Dear colleagues FYI: This is a transcription of the questionnaire that the GAC has been circulating with respect their relationship with ccTLDs. (I heard about this yesterday). Best Carolina ****** Survey to GAC Members on Governments' Relationships with ccTLD Managers 1) What is the status of the ccTLD manager? Is the ccTLD manager a: domestic body; foreign entity; both? Is the ccTLD manager a: private company? Not-for-profit entity? Government entity? How does the ccTLD manager take into account interests of the Local Internet Community? 2) Are any of the ccTLD management functions outsourced: Yes No 3) Is the relationship between the relevant government and the ccTLD operator formalized? Yes No If Yes through: Legislation? Endorsement? Observer? Letter of acknowledgement? Contract? Other If No: Is there a reason why? Not a priority? Current arrangement satisfactory? Other reason (please explain) 4) How is oversight of ccTLD manager achieved? Oversight by national government? Non-governmental body? Industry self-regulation? No oversight? Other Does government participate in the ccTLD policy development? If Yes, how 5) What are the roles and responsibilities of Government and ccTLD manager: Does the Government have rules on: The selection of manager? Dispute resolution with ccTLD manager (if yes, how are disputes resolved and which law applies?) Re-delegation procedures? Are "rescue procedures" (procedures to recover control of the ccTLD) in place in case of an issue with the ccTLD manager? The transfer of all relevant DNS data to the new registry? 6) Are there polciies of registration requirements in place with your local ccTLD in the areas of: Local presence?: Trademark rights?: Maximum number of registrations per person? WHOIS access policy? Dispute resolution policy? Requirements under specific second level domains? Processes in place to assist national law enforcement (LE)? 7) What is the ccTLDs commercial / distribution strategy? Direct registration model? regustry/registrar midel (if registry-registrar model, are there requirements for registrar accreditation) Pricing strategy 8) Are there lessons learned or best practices from your experience that you would be able to share with other GAC members? 9) Please provide URL for relevant documents or upload here.