Dear All,

Item 16-2021 is the latest recommendations by the ccNSO Triage Committee, which is now being presented to Council for review and consideration.  If you do not agree with the recommendation, kindly let me know at your earliest convenience, latest by

9 June 2021 (23:59 UTC).

What is this about?

The GNSO Council sent a Call for Volunteers concerning the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) to the ccNSO Council Chair. The ccNSO Council is requested to appoint up to 3 members to the GNSO IDN EPDP.  

This EPDP is expected to provide the GNSO Council with policy recommendations on:

i) the definition of all gTLDs and the management of variant labels to facilitate the delegation of variant gTLDs in the root zone while achieving the security and usability goal of variant labels in a stable manner; and

ii) how the IDN Implementation Guidelines, which Contracted Parties are required to comply with, should be updated in the future.

Draft Triage Recommendation

The draft Triage recommendations is included here: https://bit.ly/2HPKKFE

Kindly provide me with your input by Monday, 31 May 2021 (23:59 UTC)

Rationale for draft triage recommendation and background

You will be able to find further information in the enclosed document.  You might notice that the pool of potential candidates from the ccTLD community is rather limited. Membership to this IDN EPDP requires a lot of effort, and the impact on ccTLD managers is limited. Also note that the GNSO EPDP (see enclosed) is about the current gTLDs, and domain names at the second level. Hence the limited impact on ccTLD managers. SubPro on the other hand is about future gTLDs. Liaisons from the ccNSO to the GNSO and vice versa are indeed in place, to track what is happening, inform about outcomes and flag potential concerns.

About the Triage Committee

• The Triage Committee is dedicated to quickly review incoming requests for input and make a suggestion to the Council on how to react on the requests. The Committee is comprised by three Councillors.
• Graphical overview of the triage process: https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/graphical-representation-triage-process-12mar20-en.pdf
• Decisions on the requests for input: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/council/decisions/2021.htm

Many thanks.

Best regards,

Joke Braeken

ccNSO Policy Advisor

joke.braeken@icann.org