Dear all, Please find the notes from Monday¹s call below. Best wishes. Lars From: Adobe Connect Notifications <admin@adobeconnect.com> Reply-To: Bart Boswinkel <bart.boswinkel@icann.org> Date: Monday 27 July 2015 22:36 To: Bart Boswinkel <bart.boswinkel@icann.org> Subject: Adobe Connect - Note Pod Content from CWG Country and Territory Names as TLDs CWG Country and Territory Names, Monday 27 July 2015, 20:00 UTC 1. Welcome Apologies and attendance noted 2. Re-cap of Buenos Aires 2.1 Progress Report 2.2. Exchange with GAC members 3. Two-letter codes 3.1 Reminder of existing policy 3.2 Rationale for possible future 2-letter code policy framework 4. Planning ahead 5. AOB Re-Cap BA meeting Options paper on two-letter codes + draft progress report. Discussion focused on two-letter codes. Based on survey discussion of ideas. Engagement with GAC. Annebeth. Olga Cavalli (GAC, chair of WG) provided opportunity to present work of CTN. Work CTN was made more visible for the GAC Olga Cavalli: Focus on IANA Transition, hence less time to focus on CTN. Goal to complement, and avoid overlap. GAC Wg is working on best practices, examples of succes stories. Action staff: engage chairs of chartering organisations to send out letter to chair of GAC Action Olga: Review of defintions pending Co-chair of the CTN preparing note for the chairs of the ccNSo and GNSO Councils to chair of GAC to encourage broader participation of the GAC. Olga: invited other members to particpate. Notes competing efforts within GAC Two-letter codes Key part of the discussion BA, using survey to members of the CTN Discuss closure of this topic. Allocation of two-letter codes in ICANN seting reserved ccTLDs. Procedure in place for long time, also is refelcted int he policy Benfits: - external party determining what is and what is not a country - takes into account dynamic nature / changes If there needs to be a change, there needs to be a very strongs case to change current policy fundamentals Heather Forrest: Undertood direction of discussion to head this way Point as co-chair from GNSO. At this stage position of co-chairs as individuals, does not reflect position of GNSO Adoption of a exisitng and external standard, and policy justification Not based on this is how we do it, or undertadning of public ( needs extensive research) As co-chair propose to move forward, will not foreclose discussion Action staff: Summarize position, based on understanding of the discussion. Staff summary to be included in progress reprot, after it is refiend by the group 3-letter codes Start with developement of survey as was done with two-letter codes. Survey to memebrs to initiate discussion. Survey could be shared withbroader community through members -> members reaching out to their own communities, Goal: make work CTN knwon, works Action: staff and co-chairs to draft survey and start progress report AOB No topics Closre of call at 20 .35 UTC