A vital part of ICANN’s processes is the opportunity for there to be public comment on each substantial piece of work before it is put forward for final approval. This is an archive of the public comment periods for 2008, arranged according to the month in which the comment period was closed.
A list of the comments periods of 2008 is given below. The details of each comment period can be found by selecting the relevant month in the “Monthly Archives” box below.
| Public Comment | Monthly Archives |
|
2008 |
Closed Forums
| December 2008 | ||
| Public Comment | Open Date | Close Date |
| Proposed Bylaws Change | 17 November 08 | 17 December 08 |
| CRAI Report on gTLD Registries and Registrars | 19 October 08 | 30 December 08 |
| New gTLD Draft Applicant Guidebook | 23 October 08 | 15 December 08 |
| Draft 2009-2012 Strategic Plan Final Comment | 01 December 08 | 15 December 08 |
| Independent Reviewer’s Report on the ICANN Board | 02 November 08 | 12 December 08 |
| ALAC Review Mid-Point Consultation Report | 23 October 08 | 12 December 08 |
| November 2008 | ||
| Public Comment | Open Date | Close Date |
| The Role of Individual Internet Users in the GNSO | 28 October 08 | 28 November 08 |
| Add Grace Period (AGP) Limits Policy | 20 October 08 | 20 November 08 |
| Draft Strategic Plan Priorities | 23 October 08 | 17 November 08 |
| GNSO Bylaw Revision | 13 October 08 | 03 November 08 |
| October 2008 | ||
| Public Comment | Open Date | Close Date |
| Proposed Bylaws Revision | 23 September 08 | 23 October 08 |
| Improving Institutional Confidence | 19 September 08 | 20 October 08 |
| Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Denials Definitions PDP | 15 September 08 | 06 October 08 |
| September 2008 | ||
| Public Comment | Open Date | Close Date |
| Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Issues | 05 September 08 | 29 September 08 |
| Independent Review of the ALAC - Final Report | 25 July 08 | 12 September 08 |
| Economic Case for Auctions in New gTLDs | 08 August 08 | 07 September 08 |
| SSAC Review Draft Terms of Reference | 13 August 08 | 05 September 08 |
| August 2008 | ||
| Public Comment | Open Date | Close Date |
| Proposed ICANN Board of Director’s Code of Conduct | 15 July 08 | 29 August 08 |
| .COOP and .MOBI Proposed Contract Changes to Allocate Single-Character Names | 28 July 08 | 22 August 08 |
| CAC UDRP Pilot Project | 22 July 08 | 21 August 08 |
| Final Report of IDNC Working Group on ccTLD Fast Track Mechanisms | 15 July 08 | 15 August 08 |
| gTLD Registry Failover Plan | 15 July 08 | 14 August 08 |
| Draft Proposed Changes to Registrar Accreditation Agreement | 18 June 08 | 04 August 08 |
| July 2008 | ||
| Public Comment | Open Date | Close Date |
| Improving Institutional Confidence | 16 June 08 | 31 July 08 |
| Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy – Denial of Transfers (Reasons #8 and #9) | 26 June 08 | 18 July 08 |
| Draft Final ALAC Independent Review | 13 June 08 | 18 July 08 |
| Proposed GNSO Top Level Implementation Plan | 25 June 08 | 17 July 08 |
| Single Character Name Allocation Framework | 13 June 08 | 13 July 08 |
| Meetings Reform | 09 June 08 | 10 July 08 |
| Proposed Global Policy for Autonomous System Numbers | 16 June 08 | 07 July 08 |
| Draft/Interim Terminated Registrar Transition Procedure | 06 June 08 | 07 July 08 |
| June 2008 | ||
| Public Comment | Open Date | Close Date |
| Draft Final Report - IDNC WG Recommendations for ccTLD Fast Track Mechanisms (IDN ccTLD Fast Track) | 13 June 08 | 23 June 08 |
| PIR’s Proposed Implementation of DNSSEC | 05 June 08 | 20 June 08 |
| Travel Support | 02 June 08 | 20 June 08 |
| Operating Plan and Budget 2009 | 17 May 08 | 17 June 08 |
| May 2008 | ||
| Public Comment | Open Date | Close Date |
| PIR’s Proposed Implementation of DNSSEC | 23 April 08 | 24 May 08 |
| Absentee Voting | 30 April 08 | 21 May 08 |
| Domain Tasting | 30 April 08 | 21 May 08 |
| April 2008 | ||
| Public Comment | Open Date | Close Date |
| Discussion Draft of Interim Report of IDNC WG (IDN ccTLD Fast Track) | 31 March 08 | 25 April 08 |
| GNSO Improvements Report 2008 | 25 February 08 | 25 April 08 |
| ICANN Travel Support Policy | 03 March 08 | 24 April 08 |
| Nominating Committee Review | 24 October 08 | 11 April 08 |
| RegistryPro Contract Amendments | 14 March 08 | 10 April 08 |
| Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Initial Report | 18 March 08 | 07 April 08 |
| March 2008 | ||
| Public Comment | Open Date | Close Date |
| Domain Tasting | 07 March 08 | 28 March 08 |
| Add Grace Period Modifications | 27 February 08 | 26 March 08 |
| Translation Programme | 13 February 08 | 14 March 08 |
| New gTLDs — DNS Stability | 06 February 08 | 07 March 08 |
| February 2008 | ||
| Public Comment | Open Date | Close Date |
| Initial Report on ccIDN Fast-Track | 01 February 08 | 26 February 08 |
| Introduction of IDN ccTLDs | 19 December 08 | 22 February 08 |
| Whois Studies | 08 January 08 | 15 February 08 |
| January 2008 | ||
| Public Comment | Open Date | Close Date |
| Domain Tasting Initial Report | 08 January 08 | 28 January 08 |