A vital part of ICANN’s processes is the opportunity for there to be public comment on each substantial piece of work before it is put forward for final approval. This is an archive of one month’s public comment periods, arranged according to the month in which the comment period was closed.
Each box below provides a brief explanation of what the comment period hoped to achieve, as well as: links to relevant reports and/or webpages; a link to the official announcement of the comment period; a link to where all existing comments can be found; and an email link for anyone that wished to send in a comment. A “summary/analysis” objectively reviews the comments.
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| Discussion Draft: Affirmation Reviews | ||||||||||||||||
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Explanation/Background: ICANN is publishing today for public comment a discussion draft that addresses the requirements and implementation processes for the reviews called for in the Affirmation of Commitments. The Affirmation of Commitments contains specific provisions for periodic review of ICANN's key objectives. These reviews are to be performed by review teams composed of volunteer community members representative of the relevant ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees, as well as independent experts. The paper [PDF, 620K] posted for public consultation presents a discussion draft to address the Affirmation review requirements; it describes:
Inputs are sought from the community on the full set of proposals contained in this paper. The public consultation will remain open till the end of January, 2010. |
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| Staff member responsible: Marco Lorenzoni | ||||||||||||||||
| New gTLD Program – Draft Expressions of Interest/Pre-Registrations Model | |||||
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Explanation/Background: ICANN is soliciting comments on the Draft Expressions of Interest/Pre-Registrations Model for new generic top-level domains (new gTLDs). According to this draft model, entities interested in participating in the first round of the New gTLD Program are required to submit basic information about the participating entity and requested top-level domain, also referred to as "string". The model is a direct result of community recommendations for such an undertaking. The proposed model published today is not an operationally complete plan, i.e., it is not intended to include all the details that would be needed for implementation of a functioning process. Rather, it is intended to convey the detail necessary for robust public discussion. After the end of this public comment period, the ICANN Board will convene to consider the community feedback and decide on the path forward. A decision is expected in the first quarter of 2010. If approved, the final process and announce the opening date for EOI will be published. See Model here: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/eoi-model-18dec09-en.pdf [PDF, 192K] |
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| Staff member responsible: Kurt Pritz | |||||
| Special Trademarks Issues Report | |||||
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Explanation/Background: The Special Trademarks Issues Working Team (STI) has published its Report on its recommendations to create a Trademark Clearinghouse and Uniform Rapid Suspension procedure to protect trademarks in the New GTLD Program. The public comment period ends on 26 January 2010. Special Trademark Issues Review Team Recommendations:
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| Staff member responsible: Denise Michel | |||||
| 2010-2013 Strategic Plan | |||||
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Explanation/Background: As the next element of consultation on the Strategic Plan, ICANN invites comments from the community on a first draft of the plan based on material presented to the community at the Seoul meeting. In particular, we are seeking the views of the community on the following issues:
The draft Strategic Plan for 2010- 2013 [PDF, 209K] is being posted for public comment for 45 days to ensure broad community input. Comments regarding the draft Plan may be submitted by email to stratplan-2010@icann.org. The comment period will close on 21 January 2010. The draft plan will be revised based on the comments received and the responses to the community survey posted earlier this month. A final version of the Strategic Plan will be submitted to the Board for approval at their February meeting. View the draft Strategic Plan 2010-2013 [PDF, 209K] |
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| Staff member responsible: Theresa Swinehart | |||||
| One & Two-Character .CAT Domains | |||||
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Explanation/Background: puntCAT has proposed allocation of one and two-character second-level domain names in .CAT through the Registry Services Evaluation Process, and is seeking an amendment [PDF, 32K] to proceed with a request for proposals process. The amendment provides for a change to Appendix 6, Schedule of Reserved Names. |
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| Staff member responsible: Patrick Jones | |||||
| Final Report on Three-Character Requirement and Variant Management | |||||
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Explanation/Background: The IDN-Implementation Working Team was established to study two topics in anticipation of the delegation of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) into the root zone:
The Final Report on 3-Character Requirement and Variant Management [PDF, 337K] is being posted for public comment to ensure broad community input on the proposed recommendations. After the public comment period, a set of solutions will be devised for further discussion and consideration in the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process, the IDN ccTLD PDP, and in the next version of the new gTLD Applicant Guidebook. |
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| Staff member responsible: Kurt Pritz | |||||