[PC-NCSG] Fwd: [council] Two Letter gTLD Domains

[Amr Elsadr]

Hi,

This just in from the Council list. I believe we should encourage discussion and actively engage on this, particularly since it was the work of some of our members that helped prompt the topic being brought up.

I know the topics are piling up, but this is also something we should probably go over during our monthly call.

Thanks.

Amr

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Phil Corwin <psc at vlaw-dc.com>
> Subject: [council] Two Letter gTLD Domains
> Date: August 30, 2016 at 1:19:13 AM GMT+2
> To: "council at gnso.icann.org" <council at gnso.icann.org>
> 
> Council colleagues:
>  
> Over the weekend Milton Mueller posted a rather provocative blog athttp://www.internetgovernance.org/2016/08/26/another-government-land-grab-in-the-name-space/ <http://www.internetgovernance.org/2016/08/26/another-government-land-grab-in-the-name-space/> , concerning the just-closed comment period on Proposed Measures for Letter/Letter Two-Character ASCII Labels to Avoid Confusion with Corresponding Country Codes (at  https://www.icann.org/public-comments/proposed-measures-two-char-2016-07-08-en <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/proposed-measures-two-char-2016-07-08-en>). It prompted me to review the filed comments, and I noted that the NCSG, IPC, and registry SG all came out against aspects of the staff proposal that concerns Prof. Mueller.
>  
> While this item is not on our agenda for the September 1st call, I would hope that we can at least begin a preliminary discussion during the concluding AOB section. I would like to better understand the historic context for the current proposal. Beyond the specifics of the proposal, my more general concern is that ICANN may be moving to implement a general policy for gTLDs that originates from ICANN staff rather than a PDP, and that apparently there is not even GAC Consensus Advice to which the proposal is responding.
>  
> Thanks and best regards,
> Philip
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