Dear Councillors, Please find Ron Sherwood's ALAC Liaison Report below. Gabi =================================== Dear Councilors: 1) In a December 3rd "Statement of the At-Large Advisory Committee" on the "Draft Topic Paper for Policy on the Introduction of IDN ccTLD", ALAC thanked ccNSO for giving the public the opportunity to provide feedback to its considerations, and proposed seven questions for ccNSO IDN PDP WG1 consideration. [see attached .PDF file -- AL-ALAC-ST-1209] 2) On December 14th European Union and its Member States ratified the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty. [see attached Word Document -- WIPO Copyright Treaty] 3) On December 19th ALAC offered comments on the "Three Character Requirement" and Variant Management" for IDN TLD implementation. [See attached Word Document -- ALAC Comments on IDN TLD implementation] Outstanding Item from November 20th Liaison report: 4) At Seoul during a discussion about an ALAC / ccNSO joint outreach program, the possibility was discussed of a survey asking ccTLDs if they are currently involved in any outreach project in general that involves public education about ICANN and ccTLDs, and any relationship with an accredited ALS in particular. a) Is there an objection by Council to the ALAC / ccNSO joint outreach WG devising a simple survey about outreach? b) Is there an imminent survey of any kind anticipated, that would be suitable for two or three additional questions related to an outreach project? Best regards Ron Sherwood, ccNSO / ALAC Liaison ------ End of Forwarded Message