Description

The At-Large New gTLDs Working Group (ANGWG) restarted at ICANN42 in Dakar. The WG currently performs the following work:

Objection Process: At-Large is charged with developing a method to accept, filter and submit community-based objections to TLD proposals (similar to what the GAC will have)
Applicant support issues: With the JAS report complete, that group will be winding down but it will be necessary for At-Large to monitor its acceptance and implementation (to the extent that it is accepted and implemented)
Outreach evaluation & recommendation: Review and remediation of poor results in applications for new gTLDs and applications for support from developing economies
At-Large New gTLD Rollout Issues Workspace: As the gTLD process unfolds, At-Large will observe the rollout and may develop further advice

During ICANN42, Avria Doria was appointed by the ALAC as Chair of the ANGWG, and Evan Leibovitch as liaison to the WG.

The WG operates based upon the GNSO Working Guidelines, produced with substantial At-Large representation. Please refer to the guidelines here and here. Please note these are guidelines, and the ANGWG will update them to their specific needs over time.

History

On 1 November 2007 at the Annual General Meeting (AGM), the ICANN Board approved the GNSO New gTLDs Policy. This means ICANN Staff now as the responsibility to propose, for public comment and review, the practical implementation of the process by which new GTLDs will be added to the root zone.

As a result, the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) created the ANGWG to follow developments. All interested participants in the At-Large community are encouraged to join!

To join the working group, please email staff@atlarge.icann.org and join the relevant mailing list.

Contact

Staff Support Lead: Heidi Ullrich

Mailing list: gtld-wg@atlarge-lists.icann.org

To subscribe to the mailing list (or read the archives / manage your subscription) please visit https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gtld-wg.

Members

The members of At-Large New gTLD WG, organized by regional affiliation, are:

Region	Member	Office/Community Affiliation
AFRALO	Philip Fomba Johnson
AFRALO	Etienne Tshishimbi
AFRALO	Mwendwa Kivuva
AFRALO	Tijani Ben Jemma	ALAC Vice-Chair
AFRALO/APRALO	Rafik Dammak	JAS WG Co-Chair, Chair, NCSG
APRALO	Inam Ali
APRALO	Maureen Hilyard	ALAC Liaison to the ccNSO
APRALO	Vivek Vivekandan
APRALO	Hong Xue	ccNSO Council member
APRALO	Fouad Bajwa
APRALO	Cheryl Langdon-Orr	ALAC Liaison to the GNSO
EURALO	Annette Muehlberg
EURALO	Rudi Vansnick
EURALO	Olivier Crépin-Leblond	Vice- Chair of the ALAC
EURALO	Matthieu Camus
LACRALO	Dev Anand Teelucksingh
LACRALO	Cintra Sooknanan
NARALO	Evan Leibovitch	Chair of the New gTLDs WG
NARALO	Andrew Mack
NARALO	David Solomonoff
NARALO	Thomas Lowenhaupt
NARALO	Alan Greenberg	Chair of the ALAC
NARALO/EURALO	Avri Doria	Retired from WG 28 Jan 2014