Dear friends

Estimados amigos

Hope your holidays have been wonderful and 2019 will bring you just good news!

Here the first good news: GNSO issues are quite interesting once you decide to follow its discussion.

To give you a quick update on how things are going on in such CCWG here the January 2019 Newsletter ,

If you want to join this discussion, the idea of our group is to have a specific email list to discuss and clarify all aspects of GNSO CCWG to facilitate your participation directly on those groups.

There are several links to allow full understanding of all issues.

If you have interest, please write to Silvia Vivanco, asking to add your email to this group.

Kisses to all

Espero que las Fiestas han sido excelentes para ustedes y sus familias. ¡Espero que 2019 les brinde solo con buenas nuevas!

Aquí empezamos con la primera buena nueva: Los tópicos de GNSO son muy interesantes una vez que uno decida seguir las discusiones.

Para que tengan una actualización y saber como están las discusiones en los CCWG en GNSO les comparto la Newsletter de enero de 2019.

Si le gustaría participar de esta discusión, la idea de esto grupo es justamente tener un espacio para aclarar dudas y discutir ideas sobre esto tema , para facilitar la participación directa de ustedes en estos grupos.

En el texto hy links para detalles que permiten la totalidad de los asuntos mencionados.

Si hay interese escriban a Silvia Vivanco para que adicione su email al grupo.

Abrazos a todos

Vanda Scartezini

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New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP

January 2019 Newsletter

CURRENT STATUS

Full Working Group and Sub Groups A, B, and C

Three Sub Groups continue to meet on a regular basis to review public comments received on the Working Group’s Initial Report. The full Working Group continues to meet regularly to address issues that the Sub Groups have referred to the full Working Group for additional consideration.

Following an extension, the public comment period on the Working Group’s supplemental Initial Report closed on 21 December. The supplemental Initial Report covers topics that were not included in the Initial Report and that the Working Group determined required additional consideration.

The full Working Group held one regular meeting in December:

18 December:

· Went over the status of Sub Groups A, B, and C and Work Track 5

· Continued to discuss topics raised in public comment that the Sub Groups referred to the full Working Group for additional consideration and recommendations contained in the Competition, Consumer Trust, and Consumer Choice Review Team Final Report targeting the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process Working Group

Sub Groups held the following meetings to make progress on the Working Group’s review of public comments on the Initial Report:

Sub Group A

· 6 December: Review of comments on Predictability and Clarity of the Application Process

· 13 December: Review of comments on Clarity of the Application Process and Applications Assessed in Rounds

· 20 December: Review of comments on Applications Assessed in Rounds

Sub Group B

· 4 December: Review of comments on Application Fees and Variable Fees

· 11 December: Review of comments on Variable Fees and Application Submission Period

· 18 December: Review of comments on Application Submission Period and Terms and Conditions

Sub Group C

· 6 December: Review of comments on Objections

· 13 December: Review of comments on Objections

· 20 December: Review of comments on Objections

A summary of meetings held in January will be covered in the next edition of the newsletter.

Work Track 5

The public comment period for the Work Track 5 supplemental Initial Report remains open until 22 January. This report focuses exclusively on the issue of geographic names at the top level.

Work Track 5 did not hold meetings in December in order to encourage members to focus on drafting comments on the Initial Report.

NEXT STEPS

Full Working Group and Sub Groups A, B, and C

The full Working Group has meetings scheduled for 7 January and 22 January to continue its discussion of items referred from the Sub Groups. Each of the Sub Groups will continue to meet weekly in January.

With the closure of the public comment period for the supplemental Initial Report, staff will produce a Report of Public Comments summarizing the input received.

Work Track 5

The Work Track 5 Co-Leaders will hold a webinar for the community on Wednesday 9 January at 20:00 UTC for 60 minutes. The purpose of the webinar is to provide an overview of the Work Track 5 supplemental Initial Report and answer questions from community members about the report. The webinar will not include debate on substantive issues contained in the report. All are welcome to attend the webinar. If you would like to participate, please register here.

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?

In June 2014, the GNSO Council established a Discussion Group that was intended to evaluate the experiences of the 2012 round gTLD Program and to identify possible areas for future GNSO policy development. The Discussion Group’s deliverables served as the basis for the GNSO Council request for a Preliminary Issue Report in June of 2015.

Following the publication of the Final Issue Report, the GNSO Council adopted the charter for the PDP Working Group, which began its work in February 2016. The Working Group initially concentrated on a set of overarching issues. It later conducted deliberations on additional topics in its charter using five separate Work Tracks: Work Track 1 - Overall Process/Support/Outreach, Work Track 2 - Legal/Regulatory, Work Track 3: String Contention/Objections & Disputes, Work Track 4: Internationalized Domain Names/Technical & Operations, Work Track 5: Geographic Names at the Top Level.

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?

The Discussion Group identified a number of subjects that may require further analysis and possible formulation of policy language. There are existing policy recommendations adopted by the GNSO Council and ICANN Board, which will remain in place unless the PDP WG determines that changes are needed.

More Information

· Workspace Wiki

· Charter

· Active Project Page

· GNSO Website

To join this effort, please email the

GNSO Secretariat: gnso-secs@icann.org.

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