Working Group Members
ccNSO
- Henry Chan, .hk
- Neil El Himam, .id
- Lise Fuhr, .dk
- Laura Hutchison, .uk
- Jordi Iparraguirre, ccNSO Council NomCom appointee
- Erick Iriarte Ahon, .pe
- Daniel Kalchev, .bg
- Annebeth Lange, .no
- Young-Eum Lee, .kr
- Han Liyun, .cn
- Carlos Marco Liuzzi
- Jacqueline Morris, .tt
- Grigori Saghyan, .am
- Ron Sherwood, .vi
- Paul Szyndler, .au (Co-Chair)
- Mirjana Tasic, .rs
- Mary Uduma, .ng
GNSO
- Philip Adar, BC
- Benjamin Akinmoyeje, NCUC
- Maxim Alzoba, NTAG
- Chris Chaplow, BC
- Ching Chiao, RySG (Co-Chair)
- Mason Cole, RySG
- Sonigitu Ekpe, NCUC
- Heather Forrest, IPC (Co-Chair)
- Robin Gross, NCSG
- Scott Harlan, IPC
- Hector Manoff, IPC
- Ghislain Nyamfit Ngamba, individual
- Ganeswar Sahoo, NCUC
- Cintra Sooknanan, NPOC
- Gabriela Szlak, GNSO Council liaison
- Marc Trachtenberg, IPC
- Liz Williams, NTAG
- Brian Winterfeldt, IPC
ALAC
- Inam Ali, ALAC
- Fouad Bajwa, APRALO
GAC
- Olga Cavalli
Objective and Scope
The objective of the Working group is to draw upon the collective expertise of the participating SOs and ACs and others, and based on the initial analysis of the ccNSO Study Group on the uSe of names for Countries and territories as TLDs, further review the current status of representations of country and territory names, as they exist under current ICANN policies, guidelines and procedures. Secondly, provide advice regarding the feasibility of developing a consistent and uniform definitional framework that could be applicable across the respective SO's and AC's; and should such a framework be deemed feasible, provide detailed advice as to the content of the framework. The scope of the WG is limited to:
- Representations of names of Countries, Territories and their subdivisions listed on or eligible to be listed on the Alpha-2 code International Standard for country codes and codes for their subdivisions (ISO 3166-1), (Names of Country and Territory). Other geographical indicators, such as regions, are excluded;
- The use of Country and Territory names as Top Level Domains. The use of Country and Territory names as second or other level is excluded.
Background Material
ccNSO Study Group on the Use of Names for Countries and Territories Final Report