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

Pedro de Perdigão Lana pedrodeperdigaolana at GMAIL.COM
Tue Nov 25 00:14:53 EET 2025


Hi all,

A few people emailed me directly saying they would like to volunteer to the
different Public Comments - I would suggest messaging the lead of each PC
directly, to plan how to divide the research and the work to be done.

@Stephen Dakyi <nanayawbotar at gmail.com> voluntereered for 2, 3 and 4

@Christabel Mebaghandu <meb.christabel at ccpjd.org> volunteered for 4

@gloria.amofah-adjekum at ghanasig.org volunteered for 4

To start the work, I would heavily suggest reading the support material
available in each Public Comment page and then looking for previous NCSG
comments, letters or other manifestations on the same (or similar) subject.
For example, you can find a few things related to String Similarity on
the Proceedings for Proposed Language for Draft Sections of Next Round AGB
(they go from first to fourth, with a final general revision - I believe we
already talked about string similarity in two of those).

Cordially,

*Pedro de Perdigão Lana*
Advogado - OAB/PR 90.600 <https://www.nic.br/>,  Pesquisador (GEDAI/UFPR
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Em dom., 23 de nov. de 2025, 06:45, Yao Amevi A. Sossou <soyames at gmail.com>
escreveu:

> Hi Pedro,
> I will contribute to String Similarity Evaluation Data for New gTLD
> Program: Next Round.
> Kind regards,
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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)
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>> <https://www.ncuc.org/> & NCSG
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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)
>>>>>
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