[Aftld-members] [ccnso-members] Initial Report on the Third ccNSO Policy Development Process (ccPDP3): Retirement of ccTLDs

Thu Mar 4 07:57:02 EAT 2021

Dear Members,

This report might be of great interest to you.

Best Regards

Announcement:
https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccpdp3-1-retirement-cctlds-2021-03-03-en
[1]

BRIEF OVERVIEW

  _Purpose:_ The Initial Report is published to seek community response
and input on the following two (2) questions:

  1.    To expedite the Country Code Names Supporting Organization
(ccNSO) decision-making on the proposed recommended policy for the
Retirement of country code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs), it is proposed to
separate Part 1 (on the Retirement of ccTLDs) from Part 2 (on Review
Mechanism). Are there any concerns separating the two policy development
efforts: Retirement of ccTLDs (Part 1) and Review Mechanism (Part 2)?

  2.    Related, are there any major concerns with respect to the
proposed recommendation for the retirement policy, which have not been
raised before or are inadequately addressed in the final paper?

  _Current Status:_ In February 2021 the ccNSO Working Group on the
Retirement of country code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs) concluded its work
by unanimously supporting the policy recommendations pertaining to the
retirement of ccTLDs. This policy development effort is part of the
third ccNSO Policy Development Process, which was initiated in 2017 to
develop policy recommendations on the Retirement of ccTLDs (Part 1) and
to develop policy recommendations for a Review Mechanism for decisions
pertaining to the delegation, transfer, revocation and retirement of
ccTLDs (Part 2).

  _Next Steps:_ If there are no major concerns, neither regarding the
separation of Part 1 and Part 2 nor regarding the recommended Retirement
Policy itself, the policy recommendations contained in this report will
be taken to the ccNSO Council and ccNSO Membership for their
consideration.

_Your Comment:_ Your submission, including your information, will be
published in the Public Comment archive on the https://www.icann.org/
[2] website. If you have any questions regarding Public Comment, please
contact public-comment at icann.org.

  SECTION I: DESCRIPTION AND EXPLANATION

  In February 2021 the ccNSO Working Group on the Retirement of country
code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs) concluded its work by unanimously
supporting the policy recommendations pertaining to the retirement of
ccTLDs. This policy development effort is part of the third ccNSO Policy
Development Process, which was initiated in 2017 to develop policy
recommendations on the Retirement of ccTLDs (Part 1) and to develop
policy recommendations for a Review Mechanism for decisions pertaining
to the delegation, transfer, revocation and retirement of ccTLDs (Part
2).

  Now (March 2021), four (4) years after the ccNSO Policy Development
Process 3 was initiated, the envisioned advantages of combining the two
topics into one (1) ccNSO Policy Development Process have become
obsolete.

  In the view of both the Retirement and Review Working Groups, the
dependency between the retirement process as developed and a Review
Mechanism is limited; the only dependency – decisions in the
retirement process that should be subject to the Review Mechanism once
this becomes effective – has been identified and addressed.

  In addition, given the expected duration of the process to develop the
Review Mechanism (at least until November 2021) the anticipated decrease
in the duration of the overall process, has been overtaken and will not
be achieved anymore. The efforts and decision-making procedures to
develop the Review Mechanism are not dependent anymore on the efforts
and decision-making relating to the policy recommendations for the
Retirement of ccTLDs, which was originally thought to be the case.

  Effectively, deferring the ccNSO Council and membership decision-making
on the proposed retirement policy, may have an adverse effect. Waiting
on completion of the proposals of the review mechanism may risk that
both ccNSO Council and membership lose track of the proposals.  In
addition, some members may lose interest in the effort, with the risk of
losing the required engagement in the decision-making process.

  The purpose of this Initial Report is to seek community response and
input on the following two (2) questions:

  1.    To expedite the ccNSO decision-making on the proposed recommended
policy for the Retirement of ccTLDs, it is proposed to separate Part 1
(on the Retirement of ccTLDs) from Part 2 (on Review Mechanism). Are
there any concerns separating the two policy development efforts:
Retirement of ccTLDs (Part 1) and Review Mechanism (Part 2)?

  2.    Related, are there any major concerns with respect to the
proposed recommendation for the retirement policy, which have not been
raised before or are inadequately addressed in the final paper?

  SECTION II: BACKGROUND

  In December 2015, the ccNSO Council discussed the launch of a formal
ccNSO Policy Development Processes to address the lack of policy with
respect to retirement of ccTLDs and to introduce a Review Mechanism on
issues pertaining to the delegation, transfer, revocation and retirement
of ccTLDs. This discussion was grounded in the need to ensure the
predictability and legitimacy of decisions with respect to the
delegation, transfer, revocation and retirement of ccTLDs.

  In March 2017, and in accordance with Annex B section 3 and 4 of the
ICANN Bylaws, the ccNSO Council decided – among others – to initiate
ccNSO Policy Development Process 3 with the initial focus on developing
a policy for Retirement of ccTLDs (Part 1), and only after the
substantive work on that topic would have been concluded, focus on the
development of policy recommendations for a Review Mechanism pertaining
to decisions on delegation, transfer, revocation and retirement of
ccTLDs (Part 2).

  In accordance with its 2017 Charter, the Chair of the WG conveyed the
Final Paper of the Working Group to the Issue Manager of the ccPDP to be
included in the Initial Report of the ccPDP. As required under section
8.d of Annex B of the ICANN Bylaws, the Issue Manager is tasked to
publish the Initial Report to seek comments from ccTLD managers, other
Supporting Organizations, Advisory Committees, and from the public.
According to the ccPDP3 Issue Report, in which the scope of the third
ccNSO Policy Development Process is defined, the Initial Report should
be published when both Part 1 and Part 2 are completed. However, as
stated above, both the Retirement and Review Working Groups believe the
two efforts could follow their own course.

  SECTION III: RELEVANT RESOURCES

  The Initial Report is available at:
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ccpdp3-1-retirement-cctlds-03mar21-en.pdf
[3]

  SECTION IV: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  The Final Paper of the ccPDP Retirement WG can be found at the webpage
of the Retirement Working Group:
https://ccnso.icann.org/en/workinggroups/pdp-retirement.htm [4]

  On this webpage you may also find other relevant documents and
presentations by the Working Group.

  Additional background material the Working Group has used:

  ·         Revised PDP Issue Report (includes Council resolution and
revised timeline):
https://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-10apr17-en.htm [5]

  ·         15 March 2017 Council Resolution to initiate the ccPDP:
https://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions-resolutions/2017 [6]

  ·         Delegation and Redelegation Working Group (DRDWG) Final
Report on the Retirement of ccTLDs March 2011:
https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/drd-wg-retirement-report-07mar11-en.pdf
[7]

  ·         Framework of Interpretation Working Group (FOIWG) Final
Report: https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/foi-final-07oct14-en.pdf
[8]

  ·         RFC 1591: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1591.txt [9]

  ·         ISO 3166 Online Browsing Platform:
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search [10]

  ·         ISO 3166 Country codes
https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html [11]

  SECTION V: REPORTS

Links:
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[1] 
https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccpdp3-1-retirement-cctlds-2021-03-03-en
[2] https://www.icann.org/
[3] 
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ccpdp3-1-retirement-cctlds-03mar21-en.pdf
[4] https://ccnso.icann.org/en/workinggroups/pdp-retirement.htm
[5] https://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-10apr17-en.htm
[6] https://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/decisions-resolutions/2017
[7] 
https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/drd-wg-retirement-report-07mar11-en.pdf
[8] https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/foi-final-07oct14-en.pdf
[9] https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1591.txt
[10] https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search
[11] https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html
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