[Call for Volunteers] Public Comment on Community gTLD Change Requests

[Rafik Dammak]

Hi all,

I am sending this as a call for volunteers to draft an NCSG comment on the
public consultation on Community gTLD change requests
https://www.icann.org/public-comments/community-gtld-
change-procedure-2018-02-14-en.

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.

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
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wy5bMfvEvLA-FU2Ir4zd1Hhgo78XbDjROrCmmmfQgE0/edit
.

You can also find the list of other public comments and volunteers here :
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Public+Comments+-+2018

Best Regards,

Rafik Dammak

NCSG Policy Committee Chair

---------- Forwarded message ----------


Dear Heather and GNSO Councilors,



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 guidance
<https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/minutes-council-1-01nov17-en.pdf> 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.



On 14 February 2018, ICANN opened a Public Comment period
<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/community-gtld-change-procedure-2018-02-14-en>
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 for further
information.




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.



Here’s the announcement: https://www.icann.org/news/
announcement-2-2018-02-14-en.



The Public Comment period is now open at https://www.icann.org/public-
comments/community-gtld-change-procedure-2018-02-14-en.
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