Dear all, Please see below notice of outcome of the ccNSO Council resolution in regard to the Names of Countries and Territories Study Group report. I draw you attention to: Resolution 1 "Invite the ALAC, GAC and GNSO to establish a cross community working group" Excom/Councilors should be aware of this to ensure BC have a presence. We should also support Heather Forrest (IPC) who is an expert in the field. Resolution 2: In light of the need for further work on the treatment of country and territory names, the complexity of the issue at hand and the inconsistencies between various ICANN policies ..., the ccNSO recommends the ICANN Board to extend the current rule in the new gTLD Applicant Guidebook regarding the exclusion of all country and territory names in all languages, for consecutive rounds of new gTLD applications, until such a time when the work of the envisioned cross community working has been concluded. best De: ccnso-nctsg-bounces@icann.org [mailto:ccnso-nctsg-bounces@icann.org] En nombre de Bart Boswinkel Enviado el: lunes, 21 de octubre de 2013 12:33 Para: ccnso-nctsg@icann.org Asunto: [ccnso-nctsg] ccNSO Council Resolutions + closure of the Study Group Dear all, As you may recall the Final Report of the Study Group was submitted to the ccNSO Council in time for its meeting on 8 October 2013 (see: Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories Final Report <http://ccnso.icann.org/node/42227> ). As the Council was not quorate, the voting was done on line and closed last Friday, 18 October 2013. The following resolutions were adopted, unanimously (no vote against nor any abstentions): Resolution 1: The ccNSO Council accepts the recommendation of the Study Group to: Invite the ALAC, GAC and GNSO to establish a cross community working group, which is tasked to: . Further review the current status of representations of country and territory names, as they exist under current ICANN policies, guidelines and procedures; . Provide advice regarding the feasibility of developing a consistent and uniform definitional framework that could be applicable across the respective SO's and AC's; and . Should such a framework be deemed feasible, provide detailed advice as to the content of the framework. The secretariat is asked to coordinate drafting of a strawman for the charter of the proposed ccWG to facilitate the invitation and discussion with the SO's and AC's mentioned . Resolution 2: In light of the need for further work on the treatment of country and territory names, the complexity of the issue at hand and the inconsistencies between various ICANN policies as identified by the Study Group, and taking into account the initiative to create a cross-community working group that addresses issues identified by the Study Group, the ccNSO recommends the ICANN Board to extend the current rule in the new gTLD Applicant Guidebook regarding the exclusion of all country and territory names in all languages, for consecutive rounds of new gTLD applications, until such a time when the work of the envisioned cross community working has been concluded. The chair of the ccNSO is requested to submit the recommendation to the ICANN Board of Directors after the relevant SO's and AC's have been informed and invited to participate in the envisioned cross-community working group. The third and final resolution was about the Study Group it self: The ccNSO Council wholeheartedly thanks all participants in Study group for their hard work and stamina, and in particular its chair Paul Szyndler and UNESCO for conducting the Survey. As a result of the adoption of the Final Report the Study Group is now closed. On behalf of the ccNSO secretariat, I also want to thank you for your hard work and the cooperative spirit and collaboration, and congratulate you with the end result. Finally, the study group email list will be closed and archived by the end of this week. The web-page will also be archived under Former Working Groups <http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/formerwg.htm> ). Kind regards, Bart