Draft Procedure for Community gTLD Change Requests. The proposed draft procedure published in the Public Comment proceeding is the outcome of collaboration and coordination between the working group and the ICANN org over the past few months. These
efforts resulted in alignment on the published version of the draft procedure. The proposed procedure provides requirements and criteria for ICANN to consider proposed changes to a community gTLD registry operator’s Specification 12 (Community Registration
policies) of the registry agreement. Currently, ICANN has not been approving changes to Specification 12 due to some ambiguity between policy and implementation related to this topic. Please see the rationale included in Section I of the Public Comment proceeding
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">After the Public Comment closes, the ICANN org and the working group plan to submit the summary and analysis of comments to the GNSO
Council. We expect to include a cover note indicating whether or not any policy issues were identified in the public comment forum to ensure it does not raise policy issues before moving toward implementation of a procedure. If the Council advises differently,
we’d appreciate input as soon as possible in order to prepare the appropriate work.</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Here’s the announcement:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Public Comment period is now open at
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