Dear All, The following is my report based on the recent telephone session. There will be another telephone conference before LA Meeting which I will also report on. That will be my last report as I'm not a candidate for the liaison position after my ALAC term is up at the end of LA Meeting. Here are the main points: 1. Work got underway for the Issues Report to start a PDP for cc IDNs. 2. A letter was sent out by ccNSO Chair to ccTLD managers to get an estimate of interest and preparation in starting a fast-track approach for starting a limited number of IDN cc's. Presumably a simultaneous letter went out from GAC Chair to GAC reps for the same purpose. 3.The charter of a WG was established with the ultimate goal of attracting more ccTLDs to ccNSO membership. In the first phase some research will be done. 4. A ccTLD Comunity List will be started soon. 5. A replacement is sought in North America region for Bernie Turcott of Canada who resigned ccNSO. More after the next conference call. Siavash ------------------------------------------------- IPM/IRNIC P.O.Box 19395-5564, Shahid Bahonar Sq. Tehran 19548, Iran Phone: (+98 21) 22 82 80 80; 22 82 80 81, ext 113 Cell: (+98 912)104 2501 Fax: (+98 21) 22 29 57 00 Email: shahshah@irnic.ir, shahshah@nic.ir -----------------------------------------------