[Ncsg-discuss] [PUBLIC COMMENT] Call for volunteers for four drafts

Yao Amevi A. Sossou soyames at GMAIL.COM
Sun Nov 23 11:45:06 EET 2025 

Hi Pedro,
I will contribute to String Similarity Evaluation Data for New gTLD
Program: Next Round.
Kind regards,
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Digital Transformation Advocate | Design & Innovation Evangelist | Human
centered Entrepreneurship| SDG Advocate | Internet Governance

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On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM Pedro de Perdigão Lana <
pedrodeperdigaolana at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Correcting my last message: we still have Tomslin as our PC chair, as
> interim. I have asked him before posting this, but made a mistake about the
> vacancy in my email (:
>
> For the Public Comments we already have volunteers, here are the links:
>
>    - String Similarity Evaluation Data for New gTLD Program: Next Round:
>    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pc-bP78NI7TSNNcnn8ntFcfonTl1x52ODsPgwxB5fMw/edit?tab=t.0
>    - @Bolutife Adisa <adisabolutifeo at gmail.com> (lead) @Hakikur Rahman
>    <email at hakik.org> @Mohammad Atif <mohammadatifaleem at gmail.com>
>    - Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) Policy Alignment Analysis -
>    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JVZxxWdlgLO4-gTmfqFmc9th2xuhktVLP3L5L23w1KU/edit?usp=sharing
>     -  @Michaela Shapiro <michaela.shapiro at article19.org> (lead), @Hakikur
>    Rahman <email at hakik.org> , @Mohammad Atif <mohammadatifaleem at gmail.com>
>
>    - Timeline for Urgent Requests for Lawful Disclosure of Nonpublic
>    Registration Data -
>    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w8pM_vsngb92XjqmQwhI40sL4Yn3aM-aEPt_s7-YDvA/edit?usp=sharing
>    - @farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> (lead), @Michaela Shapiro
>    <michaela.shapiro at article19.org>
>
> I have also arbitrarily designed one person who is/recently was part of
> the Policy Committee to lead each comment; let me know if we need to
> change. No volunteers yet for public comment 1.
>
> Please remember to add your contributions in suggestion mode, so it is
> possible to see who effectively contributed to the final text that will be
> submitted and adequate credit can be given
>
> @Houda CHIHI <houda.chihi at gmail.com> and @Internet Society Togo, you have
> not indicated what public comment you would like to participate.
>
> Cordially,
>
> *Pedro de Perdigão Lana*
> Lawyer <https://www.nic.br/>, GEDAI/UFPR <https://www.gedai.com.br/>
> Researcher
> PhD Candidate (UFPR), LLM in Business Law (UCoimbra)
> Coordination/Board/EC @ ISOC Brazil <https://www.isoc.org.br/>, NCUC
> <https://www.ncuc.org/> & NCSG
> <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Home>(ICANN) and CC
> Brazil <https://br.creativecommons.net/>.
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>
> Em sex., 21 de nov. de 2025 às 07:28, Mohammad Atif <atifzhcet14 at gmail.com>
> escreveu:
>
>> Hi Pedro,
>>
>> I would be interested in contributing for items 2 and 3.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Mohammad Atif Aleem.
>>
>> On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 at 11:25, Internet Society Togo <Contact at isoc.tg>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Count me in Pedro and thanks for taking the lead.
>>>
>>> On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 at 10:18 Michaela Nakayama Shapiro <
>>> 00001b332dc2b5b0-dmarc-request at listserv.syr.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> INTERNAL
>>>>
>>>> Hi Pedro,
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for kicking this off! I’m happy to contribute some thoughts
>>>> to items 3 & 4. Agreed with @farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> that
>>>> 4 is a very important one for the NCSG.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Michaela
>>>>
>>>> *From: *NCSG-Discuss <NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on behalf of
>>>> Houda CHIHI <houda.chihi at GMAIL.COM>
>>>> *Date: *Friday, 21 November 2025 at 06:40
>>>> *To: *NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU <NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>>>> *Subject: *Re: [PUBLIC COMMENT] Call for volunteers for four drafts
>>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> happy to participate as well,
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Le ven. 21 nov. 2025 à 05:12, Hakikur Rahman <email at hakik.org> a
>>>> écrit :
>>>>
>>>> Hi Pedro,
>>>>
>>>> I will be happy to contribute for item 2 and 3.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks and regards,
>>>> Hakikur
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> ---- On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 05:14:53 +0600 *Pedro de Perdigão Lana
>>>> <pedrodeperdigaolana at GMAIL.COM <pedrodeperdigaolana at GMAIL.COM>>* wrote
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> Since we do not have a PC chair at this moment, I am taking the liberty
>>>> to share with you all four public comments that are open and seem at least
>>>> somewhat important to the non-commercial mission:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    1.
>>>>
>>>>    Name: Draft LAC Regional Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2026–2030
>>>>    Deadline for input: 24 November 2025 at 23:59 UTC.
>>>>
>>>>    https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/draft-lac-regional-strategic-plan-for-fiscal-years-20262030-13-10-2025
>>>>    This proceeding invites feedback on the draft regional strategic
>>>>    plan for the Latin America & Caribbean (LAC) region covering FY 2026-2030.
>>>>    It seeks community input on key regional priorities, how ICANN org can
>>>>    support outreach, capacity building, and stakeholder participation in the
>>>>    region
>>>>    *(**We don't have much time to write this one, so we would have to
>>>>    do it very quickly as to allow the Policy Committee to have at least 24h to
>>>>    review)*
>>>>    2.
>>>>
>>>>    Name: String Similarity Evaluation Data for New gTLD Program: Next
>>>>    Round
>>>>    Deadline for input: 4 December 2025 at 23:59 UTC.
>>>>    Link:
>>>>    https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/string-similarity-evaluation-data-for-new-gtld-program-next-round-16-10-2025
>>>>    This proceeding publishes the string similarity evaluation data and
>>>>    invites feedback as part of preparing for the next round of the new generic
>>>>    top-level domains (gTLD) program. The aim is to help prevent user confusion
>>>>    by evaluating visually or scriptually similar domain strings and obtaining
>>>>    community input on the proposed similar code-points and their similarity
>>>>    degrees.
>>>>    3.
>>>>
>>>>    Name: Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) Policy Alignment
>>>>    Analysis
>>>>    Deadline for input: 9 December 2025 at 23:59 UTC.
>>>>    Link:
>>>>    https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/registration-data-request-service-rdrs-policy-alignment-analysis-30-10-2025
>>>>    This proceeding invites input on a policy-alignment analysis
>>>>    regarding the Registration Data Request Service (RDRS). The analysis
>>>>    addresses gaps and alignment issues between RDRS and other
>>>>    disclosure/access systems (such as the System for Standardised
>>>>    Access/Disclosure). The aim is to gather community feedback on next steps
>>>>    and possible policy adjustments.
>>>>    4.
>>>>
>>>>    Name: Timeline for Urgent Requests for Lawful Disclosure of
>>>>    Non-public Registration Data
>>>>    Deadline for input: 15 December 2025 at 23:59 UTC.
>>>>    Link:
>>>>    https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/timeline-for-urgent-requests-for-lawful-disclosure-of-nonpublic-registration-data-22-10-2025
>>>>    This proceeding seeks community input on proposed language and
>>>>    timelines for handling urgent lawful disclosure requests for non-public
>>>>    registration data (for example, when there are imminent threats to life,
>>>>    serious infrastructure, or child exploitation). It aims to define a faster,
>>>>    dedicated timeline for such urgent disclosure requests, which is currently
>>>>    missing in policy.
>>>>
>>>> *Let me know if we have volunteers who wish to lead and/or assist in
>>>> writing contributions for those Public Comments, and I will create the
>>>> Google Docs with our template to comment. Since I won't be able to lead one
>>>> of those this time, I will wait to have at least one volunteer to create
>>>> the shared doc.*
>>>>
>>>> Please note that each of those deadlines, with the exception of the
>>>> first, is actually 72 hours before the listed date, to allow the NCSG
>>>> Policy Committee to review the text.
>>>>
>>>> Cordially,
>>>>
>>>> *Pedro de Perdigão Lana*
>>>> Lawyer <https://www.nic.br/>, GEDAI/UFPR <https://www.gedai.com.br/>
>>>>  Researcher
>>>> PhD Candidate (UFPR), LLM in Business Law (UCoimbra)
>>>>
>>>> Coordination/Board/EC @ ISOC Brazil <https://www.isoc.org.br/>, NCUC
>>>> <https://www.ncuc.org/> & NCSG
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>>>> Brazil <https://br.creativecommons.net/>.
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