Dear Ozan,

I would like to be a reviewer as earlier indicated in a separate email. I will be sharing some bullet points.

Kind regards

Hadia

مهندسة/ هادية المنياوى

كبير خبراء - البنية التحتية والطيف الترددي

الجهاز القومي لتنظيم الاتصالات

القرية الذكية، طريق مصر اسكندرية الصحراوي

تليفون: 20235344392

Eng. Hadia Elminiawi, M.Sc.

Chief Expert - Infrastructure and Radio Spectrum Planning

National Telecom Regulatory Authority of Egypt (NTRA)

Tel: 202 3534-4392

Email: Hadia@tra.gov.eg

Smart Village, Cairo/Alex Desert Road, Giza, Egypt 12577

www.tra.gov.eg

AFRALO Chairwoman & SSAC member

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

From: Ozan Sahin via CPWG <cpwg@icann.org>
Sent: 17 November 2025 15:58
To: cpwg@icann.org
Subject: [External] [CPWG] Call for Volunteers - String Similarity Evaluation Data for New gTLD Program: Next Round

Dear CPWG Members,

On behalf of the CPWG co-chairs, we are seeking At-Large Community volunteers to consider the String Similarity Evaluation Data for New gTLD Program: Next Round 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 4 December 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

And if needed,

Penholder(s): First Draft Statement shared with the CPWG on 25 November 2025
Community: Comment on Draft Statement – 26 November 2025 – 1 December 2025
Penholder(s): Final Draft Statement presentation – CPWG call on 3 December 2025
ALAC: Vote on Final Statement – 3 December 2025 – 4 December 2025
Staff: Submission of ALAC Statement – 4 December 2025

If you are interested in volunteering to be a reviewer and/or penholder, please reach out to the CPWG co-chairs Avri Doria (avri@doria.org) and Olivier Crepin-Leblond (ocl@gih.com), copying At-Large Staff (staff@atlarge.icann.org), by Wednesday, 19 November 2025 at 18:00 UTC. We thank Justine Chew who have already volunteered.

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

Thank you.

Kind regards,

At-Large Staff

ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community