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GNSO Drafts and Working Documents

Document Date Author Issue
Proposed Dates for GNSO Council Meetings 2009-2010 (PDF) 2009-11-23 ICANN Staff GNSO Council
Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG WG) Draft Charter (clean version) (PDF) 2009-10-30 Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN Working Group IDNs
Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG WG) Draft Charter (redline version) (PDF) 2009-10-30 Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN Working Group IDNs
Tool Kit Services Recommendations for Key GNSO Organizations (PDF) 2009-10-18 Submission of the GNSO Constituency and Stakeholder Group Operations Work Team to the GNSO Operating Steering Committee Internationalized Registration Data
Recommendations of the Communications / Coordination Team - ICANN GNSO Operations Steering Committee (PDF) 2009-10-07 Submission of the ICANN GNSO Operations Steering Committee GNSO Improvements
Internationalized Registration Data Draft Charter for the Working Group (PDF) 2009-09-27 ICANN Staff GNSO Improvements
Amended Motion to Approve Plan for Bicameral Council Seat Transition 2009-09-17 Chuck Gomes, GNSO Council Vice Chair GNSO Improvements
GNSO Council Operating Procedures - Public Comment Draft (PDF) 2009-09-17 ICANN Staff GNSO Improvements
Draft Plan for Bicameral Council Seat Transition 2009-09-03 Chuck Gomes, GNSO Council Vice Chair GNSO Improvements
RAA Drafting Team Charter (PDF) 2009-09-03 Steve Metalitz RAA
Revised Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG) Draft Charter (PDF) 2009-07-21 Edmon Chung - GNSO, Zhang Jian - ccNSO IDN
IDN Group Charter (PDF) (PDF) 2009-07-16 Edmon Chung IDN
Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG) Draft Charter (PDF) 2009-07-16 Edmon Chung - GNSO, Zhang Jian - ccNSO IDN
Suggested Additional Stakeholder Group Charter Elements to Ensure Transparency, Openness, Fairness and Representativeness Principles (PDF) 2009-07-15 ICANN Staff GNSO Improvements
By-laws Article X: Generic Names Supporting Organization (PDF) 2009-06-23 Policy Staff Bylaws
Draft IDN Group Charter (PDF) 2009-06-23 Edmon Chung IDN
Article X: GNSO; Section 1. Description (PDF) 2009-06-12 ICANN Staff GNSO Improvements
Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part B (PDF) 2009-05-28 Marika Konings Transfers
Draft IDN Group Charter (PDF) 2009-05-27 Edmon Chung IDN
ICANN Bylaw Changes Related to GNSO Restructuring and Improvements (PDF) 2009-03-27 ICANN Policy Staff GNSO Improvements
GNSO Principles for Allocation of Travel Support Funds for ICANN Meeting (PDF) 2009-02-28 GNSO Travel Drafting Team Travel
Initial Report on the Inter-Registrar Transfers Policy - Part A Policy Development Process (PDF) 2009-01-08 Marika Konings Transfers
Current list of proposed RAA amendments (PDF) 2008-12-16 ICANN Staff RAA
Status report on GNSO "improvements" and Restructuring activities (PDF) 2008-12-09 GNSO Council chair/ICANN Staff GNSO Improvements
RyC Recommendations for Whois Studies - GNSO Council working Sessions Cairo - 1 November 2008 (PDF) 2008-10-29 Registry Constituency Whois
GNSO Improvements Implementation Plan (PDF) 2008-09-24 GNSO Improvements Planning Team GNSO Improvements
ICANN GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS (PDF) 2008-08-25 GNSO Geographic regions drafting Team Geographic Regions
GNSO Council Comments in IDNC WG Final Report (PDF) 2008-07-31 GNSO Council drafting Team; Co-ordinator: Edmon Chung IDN
GNSO Improvements - Top Level Plan (PDF) 2008-06-21 GNSO Improvements Planning Team GNSO Improvements
GNSO Improvements - Top Level Plan (PDF) 2008-06-21 GNSO Improvements Planning Team GNSO Improvements
Implementation Advisory: Domain Tasting - Implementing GNSO Recommendations and Proposed ICANN Budget Changes (PDF) 2008-06-16 ICANN Staff Domain Tasting
GNSO Improvements � Top Level Plan (PDF) 2008-05-22 GNSO Improvements Planning Team GNSO Improvements
GNSO Final Report on Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy: Clarification of Reasons for Denial (PDF) 2008-04-09 Olof Nordling Inter-Registrar Transfers
INTER-REGISTRAR TRANSFER POLICY ISSUES - PDP Recommendations (PDF) 2008-03-19 Volunteer Prioritisation Committee and Co-ordinator Chuck Gomes Inter-Registrar Transfers
ICANN Synthesis on Single-Character Domain names at the Second-Level (PDF) 2008-02-27 Patrick Jones - ICANN Staff SLDN
GNSO Comments in Response to the ccNSO-GAC Issues Report on IDN Issues - Final Draft (PDF) 2008-02-20 GNSO Council IDN
Draft Bylaw Amendment on Absentee Voting (PDF) 2008-02-15 Philip Sheppard, Chuck Gomes, Robin Gross, ICANN Staff Absentee Voting
GNSO Comments in Response to the ccNSO-GAC Issues Report on IDN Issues - Final Draft (PDF) 2008-02-10 GNSO Council IDN
GNSO Draft Final Report on Domain Tasting (PDF) 2008-02-08 Olof Nordling Domain Tasting
GNSO Comments on the IDNC Initial Report (PDF) 2008-02-01 GNSO IDNC Participants IDN
GNSO Comments in Response to ccNSO-GAC IDN Issues Report (PDF) 2008-01-31 GNSO Council IDN
DRAFT - GNSO Council Request to Board to Enable Full Enfranchisement of the GNSO Council's Voting Responsibilities v5 (PDF) 2008-01-17 Philip Sheppard, Chuck Gomes, Robin Gross Proxy Voting
Message to Board relating to Resolution 07.89 (PDF) 2007-12-20 GNSO Council IDN
Message to Board relating to Resolution 07.89 - draft 0.3 (PDF) 2007-12-20 GNSO Council IDN
Final Report from the Inter-Registrar Transfers Issues Prioritization Committee (PDF) 2007-12-20 Ross Rader Inter-Registrar Transfers
Issues Regarding Proxy Voting (PDF) 2007-12-19 Liz Gasster and Dan Halloran Proxy Voting
Nominating Committee Job Description for GNSO Council (PDF) 2007-11-30 Avri Doria Nominating Committee
IPC Proposed Revised IGO DRP (PDF) 2007-11-28 IPC IGO DRP
GNSO Comments in Response to the ccNSO-GAC Issues Report on IDN Issues Working Group Final Draft -- Revised 28 October 2007 (PDF) 2007-10-28 Chuck Gomes IDN
Important points from the GNSO responses discussed in greater detail in Parts A and B below (PDF) 2007-10-28 Chuck Gomes IDN
Reference Implementation Document New Top-Level Domains Draft (PDF) 2007-10-25 RPM working group Rights Protection Mechanism
GNSO Comments in Response to the ccNSO-GAC Issues Report on IDN Issues - Working Group 21 August 2007 Final Draft -- with edits as of 12 October 2007 (PDF) 2007-10-12 Chuck Gomes WG Chair IDN
Staff Implementation Notes WHOIS WG Report (PDF) 2007-10-11 Liz Gasster Whois
Staff Overview of Recent Whois activities (PDF) 2007-10-11 Liz Gasster Whois
Draft Outcomes Report of the Domain Name Tasting ad hoc group V1.6 (PDF) 2007-10-04 Mike Rodenbaugh WG Chair, ICANN Staff Olof Nordling, Patrick Jones Domain Tasting
Staff Report on the Whois Study Requested by the GNSO Council (PDF) 2007-10-04 Liz Gasster Whois
WHOIS Summary of available and upcoming data points (PDF) 2007-10-04 Liz Gasster Whois
Staff Report on a Draft IGO Domain Name Dispute Resolution Procedure (PDF) 2007-09-28 ICANN Staff IGO DRP
Draft Outcomes Report of the GNSO Ad Hoc Group on Domain Name Tasting v1.4 (PDF) 2007-09-27 Mike Rodenbaugh WG Chair, ICANN Staff: Olof Nordling, Patrick Jones Domain Tasting
Staff Overview of Recent GNSO WHOIS Activity (PDF) 2007-09-13 Liz Gasster Whois
ICANN Staff Proposed Implementation Document on GNSO Reserved Names Working (PDF) 2007-09-04 Patrick Jones Reserved Names
Advisory Concerning Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (PDF) 2007-08-23 ICANN Services Staff Transfers
Communication to GNSO on Policy Issues Arising from Transfer Review (PDF) 2007-08-23 ICANN Services Staff Transfers
Points of Clarification Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (PDF) 2007-08-23 ICANN Services Staff Transfers
DRAFT GNSO Comments in Response to the ccNSO-GAC Issues Report on IDN Issues Working Group Final Draft (PDF) 2007-08-21 Chuck Gomes, WG Coordinator IDN
WG coordinator (PDF) 2007-08-21 Chuck Gomes IDN
Final Outcomes Report of the WHOIS Working Group 2007 (version 1.9) (PDF) 2007-08-20 Philip Sheppard, WG Chair Whois
Outcomes Report of the WHOIS working group version 1.8 (PDF) 2007-08-13 Philip Sheppard, WG Chair Whois
Draft Outcomes Report of the WHOIS working group version 1.6 (PDF) 2007-08-02 Philip Sheppard, WG Chair Whois
GNSO Final Report Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains (PDF) 2007-07-30 Liz Williams New-gTLDs
Policies for Contractual Conditions - ICANN Staff Discussion Points (PDF) 2007-07-27 ICANN Services Staff Policies for Contractual Conditions
Draft Outcomes Report of the WHOIS working group version 1.5 (PDF) 2007-07-19 Philip Sheppard, WG Chair, and Maria Farrell, ICANN Staff Whois
Draft Outcomes Report of the WHOIS working group version 1.4 (PDF) 2007-07-12 Philip Sheppard, WG Chair, and Maria Farrell, ICANN Staff Whois
DRAFT Outcomes Report of the Whois Working Group version 1.3 (PDF) 2007-06-28 Philip Sheppard, WG Chair; Maria Farrell, ICANN Staff Whois
International Dispute Resolution (background information) (PDF) 2007-06-23 ICANN Consultants New-gTLDs
Draft Outcomes Report of the Whois Working Group (PDF) 2007-06-21 Maria Farrell Whois
Draft New gTLD Evaluation Process (PDF) 2007-06-20 ICANN Services Staff New-gTLDs
Draft Outline of New gTLD Registry Agreements (PDF) 2007-06-19 ICANN Legal Staff New-gTLDs
Draft Outline - New gTLD RFP (PDF) 2007-06-19 ICANN Services Staff New-gTLDs
Introduction of New Top-Level Domains - ICANN Staff Discussion Points (PDF) 2007-06-19 ICANN Services Staff New-gTLDs
GNSO new TLDs Committee Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains Part A: Final Report (PDF) 2007-06-18 Liz Williams New-gTLDs
GNSO new TLDs Committee Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains Part B: Final Report (PDF) 2007-06-18 Liz Williams New-gTLDs
GNSO new TLDs Committee Part B: Final Report Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains (PDF) 2007-06-17 Liz Williams New-gTLDs
Protection of Rights Others Working Group Final Report (PDF) 2007-06-01 Kristina Rosette and Liz Williams New-gTLDs
Task Force Report - Policies for Contractural Conditions - Existing Registries - PDP Feb 06 (PDF) 2007-04-10 Liz Williams Policies-Contractual Conditons
GNSO New TLDs Committee Draft Final Report: Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains - Dispute Settlement Considerations (PDF) 2007-03-23 Miriam Sapiro New-gTLDs
Outcomes Report of the GNSO Internationalized Domain Names Working Group (IDN WG) 2007-03-22 Ram Mohan and Olof Nordling IDN
GNSO new TLDs Committee Draft Final Report Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains (PDF) 2007-03-16 Liz Williams New-gTLDs
New gTLD Application Evaluation Process (PDF) 2007-03-16 Liz Williams New-gTLDs
GNSO Reserved Name Working Group (PDF) 2007-03-16 C. Gomes & T. Denton Reserved Names
Summary Report on Other Names Reserved at the Second Level (PDF) 2007-03-07 C. Greer Reserved Names
DRAFT Report on Names Reserved at the Third Level (PDF) 2007-03-07 Greg Shatan Reserved Names
ICANN and IANA Reserved Names (PDF) 2007-03-06 Tim Denton Reserved Names
DRAFT Report: Controversial Names Reserved Names Report for RN-WG (PDF) 2007-03-06 Avri Doria Reserved Names
Tagged Name Reserved Names Report for RN-WG (PDF) 2007-03-06 Chuck Gomes Reserved Names
DRAFT Controversial Names Reserved Names Report for RN-WG - Revised 6 March 2007 (PDF) 2007-03-06 Tim Ruiz Reserved Names
Reservations of nic, www, and whois for Registry Operations (PDF) 2007-03-01 Timothy Denton Reserved Names
New gTLD Application Evaluation Process [PDF] (PDF) 2007-02-23 Karen Lentz New-gTLDs
GNSO DRAFT Task Force Report on Policies for Contractual Conditions: Existing Registries (PDPFeb06) 2007-02-18 Liz Williams pdp-feb-06
GNSO new TLDs Committee - Draft Final Report Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains 2007-02-15 Liz Williams pdp-dec-05
GNSO Straw Poll Recommendations for Policies for Contractual Conditions: Existing Top Level Domains (PDF) 2006-11-27 Liz Williams pdp-feb-06
GNSO New TLDs Committee - Draft Final Report - Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains (PDF) 2006-11-14 Liz Williams New-gTLDs
Introduction of New Top-Level Domains - ICANN Staff Discussion Points (PDF) 2006-11-14 Liz Williams New-gTLDs
Draft Report Policies for Contractual Conditions, Existing gTLDs Policy Development Process (PDF) 2006-11-07 Liz Williams pdp-feb-06
Policies for Contractual Conditions, Existing Top Level Domains - Rapporteur Group B - Working Document - 27 October 2006 (PDF) 2006-10-27 Jonathan Nevett pdp-feb-06
Policies for Contractual Conditions, Existing gTLDs Policy Development Process - Rapporteur Group A Meeting - 24 October 2006 (PDF) 2006-10-24 Transcript pdp-feb-06
Policies for Contractual Conditions, Existing Top Level Domains - Rapporteur Group A - Working Document - 24 October 2006 (PDF) 2006-10-24 Marilyn Cade pdp-feb-06
PDP Feb 06: Policies for Contractual Conditions: Expert Materials - draft 2 (PDF) 2006-10-18 Liz Williams pdp-feb-06
Policies for Contractual Conditions, Existing gTLDs Policy Development Process - Rapporteur Group A Meeting - 17 October 2006 (PDF) 2006-10-17 Transcript pdp-feb-06
Policies for Contractual Conditions, Existing gTLDs Policy Development Process - Rapporteur Group A Meeting - 13 October 2006 (PDF) 2006-10-13 Transcript pdp-feb-06
Policies for Contractual Conditions, Existing gTLDs Policy Development Process - Rapporteur Group A Meeting - 11 October 2006 (PDF) 2006-10-11 Transcript pdp-feb-06
Draft Comparison Table for ICANN Registry Agreements 2006-10-09 Dan Halloran pdp-feb-06
PDP Feb 06: Policies for Contractual Conditions: Expert Materials - draft 1 (PDF) 2006-09-25 Liz Williams pdp-feb-06
DRAFT GNSO Recommendation Summary 2006-09-19 New-gTLDs Committee New-gTLDs
GNSO Improvements - Top Level Plan (PDF) 2006-06-21 GNSO Improvements Planning Team GNSO Improvements