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

[Marita Moll]

I would say that legacy TLDs like .com are not going to be affected. 
Since this is an evolving system, there will always be anomalies. GTLDs 
like .com would simply be grandfathered (or grandmothered?)

Marita


On 8/12/2018 10:26 AM, Justine Chew wrote:
> Maureen,
>
> With reference to Carlos
> Raul Gutierrez's proposal of:
>
> "/*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*./”
>
> While I believe the existing policy of permanent 
> reservation/non-availability of ISO 3166-1 Alpha 3 letter codes is 
> undesirable, hence I would also support the call for making such exact 
> matches available to and only to the entities suggested by Carlos, I 
> am mindful that we should perhaps, if we can, supplement such a call 
> with a proposition to deal with exact 3 letter matches that have 
> already been delegated -- ".com" comes to mind.  Also, in view of 
> potential future changes to the ISO 3166-1 list.
>
> In other words, if we make ISO 3166-1 Alpha 3 letter codes available, 
> how should we deal with the Union of the Comoros' then right to and/or 
> potential desire for (the already delegated) ".com" gTLD?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Justine Chew
> -----
>
>
> On Sun, 12 Aug 2018 at 02:44, Maureen Hilyard 
> <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com <mailto:maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>> 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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