Objective & Task:

This small team will review the 2012 ALAC Procedure for filing Comments and Objections to New gTLD string applications, and consider:

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*Note: The issue of 'automatic standing' is being taken up via CPWG.

Criteria to be Met for the Next Round ALAC Procedure:

1. Bottom-up development of potential objections,
2. Discussion and approval of objections at the Regional At-Large Organization (RALO) level, and
3. A process for consideration and approval of the objection by the At-Large Advisory Committee.

Small Team Timeline

• TBD
• TBD - ALAC Endorsement
• Prior to ICANN81: Submission to the Subsequent Procedures IRT

Small Team Composition

Documents 

• PPT "Next Round of New gTLDs - ALAC Procedure for Filing Comments & Objections" - Presentation to OFB WG - Justine Chew 27 June 2024.

• Background reading to understand the ALAC Procedures that were used in the 2012 round. See Google docs :

1. 2012 Procedures for the ALAC to submit public comments on and file objections to the new gTLD applications.
2. ALAC Objection Funding Instructions for 2012 New gTLD Program

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