AT-LARGE GATEWAY
At-Large Regional Policy Engagement Program (ARPEP)
At-Large Review Implementation Plan Development
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ALAC Members: Satish Babu, Hadia Elminiawi (replaced Lianna Galstyan and Abdulkarim in Dec 2022), Abdulkarim Oloyede
ALAC Participants: Justine Chew and Hadia Elminiawi Justine Chew (stepped down in Nov 2023)
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REPORTS/UPDATES TO & CONSULTATIONS WITH THE AT-LARGE CONSOLIDATED POLICY WORKING GROUP (CPWG)
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At its meeting on 20 May 2021, the GNSO Council resolved to initiate an Expedited Policy Development Process (EDPDEPDP) on Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and adopted a charter for the EPDP Team to deliberate identified Policy Track issues and to provide policy recommendations on:
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- Not to revisit Subsequent Procedures (SubPro) recommendations in context of future new gTLDs, but to consider whether such recommendations should be extended to existing gTLDs (where IDNs are concerned);
- To consider the impact of recommendations out of the IDN Variant TLD Implementation Staff Paper ("Staff Paper") and Recommendations for the Technical Utilization of the Root Zone Label Generation Rules ("TSG recommendations") on both future and existing gTLDs where there is a lack of SubPro recommendation; and
- To coordinate with the SubPro Implementation Review Team (SubPro IRT) on addressing implementation issues to achieve, to the extent possible, consistent solutions for new and existing gTLDs – to note that the SubPro IRT has not yet been convened at this point.
Remark on Project Plan of the EPDP
On 17 Nov 2022, GNSO Council approved the EPDP's Project Change Request (PCR). With this PCR, the EPDP seeks to facilitate the implementation planning of the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures by bifurcating its work into two phases, with Phase 1 covering topics related to top-level IDN gTLD definition and variant management, and Phase 2 covering issues pertaining to second-level IDN variant management, which also requires a timeline extension due to the diversity and complexity of IDN issues, additional data collection needs, review of ICANN org input for draft recommendations, and public comment-related processes. The timeline now contemplated is:
- Publish Phase 1 Initial Report for Public Comment by April 2023
- Submit Phase 1 Final Report to the GNSO Council by November 2023
- Publish Phase 2 Initial Report for Public Comment by April 2025
- Submit Phase 2 Final Report to the GNSO Council by November 2025
On 20 Jul 2023, GNSO Council received a revised project plan from the IDNs EPDP Working Group which shaves 13 months off the earlier timeline. The key milestones for this EPDP are now as follows:
- Phase 1 Final Report remains expected to be delivered to Council in Nov 2023
- Council then considers this Phase 1 Final Report and decides on the adoption of report and recommendations
- Phase 2 Initial Report is expected to be published for public comment in Apr 2024 (vs May 2025 earlier)
- Phase 2 Final Report is expected to be delivered to Council in Oct 2024 (vs Nov 2025 earlier)
Policy Track Issues & Charter Questions (CQ)
Policy Track Issues | Charter Questions | Charter Questions Discussed with CPWG # | EPDP Draft Recs / IG Status # |
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A. Consistent definition and technical utilization of RZ-LGR |
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- a1, a2, a3 on 24 Nov 2021, 1 & 8 Dec 2021
- a4, a5, a6, a7 on 2 Feb 2022
- Revisited a5, a6 on 2 Mar 2022
- a8 has been parked since it's a catch-all question
- a9, a10 on 18 May 2022
- a1: Rec 1.1 Stable
- a2: No recommendation needed
- a3 Rec 1.2 & IG 1.3 Stable, check for an Open Item
- a4: No recommendation needed
- a5: Rec 1.4, Rec 1.5 & IG 1.6 Stable after 2nd reading
- a6: Rec 1.7, Rec 1.8, Rec 1.9 & IG 1.10 Stable after 2nd reading
- a7 part 1: Rec 1.11 Stable after 2nd reading
- a7 part 2: Parked, pending input from CJK GPs
- a8: Parked since is catch-all question
- a9: Rec 1.12 Stable
- a10: Rec 1.13 Stable after 2nd reading
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B. IDN Variant TLD Management: "Same entity" at the top-level |
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- b1, b2, b3, b4 + prefaced db1 on 16 Mar 2022
- b4a, b5 are pending
- b1: Rec 2.1 Released for 1st reading
- b2: Rec 2.2 & Rec 2.3 Released for 1st reading
- b3: No recommendation needed
- b4: Parked pending strawman proposal
- b4a: Parked, pending e1 deliberation
- b5: Rec 2.8 Released for 1st reading
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C. IDN Variant TLD Management: "Same entity" at the second-level |
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D. Adjustments in registry agreement, registry service, registry transition process, and other processes/procedures related to the domain name lifecycle |
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- d1a + d1b on 23 Mar 2022 - straw poll conducted
- d2, d3 are pending
d1-d3
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E. Adjustments to objection process, string similarity review, string contention resolution, reserved strings, and other policies and procedures: |
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- e1, e2, e3a, e3, e4, e5 are pending
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F. Adjustments to registration dispute resolution procedures and trademark protection mechanisms |
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G. Process to update the IDN Implementation Guidelines |
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2021 Deliberations
- This EPDP Team has its first meeting on 11 Aug 2021 and have been meeting nearly every week, on Thursdays at 13:30 UTC.
- The ALAC Team provided regular verbal updates to CPWG especially whenever there were some developments in the deliberations of this EPDP.
- In particular, the ALAC Team, presented:
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2022 Deliberations
- The EPDP Team recommenced its meeting resumed meetings on 6 Jan 2022.
- # At its 3 Feb 2022 call, it was determined that the EPDP Team would move forward with an updated sequence of charter questions.
- The ALAC Team continued to provide regular verbal updates to CPWG especially whenever there were some developments in the deliberations of this EPDP.
- In particular, the ALAC Team, presented:
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9. With CPWG on 18 May 2022, in particular, the EPDP Team draft outcomes for CQs a9 and a10 (presentation)
- Post-ICANN74, the ALAC team presented:
10. An update to CPWG on 6 Jul 2022 on the overall progress of EPDP Team's work and revisited the draft recommendation text for CQs a7 part 1 and a10 (post 2nd reading) (presentation)
11. An update to CPWG on 20 Jul 2022 regarding a 'Virtual Office Hour' chat between some members of the ALAC Team and the EPDP Leadership/Staff Team regarding the workings and progress of the EPDP (no presentation).
- Post-ICANN75, the ALAC team presented:
12. And discussed with CPWG on 12 Oct 2022 the role of variants in string similarity review which impinges on many charter questions (eg. b4a, e1, e3, e3a, e4) (presentation);
introducing and ascertaining support for the proposed Hybrid Model.Anchor HybridModel1 HybridModel1
13. To CPWG on 2 Nov 2022 on the contemplated Project Change Request (PCR) which would affect the timeline and issuance of the EPDP's Initial and Final Reports, and how those reports would be split into 2 phases. The team also discussed CQ B4 and CQ D1(b) which deals with establishing the processes by which (i) new applications could apply for a new IDN gTLD and allocatable variants, and (ii) existing ROs could apply for allocatable variants of their existing IDN gTLDs (presentation).
The team conducted several polls in relation to these to CQs, the results of which are: Anchor AppProcesses AppProcesses
2023 Deliberations
- The EPDP Team resumed meetings on 5 Jan 2023.
- The ALAC Team presented:
14. And discussed with CPWG on 1 Feb 2023 the draft recommendation and rationale text for CQs A7, B4, D1b, E5 and E6 (presentation)
Phase 1 Initial Report
- The ALAC Team presented to and consulted with CPWG (Phase 1 Initial Report):
15. On 3 May 2023 - overview, structure, underlying principles, sec 4.1, sec 4.2 and sec 4.3 (presentation)
16. On 10 May 2023 - role of variants in Limited Public Interest Objection and Community Objection, possible outcomes (presentation)
17. On 17 May 2023 - modifications to String Similarity Review (Hybrid Model) & exceptions, outcomes for contention resolution (presentation)
18. On 24 May 2023 - call for inputs to PR 3.6 & IG 3.6 on factors related to absence of ceiling value for variants (presentation)
19. On 31 May 2023, the ALAC Team discussed the draft ALAC Statement to the Initial Report
.Quebec and Latin Script RZ-LGR discussion on variant labels
- Post ICANN77, the ALAC Team presented:
20. On 12 Jul 2023 - an update, alluding to the ALAC letter to the GNSO Council Chair (22 June 2023)
21. On 6 Sep 2023 - an update, alluding to the Discussion Paper about “.québec” Challenges to GNSO Council (24 August 2023)
Phase 1 Draft Final Report
- The ALAC Team presented:
22. On 6 Sep 2023 - reconsideration of the Conservatism principle and impact to Recs 8,1, 3.5, 3.7 and IGs 3.6, 3.8 and 3.9.
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Update for 01 September CPWG: Anchor Meeting-3 Meeting-3
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