Re: [council] MOTION on Nominees to the new ICANN IDNsCommitee: Amended

[Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales <vany@sdnp.org.pa>]

Milton and all:

Milton Mueller wrote:
> 
> I agree with what Vany is proposing here,
> only I would say, "Roman" and "non-Roman"
> script rather than ASCII v. non-ASCII.

Thank you Milton! However not all Roman language scripts are represented
in the ASCII table.

http://indoeuro.bizland.com/project/script/latin.html  for an overview
of Roman Scripts
http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/mac/Text/Text-30.html  for an
overview on how Scripts System works
http://www.asciitable.com/  For the complete ASCII table

Slavics languages are, in fact Roman languages then its scripts are also
classified as Roman Scripts, but such scripts are not
represented in the ASCII table.

However, many of the Greek language letters are represented in the ASCII
table although Greek Script is not a Roman Script (neither a Roman
language, although Roman language origins are in the Greek).

So it would be innacurate to speak about Roman Script and Non-Roman
Script when actual DNS relies in the ASCII table (and not all characters
are implemented).

> The committee needs to have a co-chair
> perhaps that is someone from the non-Roman
> script world. It is an important part of
> the IDN puzzle.

The actual chair is Japaneese as far as I know.  Then in fact if a
co-chair would be appointed
needs to be one on the side of ASCII-Character.  In this case I would be
tending to suggest a co-chair
that doesn't comes from the English worlds since probably this is more
than represented.  I would suggest a 
co-chair that is native from the languages that its complete alphabet is
included in ASCII table different than
English (Spanish, for example).  Remember that accents and some letters
in the ASCII table are not implemented in the DNS system.

Please, NC fellows, find below the amended motion:

The Names Council will make a call for nominations to the new
ICANN IDNs Committee amongst DNSO constituencies. The list of nominees
might include people with expertise on languages
using ASCII characters and people with expertise
on language using non-ASCII characters, required that
in both cases, such experts has to be native of the language of
character group
of expertise (ASCII or Non-ASCII).
 
Futher, also the Names Council request to the ICANN Board that
admites in behalf of DNSO in its ICANN IDNs Committee
at least two persons: one native from languages of ASCII character group
and one native
from languages of non-ASCII characters group.
In the event that ICANN is willing to select more than two nominees from
the nominees list sent by the Names Council to
participate in ICANN IDNs Committee then both ASCII and Non-ASCII
character natives should be equally
represented.

Since the Co-Chair is native from a language from the group of Non-ASCII
characters, also the Names Council strongly recommends that the ICANN
IDNs Committee appoints a co-chair native from a language which complete
alphabet is included in ASCII table but such complete alphabet is not
implemented in the DNS system (i.e. Spanish, Italina, French, for
example).

Best Regards
Vany 







Milton Mueller wrote:
> 
> I agree with what Vany is proposing here,
> only I would say, "Roman" and "non-Roman"
> script rather than ASCII v. non-ASCII.
> 
> The committee needs to have a co-chair
> perhaps that is someone from the non-Roman
> script world. It is an important part of
> the IDN puzzle.
> 
> >>> Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales <vany@sdnp.org.pa> 10/27/01 13:54 PM >>>
> 
> The NC will appoint several nominees to the new
> ICANN IDNs Committee. The list of  nominees
> might include people with expertise on language
> using ASCII characters and people with expertise
> in language using non-ASCII characters, required that
> in both cases, such experts has to be native
> of the group of languages of expertise.
> 
> Futher, also NC request to the ICANN Board that
> admites in behalf of
> DNSO in its ICANN IDNs Committee
> at least two persons: one expert on ASCII characters and one expert in
> non ASCII characters.
> In the event that ICANN is willing to select more experts from DNSO to
> participate in ICANN IDNs Committee
> then both ASCII and Non-ASCII character experts should be equally
> represented.
> 
> Best Regards
> Vany
> 
> --- Philip Sheppard <philip.sheppard@aim.be> wrote:
> > New ICANN IDN Committee Names Council nomineeNC,
> > 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 email latest October 26.
> >
> > Philip Sheppard
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: M. Stuart Lynn
> > To: Philip Sheppard
> > Cc: Masanobu Katoh ; Andrew McLaughlin
> > 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 wold 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 wrk 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > __________________
> > 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
> >
> 
> --
> Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales
> Information Technology Specialist
> Sustainable Development Networking Programme/Panama
> Tel: (507) 317-0169
> http://www.sdnp.org.pa
> e-mail:  vany@sdnp.org.pa

-- 
Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales
Information Technology Specialist
Sustainable Development Networking Programme/Panama
Tel: (507) 317-0169
http://www.sdnp.org.pa
e-mail:  vany@sdnp.org.pa