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Transfer Policy Review Policy Development Process (TPR-PDP) - (N/A) 

At-Large Workspace

At-Large Representatives

• • ALAC Appointed Representatives: Steinar Grøtterød, Daniel Nanghaka
  • ALAC Alternates: Raymond Mamattah, Lutz Donnerhacke
  • ALAC Observers: Chokri Ben Romdhane, Hans Bathija, K Mohan Raidu, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy

Additional Resources

• • GNSO Workspace: Transfer Policy Review Policy Development Process (PDP) 
  • Losing FOA Working Document
  • Auth-Info Codes Working Document
  • Additional Security Measures
  • GNSO TPR PDP WG Draft Responses to Charter Questions and Candidate Recommendations
  • Redline Transfer Policy Review Initial Report (2022-02Feb-15)
  • Phase 2 topics

  • 2024-01-30 Transfer Complaints Metrics_Sept 2020_Oct 2023.pdf

    
             

Expedited Policy Development Process on the Internationalized Domain Names (EPDP-IDNs) - (30 Minutes) Satish Babu

At-Large Workspace

Phase 2 Report Information

• • EPDP on IDNs Phase 2 Presentation
  • EPDP on IDNs CQs-ALAC Sheet 

At-Large Representatives 

• • ALAC Appointed Representatives: Satish Babu, Hadia Elminiawi, Abdulkarim Oloyede 

Additional Resources

• • GNSO Workspace: Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
  • EPDP on IDNs Phase 1 Initial Report
    • Letter from Jonathan Zuck , ALAC Chair to Sebastien Ducos, GNSO Chair, 22 Jun 2023
    • EPDP Chair's email to GNSO Leadership regarding public comments on ".québec", 14 Jul 2023
    • GNSO Council Guidance Statement on ".québec", 14 Sep 2023

Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) - (N/A)  

(formerly System for Standardized Access/Disclosure Operational Design Assessment)

At-Large Representative

• • ALAC Appointed Representative:Alan Greenberg 

Additional Resources

• • ODA Preliminary Report GNSO Council
  • 10 October 2022 message to GNSO Council
  • Registration Data at ICANN 
  • ICANN org advisory: Fees Related to Requests for gTLD Registration Data Access (November 2022)
  • Blog: ICANN Board Greenlights Implementation of Registration Data Request Service (1 March 2023)
  • ICANN Webinars to Provide First RDRS Metrics Report Findings and Gather Feedback
  • Registration Data Request Service Webpage 

Standing Predictability Implementation Review Team (SPIRT) Charter Drafting Team- (N/A) 

At-Large Representative

• • ALAC Appointed Representative:Alan Greenberg 

Additional Resources

• • SPIRT Charter Drafting Team Wiki
  • New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Final Report: 1) Topic 2: Predictability and the 2) annex 

New gTLD Next Round (SubPro) - (N/A) 

New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Supplemental Recommendations adopted by GNSO Council on 18 April 2024

At-Large Workspace on SubPro

At-Large Representative(s)

• • ALAC Appointed Representative:Justine Chew (ALAC appointed representative to the IRT, and liaison to the GNSO)
  • ALAC Alternate:Cheryl Langdon-Orr (ALAC appointed alternate to the IRT)

Additional Resources

• • See Resources in CPWG SubPro Prioritization Workspace
    • New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Supplemental Recommendations (April 2024)
  • Announcements:
    • ICANN Board 27 Jul 2023 resolution to acknowledges receipt of a draft New gTLD Program: Next Round Implementation Plan from ICANN org. This Board resolution follows on from GNSO Council's submission of an updated ICANN77 Deliverable Workplan & Timeline SubPro Related Activities to [gnso.icann.org] which provided further clarity to Council's 15 Jun submission.
    • ICANN Board Chair 31 Jul 2023 announcement of Board's acceptance of the plan, suggesting a AGB finalization for May 2025, which enables the application round to open in Q2 2026 (with the goal of April 2026). Any delays to the timeline of the Policy Implementation work stream will cause delays to the opening of the round.
    • ICANN Board 10 Sep 2023 resolution adopting the Scorecard: Subsequent Procedures dated 10 September 2023 (the "September 2023 Scorecard"), detailing the pending SubPro Outputs that the Board has now either approved, declined to approve or which remains pending, after receiving GNSO Council's First Clarifying Statement of 5 Sep 2023.   
    • ICANN Board 26 Oct 2023 resolution adopting the Scorecard: Subsequent Procedures dated 26 October 2023 (the "October 2023 Scorecard"), detailing the remaining pending SubPro Outputs that the Board has now either approved or declined to approve, after receiving GNSO Council's Second Clarifying Statement of 21 Oct 2023.
    • Consultation Preview: Public Interest Commitments/Registry Voluntary Commitments, 21 November 2023 blogpost
    • ICANN Board Chair letter to ALAC Chair seeking input on PICs & RVCs, 7 Dec 2023 
    • Public Interest Commitments/Registry Voluntary Commitments Consultation 
      • The ICANN Board directed the ICANN organization (org) to initiate a community consultation on Public Interest Commitments and Registry Voluntary Commitments (PICs/RVCs) to ensure that the draft framework for implementing recommendations related to PICs/RVCs is consistent with the ICANN Bylaws. 
      • 18 December 2023 PICs/RVCs Community Consultation Webinar
      • Draft Implementation Framework for Content-Related Registry Commitments
    • Key Announcements:
      • 1 Feb 2024: First Public Comment Proceedings for Parts of New Applicant Guidebook, closes 19 Mar 2024
      • Call for Volunteers to serve on Standing Predictability Implementation Review Team (SPIRT) Charter Drafting Team, closes 5 Feb 2024
      • 7 Feb 2024: Call for inputs to String Similarity Review Guidelines, closes 27 Mar 2024
    • Key Announcements on ASP:
      • 12 Feb 2024 Call for inputs to Draft Applicant Support Program (ASP) Handbook, closes 2 Apr 2024
      • 12 Feb 2024 Update: ICANN is Building Awareness to Support the New gTLD Program: Next Round
      • 12 Feb 2024 RFP: ICANN Support Application Review Panel
    • Announcement: 13 Mar 2024: Call for inputs to Draft Registry Service Provider (RSP) Handbook, closes 22 Apr 2024
      

IANA Naming Function Review (IFR2) - (N/A) 

At-Large Representative

• • ALAC Appointed Representative:Carlton Samuels 

Additional Resources

• • Second IANA Naming Function Review (IFR2) Wiki
  • Overview of the IANA Function Presentation Deck review of the IANA Function

Registration Data Accuracy (RDA) Scoping Team - (N/A)

At-Large Workspace

At-Large Representatives

• • ALAC Appointed Representatives:Alan Greenberg, Michael Palage

Additional Resources

• • GNSO Workspace: Registration Data Accuracy (RDA) Scoping Team
  • Registration Data at ICANN 

Applicant Support GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) - (N/A)

At-Large Workspace

At-Large Representative(s)

• • ALAC Appointed Representative:Maureen Hilyard (apology)
  • ALAC Alternate:Satish Babu 

Additional Resources

• • GNSO Workspace: Guidance Process (GGP) Initiation Request for Applicant Support Home

  • GGP Applicant Support Survey Link

    Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11f36lFkyAirJAWqQ-Raxhjj1VO8zSTistY4LHIbZ8sI/edit?usp=sharing

Registries Stakeholder Group Charter Amendments

The Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG) of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) recently amended its charter and notified the ICANN organization of its request for approval by the ICANN Board. This Public Comment proceeding seeks input on proposed amendments of the RySG charter to inform ICANN Board consideration

Improved GNSO Stakeholder Group and Constituency Charter Amendment Process

The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) charter revision process has been updated to reflect the continuous evolution of the ICANN community, ongoing implementation of Specific Review recommendations, and the review role of ICANN Board. These improvements will streamline charter revisions and allow GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies to continue their focus on policy development.

Draft ICANN Strategic Plan and Operating Plan for FY26-30

The Five-Year Strategic Plan establishes a vision and a set of strategic objectives in service of ICANN's Mission. The Strategic Plan enables ICANN to continue to fulfill its Mission and meet new and continuously evolving challenges and opportunities. The Five-Year Operating Plan outlines the strategies to achieve the objectives set in the Strategic Plan. These two draft plans will be published for public comment in the summer of 2024.

Transfer Policy Review Policy Development Process (TPR-PDP) (10 mins) Steinar Grøtterød

At-Large Workspace

At-Large Representatives

• • ALAC Appointed Representatives: Steinar Grøtterød, Daniel Nanghaka
  • ALAC Alternates: Raymond Mamattah, Lutz Donnerhacke
  • ALAC Observers: Chokri Ben Romdhane, Hans Bathija, K Mohan Raidu, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy

Additional Resources

• • GNSO Workspace: Transfer Policy Review Policy Development Process (PDP) 
  • Losing FOA Working Document
  • Auth-Info Codes Working Document
  • Additional Security Measures
  • GNSO TPR PDP WG Draft Responses to Charter Questions and Candidate Recommendations
  • Redline Transfer Policy Review Initial Report (2022-02Feb-15) 

Expedited Policy Development Process on the Internationalized Domain Names (EPDP-IDNs) - (N/A) 

            At-Large Workspace  

At-Large Representatives 

• • ALAC Appointed Representatives: Satish Babu, Hadia Elminiawi, Abdulkarim Oloyede 

Additional Resources

• • GNSO Workspace: Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
  • EPDP on IDNs Phase 1 Initial Report
    • Letter from Jonathan Zuck , ALAC Chair to Sebastien Ducos, GNSO Chair, 22 Jun 2023
    • EPDP Chair's email to GNSO Leadership regarding public comments on ".québec", 14 Jul 2023
    • GNSO Council Guidance Statement on ".québec", 14 Sep 2023

Registration Data Accuracy (RDA) Scoping Team - (N/A)

At-Large Workspace

At-Large Representatives

• • ALAC Appointed Representatives:Alan Greenberg, Michael Palage

Additional Resources

• • GNSO Workspace: Registration Data Accuracy (RDA) Scoping Team

Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) - (N/A)

(formerly System for Standardized Access/Disclosure Operational Design Assessment)

At-Large Representative

• • ALAC Appointed Representative:Alan Greenberg

Additional Resources

• • ODA Preliminary Report GNSO Council
  • 10 October 2022 message to GNSO Council
  • Registration Data at ICANN 
  • ICANN org advisory: Fees Related to Requests for gTLD Registration Data Access (November 2022)
  • Blog: ICANN Board Greenlights Implementation of Registration Data Request Service (1 March 2023)

Facilitated Dialogue on Closed Generics - (N/A)

At-Large Representative(s)

• • ALAC Appointed Representative:Greg Shatan 
  • ALAC Alternate: Alan Greenberg

Additional Resources

• • GNSO Workspace: not public at this time. To become public once the work of the group is completed.

Applicant Support GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) - (N/A) 

At-Large Workspace

At-Large Representative(s)

• • ALAC Appointed Representative:Maureen Hilyard 
  • ALAC Alternate: Satish Babu

Additional Resources

• • GNSO Workspace: Guidance Process (GGP) Initiation Request for Applicant Support Home

New gTLD Next Round (SubPro) - (10 mins) Justine Chew

New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Supplemental Recommendations adopted by GNSO Council on 18 April 2024

At-Large Workspace on SubPro

At-Large Representative(s)

• • ALAC Appointed Representative:Justine Chew (ALAC appointed representative to the IRT, and liaison to the GNSO)
  • ALAC Alternate:Cheryl Langdon-Orr (ALAC appointed alternate to the IRT)

Additional Resources

• • See Resources in CPWG SubPro Prioritization Workspace
  • Announcements:
    • ICANN Board 27 Jul 2023 resolution to acknowledges receipt of a draft New gTLD Program: Next Round Implementation Plan from ICANN org. This Board resolution follows on from GNSO Council's submission of an updated ICANN77 Deliverable Workplan & Timeline SubPro Related Activities to [gnso.icann.org] which provided further clarity to Council's 15 Jun submission.
    • ICANN Board Chair 31 Jul 2023 announcement of Board's acceptance of the plan, suggesting a AGB finalization for May 2025, which enables the application round to open in Q2 2026 (with the goal of April 2026). Any delays to the timeline of the Policy Implementation work stream will cause delays to the opening of the round.
    • ICANN Board 10 Sep 2023 resolution adopting the Scorecard: Subsequent Procedures dated 10 September 2023 (the "September 2023 Scorecard"), detailing the pending SubPro Outputs that the Board has now either approved, declined to approve or which remains pending, after receiving GNSO Council's First Clarifying Statement of 5 Sep 2023.   
    • ICANN Board 26 Oct 2023 resolution adopting the Scorecard: Subsequent Procedures dated 26 October 2023 (the "October 2023 Scorecard"), detailing the remaining pending SubPro Outputs that the Board has now either approved or declined to approve, after receiving GNSO Council's Second Clarifying Statement of 21 Oct 2023.
    • Consultation Preview: Public Interest Commitments/Registry Voluntary Commitments, 21 November 2023 blogpost
    • ICANN Board Chair letter to ALAC Chair seeking input on PICs & RVCs, 7 Dec 2023 
    • Public Interest Commitments/Registry Voluntary Commitments Consultation 
      • The ICANN Board directed the ICANN organization (org) to initiate a community consultation on Public Interest Commitments and Registry Voluntary Commitments (PICs/RVCs) to ensure that the draft framework for implementing recommendations related to PICs/RVCs is consistent with the ICANN Bylaws. 
      • 18 December 2023 PICs/RVCs Community Consultation Webinar
      • Draft Implementation Framework for Content-Related Registry Commitments
    • Key Announcements:
      • 1 Feb 2024: First Public Comment Proceedings for Parts of New Applicant Guidebook, closes 19 Mar 2024
      • Call for Volunteers to serve on Standing Predictability Implementation Review Team (SPIRT) Charter Drafting Team, closed 5 Feb 2024
      • 7 Feb 2024: Call for inputs to String Similarity Review Guidelines, closes 27 Mar 2024
    • Key Announcements on ASP:
      • 12 Feb 2024 Call for inputs to Draft Applicant Support Program (ASP) Handbook, closes 2 Apr 2024
      • 12 Feb 2024 Update: ICANN is Building Awareness to Support the New gTLD Program: Next Round
      • 12 Feb 2024 RFP: ICANN Support Application Review Panel
    • Announcement: 13 Mar 2024: Call for inputs to Draft Registry Service Provider (RSP) Handbook, closes 22 Apr 2024

Improved GNSO Stakeholder Group and Constituency Charter Amendment Process

The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) charter revision process has been updated to reflect the continuous evolution of the ICANN community, ongoing implementation of Specific Review recommendations, and the review role of ICANN Board. These improvements will streamline charter revisions and allow GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies to continue their focus on policy development.

Transfer Policy Review Policy Development Process (TPR-PDP) - (10 mins) Steinar Grøtterød 

At-Large Workspace

At-Large Representatives

• • ALAC Appointed Representatives: Steinar Grøtterød, Daniel Nanghaka
  • ALAC Alternates: Raymond Mamattah, Lutz Donnerhacke
  • ALAC Observers: Chokri Ben Romdhane, Hans Bathija, K Mohan Raidu, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy

Additional Resources

• • GNSO Workspace: Transfer Policy Review Policy Development Process (PDP) 
  • Losing FOA Working Document
  • Auth-Info Codes Working Document
  • Additional Security Measures
  • GNSO TPR PDP WG Draft Responses to Charter Questions and Candidate Recommendations
  • Redline Transfer Policy Review Initial Report (2022-02feb-15) 

Expedited Policy Development Process on the Internationalized Domain Names (EPDP-IDNs) - (N/A)

At-Large Workspace

At-Large Representatives 

• • ALAC Appointed Representatives: Satish Babu, Hadia Elminiawi, Abdulkarim Oloyede 

Additional Resources

• • GNSO Workspace: Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
  • EPDP on IDNs Phase 1 Initial Report
    • Letter from Jonathan Zuck , ALAC Chair to Sebastien Ducos, GNSO Chair, 22 Jun 2023
    • EPDP Chair's email to GNSO Leadership regarding public comments on ".québec", 14 Jul 2023
    • GNSO Council Guidance Statement on ".québec", 14 Sep 2023

Registration Data Accuracy (RDA) Scoping Team - (N/A)

At-Large Workspace

At-Large Representatives

• • ALAC Appointed Representatives:Alan Greenberg, Michael Palage

Additional Resources

• • GNSO Workspace: Registration Data Accuracy (RDA) Scoping Team

Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) - (NA)

(formerly System for Standardized Access/Disclosure Operational Design Assessment)

At-Large Representative

• • ALAC Appointed Representative:Alan Greenberg

Additional Resources

• • ODA Preliminary Report GNSO Council
  • 10 October 2022 message to GNSO Council
  • Registration Data at ICANN 
  • ICANN org advisory: Fees Related to Requests for gTLD Registration Data Access (November 2022)
  • Blog: ICANN Board Greenlights Implementation of Registration Data Request Service (1 March 2023)

Facilitated Dialogue on Closed Generics - (N/A)

See: Message from the ALAC, GAC and the GNSO Chairs to the CG Dialogue Participants

• ALAC Input on Closed Generics Proposed Framework 

The Facilitated Dialogue on Closed Generic gTLDs Draft Framework dated 8 June 2023 is available on the ICANN website at: https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2023/draft/draft-framework-for-closed-generic-gtlds-08jun23-en.pdf

At-Large Representative(s)

• • ALAC Appointed Representative:Greg Shatan 
  • ALAC Alternate: Alan Greenberg

Additional Resources

• • GNSO Workspace: not public at this time. To become public once the work of the group is completed.

Applicant Support GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) - (N/A)

GGP Applicant Support Survey Link

Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11f36lFkyAirJAWqQ-Raxhjj1VO8zSTistY4LHIbZ8sI/edit?usp=sharing

At-Large Workspace

At-Large Workspace

At-Large Representative(s)

• • ALAC Appointed Representative:Maureen Hilyard 
  • ALAC Alternate:Satish Babu

Additional Resources

• • GNSO Workspace: Guidance Process (GGP) Initiation Request for Applicant Support Home

New gTLD Next Round (SubPro) - (10 mins)  Justine Chew

New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Supplemental Recommendations adopted by GNSO Council on 18 April 2024

At-Large Workspace on SubPro

At-Large Representative(s)

• • ALAC Appointed Representative:Justine Chew (ALAC appointed representative to the IRT, and liaison to the GNSO)
  • ALAC Alternate:Cheryl Langdon-Orr (ALAC appointed alternate to the IRT)

Additional Resources

• • See Resources in CPWG SubPro Prioritization Workspace
  • Announcements:
    • ICANN Board 27 Jul 2023 resolution to acknowledges receipt of a draft New gTLD Program: Next Round Implementation Plan from ICANN org. This Board resolution follows on from GNSO Council's submission of an updated ICANN77 Deliverable Workplan & Timeline SubPro Related Activities to [gnso.icann.org] which provided further clarity to Council's 15 Jun submission.
    • ICANN Board Chair 31 Jul 2023 announcement of Board's acceptance of the plan, suggesting a AGB finalization for May 2025, which enables the application round to open in Q2 2026 (with the goal of April 2026). Any delays to the timeline of the Policy Implementation work stream will cause delays to the opening of the round.
    • ICANN Board 10 Sep 2023 resolution adopting the Scorecard: Subsequent Procedures dated 10 September 2023 (the "September 2023 Scorecard"), detailing the pending SubPro Outputs that the Board has now either approved, declined to approve or which remains pending, after receiving GNSO Council's First Clarifying Statement of 5 Sep 2023.   
    • ICANN Board 26 Oct 2023 resolution adopting the Scorecard: Subsequent Procedures dated 26 October 2023 (the "October 2023 Scorecard"), detailing the remaining pending SubPro Outputs that the Board has now either approved or declined to approve, after receiving GNSO Council's Second Clarifying Statement of 21 Oct 2023.
    • Consultation Preview: Public Interest Commitments/Registry Voluntary Commitments, 21 November 2023 blogpost
    • ICANN Board Chair letter to ALAC Chair seeking input on PICs & RVCs, 7 Dec 2023 
    • Public Interest Commitments/Registry Voluntary Commitments Consultation 
      • The ICANN Board directed the ICANN organization (org) to initiate a community consultation on Public Interest Commitments and Registry Voluntary Commitments (PICs/RVCs) to ensure that the draft framework for implementing recommendations related to PICs/RVCs is consistent with the ICANN Bylaws. 
      • 18 December 2023 PICs/RVCs Community Consultation Webinar
      • Draft Implementation Framework for Content-Related Registry Commitments
    • Key Announcements:
      • 1 Feb 2024: First Public Comment Proceedings for Parts of New Applicant Guidebook, closes 19 Mar 2024
      • Call for Volunteers to serve on Standing Predictability Implementation Review Team (SPIRT) Charter Drafting Team, closed 5 Feb 2024
      • 7 Feb 2024: Call for inputs to String Similarity Review Guidelines, closes 27 Mar 2024
    • Key Announcements on ASP:
      • 12 Feb 2024 Call for inputs to Draft Applicant Support Program (ASP) Handbook, closes 2 Apr 2024
      • 12 Feb 2024 Update: ICANN is Building Awareness to Support the New gTLD Program: Next Round
      • 12 Feb 2024 RFP: ICANN Support Application Review Panel
    • Announcement: 13 Mar 2024: Call for inputs to Draft Registry Service Provider (RSP) Handbook, closes 22 Apr 2024

Improved GNSO Stakeholder Group and Constituency Charter Amendment Process

The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) charter revision process has been updated to reflect the continuous evolution of the ICANN community, ongoing implementation of Specific Review recommendations, and the review role of ICANN Board. These improvements will streamline charter revisions and allow GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies to continue their focus on policy development.

NCAP Study 2 Draft Report

This Public Comment proceeding is to seek input on the Name Collision Analysis Project (NCAP) Study 2 draft report. The NCAP Discussion Group will consider the results of the Public Comment and produce a final report.

Phase 1 Final Report of the EPDP on Internationalized Domain Names

This Public Comment proceeding seeks input on the Phase 1 Final Report Recommendations from the GNSO Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) for ICANN Board Consideration.