A press statement from the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN) informed that the purpose of the IDN country code
policy development process Working Group 2 (IDN ccPDP WG 2) is to report on and
identify feasible recommendations for the inclusion of IDN ccTLDs.
The Working Group (WG) identified some clusters of issues
including membership definition.
Accordingly the Working Group stated that the roles of
members, eligibility and selection of councilors to the ccNSO Council,
initiation of PDP, voting on policy development process, selection of
councilors, quorum for voting and scope of PDP as defined in Annex C.
On the recommendation on membership definition, the Working
Group stated that the definition in Article IX section 4.1 should be updated to
maintain the one-to-one correspondence between the Internet Assigned Numbers
Authority (IANA) Root Zone Database and membership in the ccNSO.
Additionally, the group recommended on eligibility and
nomination of councilors as well as no changes in Bylaws needed.
On the recommendation on initiation of ccPDP, the group said
that in order to maintain the envisioned balance and taking into account the
leading principles.
They suggested that all members of the ccNSO should be
entitled to call for the creation of an Issue Report; These members need to be
from different Territories; The current minimum of 10 members to request the
creation of an Issue Report should be maintained.
The majority of the WG members are of the view that with the
inclusion of IDN ccTLD in the ccNSO the voting in the ccNSO should be based on
the principle of one vote per Territory should be applied.
While minority of the WG members is of the view the voting
should be based on the principle of one member one vote.
On one vote per territory with multiple members, the Working
Group noted that if there are two or more ccTLD managers in a Territory who
have become members of the ccNSO, for purposes of voting in the ccNSO an
emissary for that Territory has to be appointed by all members from that
Territory.
“It is a matter for the ccNSO members in the Territory how
to designate such an emissary,” he said.
During the period, the group suggested that the emissary has
not been appointed, the incumbent member of the ccNSO from that Territory is
deemed to vote for that Territory, until such time the ccNSO Council is
informed by all members from that Territory of the appointment of an emissary
for the Territory.
Remmy Nweke
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