NC,
at our last NC meeting, we confirmed Elisabeth
Porteneuve as chair of the Council task force on internationalised domain
names (IDNs). With respect to the request below from ICANN for an NC
representative to the ICANN Internationalized Domain Names Committee, it
would seem logical to nominate Elisabeth for this role. She has indicated to
me she would be willing to do this.
Accordingly I nominate her formally. Please indicate your
support for this nomination or any alternative by e-mail latest October 26.
Philip Sheppard
----- Original Message -----
Sent: 16 October 2001 02:49
Subject: New ICANN IDN Committee Names Council
nominee
Dear Philip:
The purpose of this note is to enquire whether the Names 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 Final 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 Final 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 Names Council. 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
_____________
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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Marina del Rey, CA
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Email:
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