Objective & Task:

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

(a) whether this Procedure requires an overhaul to address challenges faced in its use for the 2012 New gTLD Round; and

(b) whether this Procedure could be updated to present less complexity and bureaucracy.

The Output of this small team would be a Next Round ALAC Procedure, to be approved by the ALAC for onward submission to the Subsequent Procedures IRT for incorporation or reference in the next AGB.

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