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RE: New ICANN IDN Committee: PSO Council nominee



Title: New ICANN IDN Committee: PSO Council nominee
Dear Stuart,
Thank you for this information. Protocol Council will very likely discuss this issue during the next teleconference that will be held on 26 October 2001.
I will be pleased to inform you on its decision concerning this matter.
Sincerely yours,
Vladimir
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From: M. Stuart Lynn [mailto:lynn@icann.org]
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 2:49 AM
To: Androuchko, Vladimir
Cc: Masanobu Katoh; Andrew McLaughlin
Subject: New ICANN IDN Committee: PSO Council nominee

Dear Vladimir:

The purpose of this note is to enquire whether the PSO Council would be interested in nominating someone to be proposed for membership in the new ICANN Internationalized Domain Names Committee that the Board authorized at its meeting in Montevideo last month (see text of resolution appended to this note). The overall purpose of this Committee is to be a general coordination body for the work on policy issues identified in the IDN Working Group Report(see http://www.icann.org/montevideo/idn-topic.htm) and such other policy issues that the IDN Committee identifies in the course of its activities.

You may recall that the IDN Working Group (see http://www.icann.org/committees/idn/) was a committee composed exclusively of ICANN Directors chaired by Director Katoh. It completed its activities with its Final Report submitted to the Board at  Montevideo. The main recommendations of that Report were (1) there are a series of important policy issues regarding the introduction of IDN's that are best considered now in parallel with the technical work of the IETF, rather than waiting for the IETF  to announce a proposed standard, and (2) that the various committees, task forces etc involved with the development of these policy issues are best coordinated by a single ICANN committee, the IDN Committee that is more widely rooted in the community. The Board approved the formation of this IDN Committee - that will also be chaired by Director Katoh - and asked me to propose its membership to the Board in consultation with Director Katoh and other members of the ICANN community. Hence this note

I would certainly be pleased to propose to the Board a member nominated by the PSO Council. On the other hand, I would understand if the PSO Council may decide this is not within its sphere of concerns and chose not to nominate a member, although a close working relationship with the work of the IETF would be highly desirable.

I am sure that most of the Committee's work will be conducted by email, although there may be the occasional teleconference. As I mentioned, it will be chaired by Director Katoh. Andrew McLaughlin will provide staff support to the Committee during its start-up phase.

I look forward to hearing from you on the Council's decision one way or the other.

With  regards,
Stuart

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Resolution passed by the ICANN Board of Directors at its Montevideo meeting, September 10, 2001:

Whereas, in resolution 01.39 the Board established an internal working group on Internationalized Domain Names to identify the various internationalization efforts and the issues they raise, to engage in dialogue with technical experts and other participants in these efforts, and to make appropriate recommendations to the Board;

Whereas, the internal working group conducted various information-gathering activities, including the posting of a community survey;

Whereas, the internal working group presented an interim report at the ICANN Public Forum held in Stockholm on 3 June 2001, and that report was discussed at the Public Forum, at the Board Meeting, and on ICANN's Internationalized Domain Names web-based public forum;

Whereas, the internal working group presented its final report at the ICANN Public Forum held in Montevideo on 9 September 2001;

Whereas, the final report identified several policy issues meriting further evaluation and recommended that the examination of these issues proceed in parallel with continuing technical standardization and other preparatory work for the introduction of IDNs;

Whereas, these policy issues cannot be fully resolved until the Internet Engineering Task Force completes work on a deployable IDN standard, but initial work on the policy issues that will arise can and should proceed concurrently;

Whereas, the final report also recommended that the Board establish an IDN Committee to coordinate the work of various ICANN supporting organizations, committees, and other groups on the policy issues and to promote timely development of policy recommendations on them; and

Whereas, the Board has considered public comment on the final report made electronically and at the Montevideo Public Forum;

Resolved [01.94] that IDN Committee is hereby established under Article VII, Section 1(c), of the ICANN bylaws to serve as a general coordination body for the work on policy issues identified in the IDN Working Group Report and such other policy issues that the IDN Committee shall identify;

Further resolved [01.95] that the IDN Committee shall be responsible for promoting the coordination of the work of the ICANN supporting organizations, committees, and other groups on the policy issues arising from IDNs, as documented in the final report, and to promote timely development of policy recommendations on those issues for consideration by the community and the ICANN Board;

Further resolved [01.96] that in its policy-coordination activities, the IDN Committee should seek to ensure that any recommendations are achieved through a bottom-up process, and that those recommendations reflect a wide range of expertise on the different aspects relevant to the issues;

Further resolved [01.97] that the IDN Committee shall be chaired by Director
Masanobu Katoh;

Further resolved [01.98] that the President, in consultation with the IDN Committee Chair, shall propose, for approval by the Board, representatives to serve on the IDN Committee from the ICANN Board, the Supporting Organizations, the Governmental Advisory Committee, and such other individuals who in his judgment could meaningfully contribute to this effort;

Further resolved [01.99] that the IDN Committee is encouraged to commission panels of volunteer experts from different countries with practical experience in the policy issues identified in the Final Report, and linguistic experts (including experts in non-ASCII character sets and languages not spoken by persons active in current discussions); and

Further resolved [01.100] that the IDN Committee is requested to present its initial work plan, schedule, and proposed budget for approval by the ICANN Board at the third ICANN annual meeting, to be held in Marina del Rey in November 2001.


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