The next meeting for the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Sub Team – Track 5 – Geographic Names at the Top Level will take place on Tuesday, 30 April 2019 at 20:00 UTC for 60 minutes.
13:00 PDT, 16:00 EDT, 22:00 Paris CEST, (Wednesday) 01:00 Karachi PKT, (Wednesday) 05:00 Tokyo JST, (Wednesday) 06:00 Melbourne AEST
For other times: https://tinyurl.com/y4bbtdve
PROPOSED AGENDA
- Welcome/Agenda Review/SOI Updates
- Continue Review of Public Comments:
- Options/Proposals: Public comment review - general measures proposed to improve the New gTLD Program (see deliberations section f.1.2.5 for context) -- start on line 24
- Options/Proposals: country and territory names (see deliberations section f.2.2.2 for context) – time permitting
- Options/Proposals: country and territory names (see deliberations section f.2.2.6 for context) – time permitting
- AOB
Background Documents
For agenda item 2, please review the Google document at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WKSC_pPBviCnbHxW171ZIp4CzuhQXRCV1NR2ruagrxs/edit?usp=sharing [docs.google.com].
RECORDINGS
PARTICIPATION
Apologies: Flip Petillion, Dev Anand Teelucksingh, Luca Barbero, Ann-Cathrin Marcussen
Notes/ Action Items
Actions:
ACTION ITEM: Check with the Portuguese Government -- comment stating only “non support”.
Brief Notes:
Updates to Statements of Interest (SOIs): Paul McGrady has an update and has moved to a new law firm: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.
2. Options/Proposals: Public comment review
a. general measures proposed to improve the New gTLD Program (see deliberations section f.1.2.5 for context) -- start on line 24
Proposal 1:
Line 24, INTA, Divergence
Line 25, Group of Registries, Divergence
Proposal 2:
Lines 27-40, Multiple commenters agree, some with qualifications
Lines 41-42, Concerns -- United States and INTA
Proposal 3:
Lines 44-48, Multiple commenters agree
Lines 49-50, RrSG and United States -- Agreement, Concerns
Line 51, BRG -- New Idea and Divergence
Line 52, ALAC -- Concerns (although seems close to divergence)
Line 53, BC -- Concerns
Line 54, RySG -- Agreement, Divergence
Lines 55-62, Multiple commenters diverge
Proposal 4:
Lines 64-75, Multiple commenters agree (some with qualifications)
Line 76-77, RrSG and NCSG -- concerns (RrSG not in support of ICANN facilitating)
Line 78, BRG -- New Idea
Line 79-80, INTA and Portuguese Government -- Divergence
Proposal 5:
Lines 82-92, Multiple commenters agree (some qualified) -- ALAC also is New Idea (line 91)
Lines 93-94, RrSG and INTA -- Agreement, New Idea
Line 95, United States -- Concerns
Line 96, RySG -- Agreement, Divergence
Line 97, CITC -- Concerns
Line 98-100, DotBerlin, Dotzon, Singapore -- Divergence
Proposal 6:
Lines 102-107, Multiple commenters agree (some qualified)
Line 108, RySG, Agreement (with qualifications), Divergence
Lines 109-118, Multiple commenters diverge
Proposal 7:
Line 120, BC -- Agreement (qualified), Concerns
Line 121, ALAC -- Agreement (qualified, limited), Concerns
Line 122-123, INTA, United States -- Concerns, Divergence
Lines 124-138, Multiple commenters Diverge
Proposal 8:
Lines 140-149, Multiple commenters agree
Line 150, RySG -- Agreement, Divergence
Line 151, United States -- Concerns, Divergence
Lines 152-158, Multiple commenters diverge
Proposal 9:
Lines 160-162, Governments of Argentina, Chile, Colombia -- Agreement
Lines 163-176, Multiple commenters diverge, United States also has concerns
Line 177, Government of Spain et al., no position
Proposal 10:
Lines 179-183, Multiple commenters agree
Line 184, RySG -- Agreement, Divergence
Line 185, United States -- Concerns, Divergence
Lines 186-194, Multiple commenters diverge, although Portuguese Government has no position
Line 195, Governments of Spain et al. -- no position
b. Options/Proposals: country and territory names (see deliberations section f.2.2.2 for context)
Proposal 11:
Line 6, Dotzon GmbH -- Agreement [however, given the wording for support in other areas, this may be do *not* support]
Line 7, ALAC -- Agreement (qualified) New Idea
Next Meeting, 06 May at 1500 UTC -- start at line 8
