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Accountability
RySG comments on CCWG Accountability FINAL (3 June 2015)
RySG Recommendations to Improve ICANN Staff Accountability (12 January 2018)
RySG comment on ATRT3 Survey (13 September 2019)
ALAC
Letter to ITEMS re: ALAC Review (28 October 2016)
RySG comments on the ALAC review (7 March 2017)
Anti-Harassment Policy
RySG comments on the Proposed ICANN Community Anit-Harassment policy (11 January 2017)
Auction Proceeds
RySG comments on the new gTLD Auction proceeds Discussion Paper (8 November 2015)
RySG comment on Initial Report of the new gTLD Auction Proceeds CCWG (11 December 2018)
RySG Comment - Proposed Final Report of the gTLD Auction Proceeds CCWG (14 February 2020)
Business Constituency
ccTLD Issues
CCT-RT
CPH letter re: CCT-RT (15 January 2016)
RySG comment on CCT RT Draft Recommendations (19 May 2017)
RySG comment on CCTRT Final Report and Recommendations (11 December 2018)
RySG comment - CCT RT Accepted Recommendations Implementation Plan and Next Steps (21 October 2019)
CCWG
RySG comments on CCWG WS 1 recommendations (12 Sept 2015)
RySG comment on CCWG Accountability Recommendations SO-AC Accountability (26 May 2017)
RySG comment on CCWG Accountability WS2 Final Report (11 May 2018)
Community Change Request
RySG comment on Draft Procedure for Community Change Requests (2 April 2018)
Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice
RySG comment on Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team (15 January 2018)
Compliance
RySG comment on Compliance audit to blog (15 November 2018)
Country and Territory Names
RySG comment on the Use of Country and Territory Names as Top Level Domains (25 October 2015)
RySG comment on Country and Territory Names (22 February 2017)
RySG comment on CCWG Use of Country and Territory Names (21 April 2017)
Customer Standing Committee (CSC)
RySG comment - Initial Report on Review of the CSC Charter (31 May 2018)
DAAR
RySG comment on DAAR Methodology Paper and Methodology Reviews (24 August 2018)
Diversity
RySG Recommendations on Diversity (12 January 2018)
DNS
RySG comments on African DNS Market Study (5 May 2017)
RySG Comment on Statistical Analysis of DNS Abuse in gTLDs (19 September 2017)
RySG Open Letter to the Community - DNS Abuse (19 August 2019)
Domain Tasting
gTLD Constituency statement on the GNSO Council Draft Motion on Domain Tasting (21 March 2008)
EPDP
RySG comment on the Initial Report of the EPDP (21 December 2018)
RySG comment - EPDP Policy Recommendations for Board Consideration (17 April 2019)
Fast Flux
Registiries Constituency input to the Fast-Flux Working Group (7 August 2008)
Feb 06 PDP, Registry Agreements
Statement by the Registries Constituency on the Draft Terms of Reference for a PDP to Guide Contractual Conditions for existing TLD (2 Mar 2006)
Fellowship Program
RySG comment on ICANN Fellowship Program Consultation (5 April 2018)
RySG comment on the Draft proposal of the New Fellowship Program Approach (27 July 2018)
GAC
RySG Statement on ALAC's input to GAC (7 Nov 2014)
Proposed Bylaw Changes Regarding Consideration of GAC Advice (3 Oct 2014)
RySG Comment on GAC Geonames Proposal (31 Dec 2014)
RySG Response to GAC's LA Communique on CAT 2 Safeguards (5 Dec 2014)
General Issues
Statement on the Final Report of the ICANN Board of Directors/Governmental Advisory Group (GAC)
Global Public Interest
RySG comment- Global Public Interest Framework (21 October 2019)
GNSO
gTLD Registries Constituency Comments
Input provided to the GNSO Council regarding suggestions for GNSO improvement (21 Dec 2005)
gTLD Registries Constituency statement concerning the GNSO Improvements Report (29 April 2008)
Registries Constituency comments regarding GNSO Structure Recommendations (14 August 2008)
Registries Constituency input to GNSO Restructuring (18 September 2008)
GNSO gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group comments on the GNSO Working Group Guidelines (22 March 2010)
Statement on the GNSO Working Group Guidelines (8 February 2011)
Registries Stakeholder Group comments on the Policy Development Process (PDP) Work Team Final Report
Statement on Revisions to Annex A of the Bylaws to Adopt the New GNSO PDP (5 December 2011)
RySG comments on the Westlake Governance GNSO Review (24 July 2015)
RySG comment - Proposed Revisions to Bylaws Section 11 Voting Thresholds GNSO (4 May 2018)
gTLD Program
Comments on the new gTLDs Draft Applicant Guidebook (DAG), Version 3, Modules 5 and 6
Comments on the new gTLDs Draft Applicant Guidebook (DAG), Version 3, Modules 1 through 4
RySG response to new TLDs on ICANN structures (27 April 2012)
RySG letter regarding Timelines and Milestones in new gTLD program (1 Septmenber 2012)
RySG comments on gTLD Marketplace Health Index Proposal (22 January 2016)
RySG comments on gTLD Marketplace Health Index (7 September 2016)
RySG comments on Assessment of Competitive Effects (5 December 2016)
gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group
Petition for approval of the Articles of Operation for the new Registries Stakeholders Group (RySG)
gTLD Registries Constituency submittal to the gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group Petition and Charter
RySG Comments on Middle East and Adjoining Countries 2016 - 2019 Strategy (17 November 2016)
Human Rights
RySG comments on Draft Framework on Human Rights (16 June 2017)
IANA
RySG Comments on IANA Transition Proposal (22 Dec 2014)
RySG and RrSG comments on IANA Transition (20 May 2015)
RySG comment - Amendment IANA Naming Functions Contract (18 February 2019)
RySG comment - Fundamental Bylaws Amendment Proposal - IANA Naming Function Review (26 July 2019)
RySG comment - Draft PTI and IANA FY21 Operating Plan and Budget (26 November 2019)
ICANN Board
RySG comment on Uniform Board Member Integrity Screening Process (17 April 2018)
ICANN Issues
gTLD Registries Constituency Statement on the ICANN Travel Support Policy (16 April 2008)
GNSO gTLD RySG Comments on the Draft Report of the Nominating Committee (NomCom) Review Finalization
GNSO gTLD RySGComments on the Rights Protection Mechanisms and the ICANN Board Letter to the GNSO
GNSO gTLD RySG Proposal, Comments to ICANN's Draft Proposal for Affirmation Review, Requirements
RySG Comments on ICANN Proposal to Mitigate Name Collision Risks (27 August 2013)
RySG comments on the Protection of IGO and INGO Identifiers in all gTLDs (15 January 2013)
RySG comments on IGO/INGO Working Group Initial Report (17 July 2013)
RySG letter submitted regarding Pre-Delegation testing issues (18 March 2013)
RySG letter submitted regarding Pre-Delegation testing issues (3 June 2013)
RySG comments on Consideration of GAC Safeguard Advice (22 May 2013)
RySG memo to ICANN Board regarding Treatment of Confusingly Similar Strings (14 March 2012)
RySG memo on Scaling (8 August 2012)
RySG Comments on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (26 June 2014)
RySG Comments on Support in Underserved Regions (27 June 2014)
RySG Input on P&I WG Initial Report Survey (3 Mar 2015)
RySG comment of support on the Initial Report on Data and Matrix for Policy Making (4 Sept 2015)
RySG comments on Draft New ICANN Bylaws (20 May 2016)
RySG comments on Expected Standards of Behavior (7 June 2016)
RySG comments on Recommendations to Improve ICANN's Transparency (8 April 2017)
RySG comment on ICANN proposed public meeting dates 2021 - 2023 (27 September 2017)
RySG Comment on ICANN Community Onboarding Program (14 December 2017)
RySG comment on Proposed Incremental Changes to ICANN Meeting Strategy (31 January 2018)
RySG - RrSG Comment Recommendations on ICANN Jurisdiction (10 January 2018)
RySG comment - NextGen@ICANN Community Consultation (9 September 2019)
ICANN Reserve Fund
RySG Comment on ICANN Reserve Fund Rationale and Target Level (30 November 2017)
RySG comment on ICANN Reserve Fund Replenishment Strategey (25 April 2018)
ICANN Strategic Planning and Operating Budgets
Comments concerning the draft ICANN Strategic Plan (February 28, 2005)
GNSO gTLD RySG Statement, Framework for ICANN's FY 2011 Operating Plan and Budget (1 April 2010)
gTLD RySG comments on the Framework for the FY 2013 Operating Plan and Budget (22 February 2012)
RySG Comments on ICANN FY15 Budget (27 June 2014)
RySG Comments on ICANN Strategic Plan (26 June 2014)
Clarifying Questions Regarding ICANN's FY15 Budget and Processes (September 2014)
RySG comments on ICANN Draft 5-yr Op plan (5 Jan 2015)
RySG comments on ICANN Draft FY16 Operation Plan and Budget (1 May 2015)
RySG comments on Draft ICANN FY17 Budget and 5 year Operating Plan (28 April 2016)
RySG comments on ICANN FY18 Operating Plan and Budget (28 April 2017)
RySG comment on ICANN Draft FY19 Budget and Operating Plan and 5 year Operating Plan (8 March 2018)
RySG comment - ICANN Draft FY20 OP and Budget (8 February 2019)
RySG comment -Draft ICANN Strategic Plan for FY 2021 - 2025 (11 February 2019)
RySG comment - First Consultation on a 2 year planning process (4 March 2019)
IDN
GTLD Registries Constituency Comments
Registries Constituency comments regarding String Length Requirement for IDN TLDs (7 January 2009)
Preliminary comments on the JIG Initial Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs dated 12/20/11
Statement on the Second Annual Review of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process (28 April 2012)
Statement on the IDN Variant TLD Program, Revised Program Plan (25 May 2012)
RySG Comment on IDN Implementation Guidelines (10 December 2017)
RySG comment on Recommendations for Managing IDN Variant TLDs (17 September 2018)
IGO / INGO
RySG IGO-INGO Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms comment (29 March 2017)
RySG comment Implementation Protection IGO/INGO names (8 July 2017)
Implementation Recommendation Team
Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy
Comments on the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy PDP, Part B, Initial Report (31 July 2010)
Comments on the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part B PDP, Recommendation 8, March 2012
RySG on Inter- Registrar Transfer Policy Part D PDP (7 Nov 2014)
RySG comments on IRTP implementations (15 May 2015)
Internationalized Registration Data (IRD)
RySG comments on IRD (21 April 2015)
Introduction of New gTLDs
Constituency statement on the Terms of Reference for new gTLDs (January 30, 2006)
Proposal Amendment Provision for Draft Base Registry Agreement (8 Feb 2010)
RySG Comments on Proposal for protection of IOC and RC/RC names at Top Level (7 March 2012)
Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) (8 August 2012)
RySG letter on New gTLD Implementation Issues (8 February 2013)
Statement re: Release of 2-character labels as 2nd level domains in new gTLDs (September 2014)
IRP
RySG comment on Independent Review Process Implementation Oversight Team (IRP IOT) (10 August 2018)
RySG comment on IRP Standing Panel (15 May 2019)
IRTP
RySG comments on IRTP Part D (6 December 2015)
ITHI (Identifier Technology Health Indicators)
RySG comments on the Identifier Technology Health indicators: Definition (23 January 2017)
KSK Rollover
RySG comment on Plan to restart the Root KSK Rollover (2 April 2018)
Letter Letter Process
RySG comments on letter letter process (17 June 2015)
LGRs (Label Generation Rulesets)
RySG Comments on 2nd Level LGRs (29 July 2016)
RySG Comments on Reference Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the Second Level (30 July 2016)
RySG comments on Japanese LGR (31 March 2017)
RySG Comment - Study on Technical Use of Root Zone Label Generation Rules (19 July 2019)
Multi-Stakeholder Model
RySG comment on Evolving ICANN's Multi-stakeholder Model (13 June 2019)
RySG comment - Evolving ICANN's Multi-stakeholder Model Work Plan (25 February 2020)
Name Collision
NomCom
RySG Comments on NomCom Report (21 Nov 2014)
RySG comment on Final draft Report on the NomCom 2 Review (7 May 2018)
NTAG
NTAG letter to ICANN regarding Name Collision and ICANN fees (27 June 2014)
Office of the Ombudsman
RySG Recommendations to Improve the Office of the Ombudsman (12 January 2018)
Policy Developement Process
Post Delegation Dispute Resolution Process
Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR)
Pricing Trends
RySG input on planned study of Pricing Trends (6 Mar 2015)
PTI (Public Technical Identifiers)
RySG Comments on Draft PTI Articles of Incorporation (30 July 2016)
RySG comments on draft PTI Bylaws (11 August 2016)
RySG comments on Draft PTI FY18 Operating Plan and Budget (8 December 2016)
RySG Comment on Draft PTI -IANA FY19 OPs and Budget (26 November 2017)
RySG comment on Draft PTI - IANA FY20 OPs and Budget (12 November 2018)
RySG Comment on Draft PTI and IANA FY20 Operating Plan and Budget (12 November 2018)
RA Amendment
RySG Comments on RA Amendment (19 July 2016)
RDAP
RySG comments on RDAP (14 March 2016)
RySG letter re RDAP Pilot (4 May 2017)
RySG letter to Akram on RDAP Pilot (16 June 2017)
RDAP Pilot Letter Follow up (1 August 2017)
RySG Comment - Proposed gTLD RDAP Profile (12 October 2018)
RDDS (Registration Data Directory Services)
Request for Reconsideration 16-10 RDDS CL&D Policy (9 August 2016)
RDS (Registration Directory Service)
RDS PDP Input from the RySG (16 June 2016)
RySG comment on RDS WHOIS 2 Review Team draft report of Recommendations (17 November 2018)
RySG comment - RDS WHOIS2 Review Team final report (9 December 2019)
Red Cross Names
RySG/RrSG comment - Initial Report on Protection of Red Cross Names in all gTLDs (31 July 2018)
Reference Label Generation
Registration Abuse
Registry Fees
Registry Fees Proposal (4 December 2015)
Registry Services
Constituency Statement (March 3, 2004)
Constituency Statement attached to Final GNSO Report
Reviews
RySG comment on Operating Standards for ICANN's Specific Reviews (2 February 2018)
RySG comment - Long Term options to Adjust the Timeline of Reviews (31 July 2018)
RySG comment - Short Term options to Adjust the Timeline for Specific Reviews (31 July 2018)
RySG Comment - Next Steps on Reviews (5 October 2018)
RySG comment- Updated Operating Standards for Specific Reviews (19 February 2019)
RySG comment - Process Proposal for Streamlining Organizational Reviews (15 July 2019)
Root Server System
RySG comments on Continuous Data-Driven Analysis of Root Server System Stability (22 December 2016)
RySG comment - Evolving the Governance of the Root Server System (9 August 2019)
RPM
RySG Input on RPM Review Report (1 May 2015)
RySG comments on PDP to review RPMs in gTLDs (29 November 2015)
RySG RPM Response (5 July 2016)
RSSAC
RySG comment on Draft Final Report RSSAC2 Review (8 June 2018)
RZERC
RySG Comments on RZERC (7 July 2016)
Security, Stability and Resiliency Issues
the Global DNS-CERT Business Case (14 April 2010)
GNSO gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group Statement, Zone File Access Concept Paper (8 April 2010)
Identifier Systems (30 August 2012)
RySG comment Draft Framework for the Registry Operator to Respond to Securtiy Threats (27 July 2017)
Selection of New Sponsored TLDs
General Information and Public Comments for Proposed Sponsored Top Level Domains (TLDs)
Single-Letter and Single-Digit Domain Names at the Second Level
Spec 11
Spec 11 Technical Analysis Framework FINAL (30 Jan 2015)
RySG comments on Spec 11 (20 Mar 2015)
SSAC
RySG comment on SSAC2 Review (3 December 2018)
Strategic Plan
RySG Comment on Draft ICANN Africa Strategy Plan 2016 - 2020 V. 3.0 (10 September 2018)
Subsequent Rounds
RySG comment on Subsequent Rounds Issue Report (30 October 2015)
RySG comments on Draft Version of New gTLD Program Implementation Review (7 December 2015)
RySG comments on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures (5 August 2016)
RySG comments on Subsequent Procedures Gating Issues (26 September 2016)
RySG comments on nTLD Subsequent Procedures CC2 (24 May 2017)
RySG letter to Board re: new TLDs (9 June 2017)
RySG input re SubPro recs (5 June 2017)
RySG comments on SubPro Initial Report (26 September 2018)
RySG comment on Supplemental Initial Report on new gTLD SubPro PDP (21 December 2018)
RySG comment - New gTLD SubPro WT5 (1 February 2019)
RySG comment- Planning Assumptions for Subsequent Procedures for New gTLDs (30 August 2019)
Trademark Issues
Transfers
Transliteration
RySG comments transliteration contact recommendations (7 August 2015)
Travel Support
RySG comment on Draft Community Travel Support Guidelines (16 July 2018)
Two Character Labels
RySG to Crocker re: two-character labels (5 Feb 2015)
RySG on Government comments re 2-letter labels (13 Mar 2015)
RySG statement in response to Dublin GAC advice on two characters (9 November 2015)
RySG Redline Changes to proposed measures two-character (16 August 2016)
RySG Comments on Letter Letter Two-Character ASCll Labels (16 August 2016)
Universal Acceptance
CPH Comment on Draft UAM Framework (5 September 2018)
Vertical Integration
WHOIS
Registries Constituency Statement on the GNSO Whois report, Definiton 1
Whois System (February 16, 2005)
and Registries or Registrars contractual obligations to ICANN (21 July 2005)
at the ICANN meeting in Vancouver
gTLD Registries Constituency statement to the Whois Study Group (20 April 2008)
Registries Constituency recommendations on the Whois Study (29 October 2008)
gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group statement on the work of the WHOIS Review Team (17 April 2011)
RySG concerns re: Whois clarifications (26 Jan 2015)
RySG comment of Whois ARS (13 Mar 2015)
RySG on Sharp Searchable WHOIS (11 Sept 2015)
RySG comments on Next Gen WHOIS (7 Sept 2015)
Output for all gTLDs (11 December 2016)
RySG - RrSG comment on Procedure WHOIS - Data Privacy conflicts (30 June 2017)
Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG)