[CPWG] URGENT - WT5 proposal for 3-letter country codes

[Marita Moll]

Hello Olivier. There are those who want the 3 letter TLDs to be 
completely unreserved. I think this is a middle group, but many won't 
see it that way.

Marita


On 8/12/2018 9:26 AM, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond wrote:
> Dear Maureen,
>
> thanks for asking this question.
> For various reasons, I have been staying away from WT5 work, but the 
> proposal from Carlos makes sense so I would support it.
>
> The only question I might have is "what is the purpose of the 
> proposal?" because I can certainly see some communities arguing 
> against reserving ISO 3166-1 Alpha 3 Letter Codes. Would this be the 
> current list, as of 18 August 2018? Or would this block off all 3 
> letter TLDs thus reserving 3 letter TLDs for any potential future 
> addition to the ISO 3166-1 Alpha 3 Letter Codes? Is the GNSO ready to 
> hand off potentially valuable 3 letter TLDs to the CC community?
>
> So to me, the purpose of the proposal appears to be to record an 
> objection against a permanent restriction of the delegation of the ISO 
> 3-Letter list.
>
> Would that put the issue to bed? Probably not.
> Kindest regards,
>
> Olivier
>
> On 11/08/2018 20:43, Maureen Hilyard wrote:
>> Hi everyone
>>
>> If you have been following the discussions in WT5 you will see that 
>> there has been a lot of controversy over the GNSO consensus process 
>> on Country and Territory Names and how best to come to a decision on 
>> each of the key issues that are being discussed.
>>
>> With regards to an agreement over 3-letter country codes, Carlos Raul 
>> Gutierrez has proposed the following suggestion to help this process 
>> move forward, I believe we should consider his proposal as a 
>> reasonable compromise considering all the discussion that has taken 
>> place and send our support (or otherwise) to our ALAC co-Chair. The 
>> ALAC views could be coordinated by the CPWG leads but will be 
>> required _by Tuesday??_.
>>
>> *This is urgent, as it appears that consensus calls will be received 
>> by the co-Chairs during the week  and as they will have to prepare 
>> for the next WT5 meeting on the 22nd, it would be good to include an 
>> ALAC opinion as well. *
>>
>> “Dear Annebeth,
>>
>> As you have heard me (too) many times before, I admire the track 
>> record of preceding, clearly focused public interest 3 letter 
>> geo-TLDs, like the ones from Catalonia in Spain, Brittany's in 
>> France, and Serbia's 3 letter TLDs
>>
>> Now that I re-stated my rationale for such a clear-cut public 
>> interest case in an email to Rosalia (for geo use ONLY, accessible 
>> -i.e. cheap- and non-profit), I hereby submit to the WT my final 
>> revised language suggestion, which is ONLY applicable for 3-Letter 
>> codes. It would substitute the following final paragraph in the 
>> relevant section which deals with 3-Letter codes: “/The SubPro may 
>> want to consider recommending whether any future 
>> application/revision/delegation process to be established (either 
>> generic or restricted to the Geographic categories only), should 
>> determine if, when, and how specific interested parties, such as 
>> relevant public international, national or sub-national public 
>> authorities, may apply for country and territory names/"
>>
>> My suggestion for a FORWARD looking option is:
>>
>> “*ICANN may only consider applications of ISO 3166-1 Alpha 3 Letter 
>> Codes submitted by relevant governmental authorities, ccTLD managers 
>> and public interest/public benefit entities*.”
>>
>> This paragraph is, in my view, a sensible part of a forward-looking 
>> recommendation that could go ahead with broader WT consensus. And if 
>> it does not, please make sure it is recorded as an objection against 
>> a permanent restriction of the delegation of the ISO 3-Letter list.
>>
>> Thanks to all,
>>
>> Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez"
>
>
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