Hello All,

If any of NCSG's member organizations (or NCSG as a whole) would like to sign-on to this civil society statement regarding a GAC sub-group's proposal to give governments veto power on new top level domain names that use "geographic names" please let me know asap.

The GAC sub-group's proposal on "geographic names" and other comments submitted on this proposal are available here:
  https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/Governmental+Advisory+Committee

The GAC's deadline for comments is 31 December, so please let me know by 30 December if your civil society organization would like to sign-on to this joint civil society statement; it is currently open for sign-on by other civil society organizations until 30 December.  Or send in your own comment on the proposal if you are so inclined (at the link above) by 31 December.  Holiday deadlines are tough, I know!  

I think this is a very important policy issue for protecting freedom of expression and the positive development of the multi-stakeholder model for Internet governance.

Thanks very much!

All best,
Robin