ICANN Policy Update | Volume 15, Issue 6 | July 2015 Full article can be found at https://www.icann.org/resources/newsletter/policy-update-2015-07-22-en <https://www.icann.org/resources/newsletter/policy-update-2015-07-22-en> Robust Policy Development and Advice Work Continues At ICANN53, the Cross-Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Proposal on Naming Related Functions (CWG-Stewardship) presented its final proposal to the IANA Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG) with the approval from its five chartering organizations. To learn more about this milestone, please watch <https://youtu.be/va-EnoXV4h8> CWG-Stewardship Co-Chair Jonathan Robinson provide an overview of the process and outline next steps. Despite the extraordinary circumstances since NTIA's announcement of its intent to transition stewardship of the IANA functions, the ICANN community has remained deeply engaged in its core work of policy development. The GNSO Council recently approved the final reports of both the Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information Policy Development Process Working Group and the Policy & Implementation Working Group, among other accomplishments <https://youtu.be/02kzQqHOmfA>. Meanwhile, the advisory committees continue their work as well. The ALAC submitted statements on the Privacy and Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Working Group Initial Report and on the Proposed Schedule and Process/Operational Improvements for Affirmation of Commitments and Organizational Reviews. The SSAC also recently published two comments, and the RSSAC will soon review the work of its Root Zone TTLs Work Party—just as a new work party launches in the Caucus. The Policy Development Support Team joins me in congratulating the community for its exceptional work on the IANA Stewardship and ICANN Accountability efforts. We also thank the community for advancing ICANN's core policy development and advice work through sustained commitment and look forward to continued productivity and progress. Best regards, David Olive Vice President, Policy Development Support General Manager, ICANN Istanbul Hub Office <>Issues Currently Open for Public Comment Several public comment proceedings are currently open on issues of interest to the ICANN community. Draft Report: Review of the Generic Names Supporting Organization <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/gnso-review-draft-2015-06-01-en> The purpose of this public comment proceeding is to request community feedback on the Draft Report issued by Westlake Governance Limited (Westlake) on the Review of Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO). Public Comment Period Closes: 24 July 2015, 23:59 UTC Release of Country and Territory Names within the .GLOBAL, .BNPPARIBAS, .BRIDGESTONE, and .FIRESTONE TLDs <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ctn-release-tlds-2015-06-21-en> This public comment period aims to gather community input on proposed amendments to the .GLOBAL, .BNPPARIBAS, .BRIDGESTONE and .FIRESTONE Registry Agreements to allow the registration of country and territory names currently reserved under Section 4 of Specification 5 of the Registry Agreement. These amendments are intended to implement the requests from the registry operators to offer a new registry service, which were submitted through the Registry Services Evaluation Policy (RSEP) process. Public Comment Period Closes: 3 August 2015, 23:59 UTC GNSO Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information Policy Development Process (PDP) Recommendations <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/transliteration-contact-recommendation...> This public comment proceeding seeks to obtain community input on the seven recommendations of the Generic Names Supporting Organization's Policy Development Process on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information. Public Comment Period Closes: 10 August 2015, 23:59 UTC Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services to Replace WHOIS Preliminary Issue Report <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rds-prelim-issue-2015-07-13-en> This public comment proceeding seeks to obtain community input on the new Preliminary Issue Report concerning Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services (RDS) to Replace WHOIS. Public Comment Period Closes: 6 September 2015, 23:59 UTC At any time, the full list of issues open for public comment, plus recently closed and archived public comment proceedings can be found on the Public Comment web page <https://www.icann.org/public-comments>. The staff also populates a web page to help alert the community and preview potential "upcoming" public comment opportunities. The Upcoming Public Comment <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/upcoming-2012-02-25-en> page provides specific information about these future comment opportunities. The page is updated around the scheduled time of every ICANN public meeting to help individuals and the community set priorities and plan future workloads. Rudi Vansnick Chair Non-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC) www.npoc.org <http://www.npoc.org/> rudi.vansnick@npoc.org Tel : +32 (0)9 329 39 16 Mobile : +32 (0)475 28 16 32
