Dear CPWG Members,

On behalf of CPWG co-chairs, we are seeking At-Large Community volunteers to consider the Third Proceeding for Proposed Language for Draft Sections of Next Round Applicant Guidebook (AGB) recently posted for public comment by ICANN org. 

Your insights and/or expertise on the subject matter for public comment would be helpful for:

• Firstly, reviewing and identifying any need for the ALAC to submit a comment, and secondly, where such need arises, presenting issues - in the form of bullet points - for discussion at one or more Working Group calls. 
• If the Working Group subsequently reaches consensus on the need for an ALAC comment, volunteering as a penholder to craft a concise thoughtful response (i.e. an ALAC statement) to this public comment proceeding.

As this public comment proceeding will close on 07 February 2025, the proposed schedule for the above-mentioned tasks is as follows:

• Reviewer(s): Establish if an ALAC comment is needed. 
• Reviewer(s): Initial Bullet Point(s) presentation and rationale for discussion in order to establish working group consensus – CPWG call on 08 January 2025

And if needed,

• Penholder(s): First Draft Statement presentation and discussion - CPWG call on 15 January 2025
• Community: Comment on Draft Statement – 16 January 2025 – 21 January 2025
• Penholder(s): Final Draft Statement presentation – CPWG call on 22 January 2025
• Penholder(s): First and Final Draft Statement presentation – CPWG call on 29 January 2025
• ALAC: Vote on Final Statement – 30 January 2025  –  05 February 2025
• Staff: Submission of ALAC Statement – 06 February 2025

If you are interested in volunteering to be a reviewer, please reach out to At-Large Staff (staff@atlarge.icann.org), copying the CPWG co-chairs, Olivier Crépin-Leblond (ocl@gih.com) and Avri Doria (avri@doria.org) by 07 January 2025 at 23:59 UTC. 

The following AGB sections are open for comment:

• Community Input and Dispute Resolution
  • Application Comments (Topic 28: Role of Application Comment)
  • GAC Member Early Warnings (Topic 30: GAC Consensus Advice and GAC Early Warning)
  • GAC Advice (Topic 30: GAC Consensus Advice and GAC Early Warning)
  • Singular/Plural Notification (Topic 24: String Similarity Evaluations)
  • Objections (Topic 31: Objections and Topic 32: Limited Challenge/Appeal Mechanism)
• Topic 31: Objections and Topic 32: Limited Challenge/Appeal Mechanism
  • ICANN Dispute Resolution Procedure
  • ICANN Objection Appeals Procedure
• New gTLD Program: Next Round Privacy Policy
• Post-Contracting
• DNS Stability
• Security and Stability (Topic 26: Security and Stability)
• Different TLD Types (Topic 4: Different TLD Types)
• Legal Compliance Check

Your participation is greatly appreciated, and we look forward to your contributions!

Kind Regards,

ICANN Staff in support of the At-Large Community