Perhaps someone could care to educate me further on how things work in
ICANN. If a request as the one contained in this announcement is received
by ICANN, do they review such proposal based on the existing policies? and
if they do, and determine that a proposal does not fit into existing
policy/guidelines, is it right for ICANN staff to suggest updating existing
processes to allow a proposal go through?

This is the way I understood this particular call and I hope someone can
confirm that my understanding is incorrect.

Thanks!

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kindly excuse brevity and typos.
  [image: ICANN] <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-07-08-en
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Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .DEALS, XN--FJQ720A, .CITY,
.XYZ, .COLLEGE, .GOP, .TRADE, .WEBCAM, .BID, .HEALTHCARE, .WORLD, .BAND

8 July 2014


 *Forum Announcement:* Comment Period Opens on *Date:* 8 July 2014
*Categories/Tags:*

    - Top-Level Domains
      - Second-Level Domains
      - Contracted Party Agreements
      - Security/Stability

 *Purpose (Brief):*

Six (6) Registry Services Evaluation Process (RSEP) requests were submitted
by the registry operators listed below to allow the introduction of
two-character domain names for the below TLDs. In total, the requests
concern 12 New gTLDs.
 Proposal TLD Registry Name Documents  2014027 healthcare
world
band Binky Lake, LLC* Binky Lake, LLC Request 25 June 2014
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/binky-lake-healthcare-world-band-request-25jun14-en.pdf>
[PDF, 16 KB]  2014024 trade
webcam
bid Elite Registry Limited Elite Registry Limited Request 16 June 2014
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/elite-registry-trade-request-16jun14-en.pdf>
[PDF, 16 KB]  2014023 gop Republican State Leadership Committee, Inc.
Republican
State Leadership Committee, Inc. Request 12 June 2014
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rslc-gop-request-12jun14-en.pdf>
[PDF, 15 KB]  2014022 xyz
college XYZ.COM, LLC XYZ.COM, LLC Request 12 June 2014
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/xyz-xyz-college-request-12jun14-en.pdf>
[PDF, 18 KB]  2014016 city Binky Lake, LLC* Binky Lake, LLC Request 6 June
2014
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/binky-lake-city-request-06jun14-en.pdf>
[PDF, 16 KB]  2014015 deals
xn--fjq720a Binky Lake, LLC* Binky Lake, LLC Request 6 June 2014
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/binky-lake-deals-forsale-xn--fjq720a-request-06jun14-en.pdf>
[PDF, 16 KB]

*Note: Binky Lake, LLC has submitted three RSEP requests on behalf of
Donuts, Inc. for 6 gTLDs

As part of these requests, each registry operator described which
two-character domain names for which it would offer these registrations.
These RSEP requests were posted for public information on the Registry
Service Evaluation Process webpage, available at
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rsep-2014-02-19-en.

As required by the Registry Services Evaluation Policy
<https://www.icann.org/en/registries/rsep/rsep.html>, ICANN has undertaken
a preliminary determination on whether the proposals might raise
significant competition, security or stability issues. ICANN's preliminary
review (based on the information provided) did not identify any such issues
for these requests.

Implementation of the proposal would require amendments to the Exhibit A,
Approved Services of the respective Registry Agreements, which are being
posted for public comment.
 *Public Comment Box Link:*
https://www.icann.org/public-comments/two-char-new-gtld-2014-07-08-en
<https://www.icann.org//public-comments/two-char-new-gtld-2014-07-08-en>


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