World Wide Alliance of cc TLDs cc

World Wide Alliance of cc. TLDs & cc. NSO Thinking out loud about Secretariat issues Peter Dengate Thrush cctld Adcom cc. NSO Launching Group

Secretariat A properly resourced secretariat is essential for advancing the interests of cc. TLDs.

Secretariat • History Summary: • March 2000. nz offered to host interim secretariat • August 2000 Kanchanasut/AF appointed interim secretariat • May 2001 BK Kim appointed permanent secretariat • October 2002 BKK resigns, Abhisak Chulya continues

Secretariat • March 2003 Abhisak resigns after Rio meeting • June 2003 Montreal meeting staffed by volunteers • Aug/Sept 2003 Andy Lane /Richard Francis appointed • Current interim secretariat term expires after Carthage

Secretariat • In the near future, cc. NSO will require secretariat services. • Two secretariats is probably one too many. • cc. NSO could use ICANN staff…independence issues • What co-operation might be possible?

Possible cooperation • My personal preference is for most cctlds to join SO • May take some time - 2 -3 years. • The scope of the WWA has been, historically, larger than the Scope of the SO currently is. • The range of interests the SO can deal with is ultimately the same as the WWA.

Secretariat • Do have drafted Rules for operation of secretariat ( Not formally accepted, many in place, mostly “good business practice”) • Must come to some permanent agreement about cctld secretariat. • Must be different from regional association secretariats to ensure independence and ‘equal treatment”

Secretariat • cc. TLD secretariat could also provide secretariat services for the cc. NSO. • As confidence in SO grows, more of the WWA work can be done in the SO- Best Practices, outreach, WSIS…. . .

Secretariat • Two “clubs” could probably use one secretariat- until there is just one…. • Fee support from cctlds could come in two parts: a component for WWA, another for SO. • All cctlds would pay component 1 “basic” • cc. NSO members would pay component 2 for SO activities ( ICANN meetings, IANA policy -redelegation)

Secretariat • My very strong preference that SO formation not “divide” the cctld family • A house divided will not stand. • Cooperation over the next two years is essential if this “baby” is to grow up. • Need to have discussion between now and at least a WWA appoinment before year end • ……thoughts?