Title: New ICANN IDN Committee: PSO Council nominee
Dear
Protocol Council Members,
Please
find below the note of Mr. S. Lynn concerning the nomination by the PSO-PC to be
proposed for membership in the new ICANN IDN Committee.
Best
regards,
Vladimir
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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Stuart Lynn
President and CEO
ICANN
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