----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 1:14
AM
Subject: [council] New ICANN IDN
Committee Names Council nominee
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
4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
Marina del Rey, CA
90292
Tel: 310-823-9358
Fax: 310-823-8649
Email:
lynn@icann.org