The next meeting for the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Sub Team – Track 5 – Geographic Names at the Top Level will take place on Wednesday, 24 April 2019 at 14:00 UTC for 60 minutes.
07:00 PDT, 10:00 EDT, 16:00 Paris CEST, 19:00 Karachi PKT, 23:00 Tokyo JST, (Thursday) 00:00 Melbourne AEST
For other times: https://tinyurl.com/yxww6k6h
PROPOSED AGENDA
- Welcome/Agenda Review/SOI Updates
- Continue Review of Public Comments:
- Questions for Community Input – start at Question e10, line 181
- Options/Proposals: country and territory names (see deliberations section f.1.2.5 for context)
- AOB
For agenda item 2, please review the Google document at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WKSC_pPBviCnbHxW171ZIp4CzuhQXRCV1NR2ruagrxs/edit?usp=sharing [docs.google.com].
Background Documents
RECORDINGS
PARTICIPATION
Apologies: Flip Petillion, Katrin Ohlmer, Kavouss Arasteh, Timothy Asiedu, Luca Barbero, Marita Moll
Notes/ Action Items
Action Items:
ACTION ITEM 1: Question e10: Line 187 -- comment from RDS-HN should be added to the list of comments for which clarification ought to be sought (as per last 2 calls) on that "Support" refers to. Add this to the other comments from RDS-HN.
Brief Notes:
- Updates to Statements of Interest: No updates provided.
- Continue Review of Public Comments:
a. Questions for Community Input – start at Question e10, line 181
Question e10:
Line 181 -- INTA -- keep existing protections, does not reference specific proposals
Line 182 -- NCSG -- New Idea, Concerns -- modified (as in, insert contractual requirements), curative mechanism, does not reference specific proposals
Line 183 -- ALAC -- references proposals
Line 184 -- RySG -- references proposals
Line 185 -- Group of Registries, etc. -- references proposals
Line 186 -- Business Constituency -- New Idea
Line 187 -- RDS-HN -- [comment]
Question e11:
Line 189 -- Government of Spain, et al. -- extend non-objection to non-AGB terms (does not identify specific categories)
Line 190 -- Portuguese Government -- extend non-objection to non-AGB terms etc.
Line 191 -- Government of Brazil -- extend non-objection to non-AGB terms etc.
Line 192 -- ALAC -- Some support reservation of currency codes under ISO 4217
Line 193 -- Governments of Argentina, Chile, and Colombia -- References proposals 1-5
Line 194 -- RySG -- Some oppose additional restrictions, some support extending protections to non-ASCII, non-AGB terms
Line 195 -- Brand Registry Group -- opposes additional restrictions
Line 196 -- Business Constituency -- opposes additional restrictions
Line 197 -- Registrar Stakeholder Group -- opposes additional restrictions
Line 198 -- Intellectual Property Constituency -- opposes additional restrictions
Line 199 -- INTA -- opposes additional restrictions
Line 200 -- United States -- opposes additional restrictions
Line 201 -- Group of Registries et al. -- opposes additional restrictions
Line 202 -- NCSG -- cites proposal 37
Line 203 -- dotBerlin et al. -- enhance protections for non-ASCII geographic terms not included in the 2012 AGB
Line 204 -- Dotzon GmBH -- enhance protections for non-ASCII geographic terms not included in the 2012 AGB
b. Options/Proposals: General measures proposed to improve the new gTLD program (see deliberations section f.1.2.5 for context)
General Comments:
Line 4 -- United States -- [general comment]
Proposal 1 (implementation improvement):
Line 6 -- Government of Spain et al. -- Agreement
Line 7 -- ccNSO -- Agreement
Line 8 -- Singapore -- Agreement
Line 9 -- Georgia -- Agreement
Line 10 -- dotBerlin et al. -- Agreement
Line 11 -- CENTR AFNIC -- Agreement
Line 12 -- Portuguese Government -- Agreement
Line 13 -- Governments of Argentina, Chile, Colombia -- Agreement
Line 14 -- Business Constituency -- Agreement
Line 15 -- RDS-HN (Honduras) -- Agreement
Line 16 -- ALAC -- Agreement
Line 17 -- United States -- Agreement
Line 18 -- Brand Registry Group -- Agreement (qualified), Concerns
Line 19 -- Registrar Stakeholder Group -- Agreement (qualified), Concerns
Line 20 -- NCSG -- Agreement (qualified), Concerns
Line 21 -- RySG -- Agreement, Divergence
Line 22 -- Dotzon GmBH -- Divergence
Line 23 -- IPC -- Divergence
Next call Tuesday, 30 April 20:00 UTC: Start at line 24, INTA comment.
