ccNSO PDP(s) on retirement of ccTLDs and Review mechanism

Staging a Policy Development Process Stage 1 (Launch) Starts with ccNSO Council decision Description of issues, assessment of timeline, assessment whether in scope of ccNSO policy development process Decision to initiate ccNSO PDP Stage 2 (Development of Policy) Starts with interim Report Public input/comments Ends with Final Report Stage 3 Starts with Final Report ccNSO Council adoption ccNSO members vote Ends with submission of Board Report

Characteristics PDP Duration PDP determined by stage 2 Includes at a minimum 2 rounds (40 days) public comment Analyses of issues Development of recommendations Minimal duration 6 months Stage 3 includes members vote on set of recommendations possible two rounds ( quorum rule: at least 80 members need to vote), minimal duration 2 months

Method (1) Single PDP Charter two working groups Working Group 1: Review Mechanism Working Group 2: Retirement of ccTLDs and update Review Mechanisms if necessary Total package (output WG 1 and 2) subject to members vote

Method (2) two PDPs Initiate 2 PDPs PDP 1 Review Mechanism Members vote at end of PDP 1 PDP 2 on retirement of ccTLDs Members vote at the end of PDP 2

Outcome Marrakesh session Review mechanism on decisions delegation, revocation, transfer highest priority Preference one (1) PDP Do as much parallel as possible

Launch of PDP Helsinki Council decisions Request for an Issue Report by Hyderabad Includes question to initiate one or two PDPs In preparing Issue Report be guided by: DRD WG Final report on retirement of ccTLDs, 07 march 2011 ccNSO Framework of Interpretation RFC 1591 ISO 3166 Standard CWG-Stewardship Final Report, Annex O (Survey) Appointment Issue manager Appointment Oversight Committee (6 Councillors)

Interaction with GAC Formal interaction points (when PDP is initiated If the PDP is initiated (Hyderabad) the GAC will be formally asked to offer opinion or advise When Final report is submitted to ccNSO Council, the GAC will be requested to offer opinion or advise Informal participation Discussion on Issue report Participate in WGs GAC-ccNSO session