Dear ccNSO council members, Please find below the proposed triage recommendation(s) [36,37,38,39- 2018]. Kindly provide me with your input by the end of 10 August 2018, 23:59 UTC, in case you do not agree with the proposed recommendation(s). Thank you. Topic: 36-2018: Recommendations for Managing IDN Variant Top-Level Domains Summary of request: Recommendations for managing Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) variant labels for top level domains (TLDs) have been developed by ICANN organization. The relevant materials along with these proposed recommendations are being published to seek community feedback. Read more: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-07-25-en [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_anno...> Date received: 27 July 2018 Last day for comments/input/response, if any: 3 September 2018 Recommended action, if any: share with ccnso-council@icann.org<mailto:ccnso-council@icann.org>, ccnso-members@icann.org<mailto:ccnso-members@icann.org>; ccTLDcommunity@cctld-managers.org<mailto:ccTLDcommunity@cctld-managers.org> and on the ccNSO social media channels. Expertise needed, if any: IDN, TLDs, Variant labels Date of submission to Triage Committee: 3 August 2018 Deadline Triage Committee input: 7 August 2018, 23:59 UTC Date of submission to Council: 8 August 2018 Deadline Council decision: Thu, 10 August 2018, 23:59 UTC Impact on ccNSO/ccTLDs: Low = = = = Topic: 37-2018: Proposals for Devanagari, Gurmukhi, and Gujarati Scripts' Root Zone Label Generation Rules Summary of request: The Neo-Brahmi Script Generation Panel (NBGP) was formed by nine communities that use scripts derived from the Brahmi script. NBGP is developing Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) for Bengali, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Tamil and Telugu scripts. The GP intends to publish the proposals for the LGRs of these nine scripts in three sets, releasing proposals for the scripts which share cross-script variant code points together to the extent possible. The first set includes the following: (1) Proposal for the Devanagari Script Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone, (2) Proposal for the Gurmukhi Script Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone, and (3) Proposal for the Gujarati Script Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone. As per the LGR Procedure [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system...>, these proposals are being posted for public comments to allow those who have not participated in the NBGP to make their views known. Based on the feedback, the NBGP will finalize each proposal for its evaluation and integration into the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone. Read more: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-07-27-en [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_anno...> Date received: 30 July 2018 Last day for comments/input/response, if any: 10 September 2018 Recommended action, if any: share with ccnso-council@icann.org<mailto:ccnso-council@icann.org>, ccnso-members@icann.org<mailto:ccnso-members@icann.org>; ccTLDcommunity@cctld-managers.org<mailto:ccTLDcommunity@cctld-managers.org> and on the ccNSO social media channels. Expertise needed, if any: IDN, LGR Procedure Date of submission to Triage Committee: 3 August 2018 Deadline Triage Committee input: 7 August 2018, 23:59 UTC Date of submission to Council: 8 August 2018 Deadline Council decision: Thu, 10 August 2018, 23:59 UTC Impact on ccNSO/ccTLDs: Low = = = = Topic: 38-2018: Draft ICANN Africa Strategic Plan 2016-2020 V3.0 Summary of request: ICANN organization (org.) is seeking public comments on the draft reviewed ICANN - Africa Strategy FY16-FY20 Ver3.0 Read more: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-07-30-en Date received: 1 August 2018 Last day for comments/input/response, if any: 10 September 2018 Recommended action, if any: share with ccnso-council@icann.org<mailto:ccnso-council@icann.org>, ccnso-members@icann.org<mailto:ccnso-members@icann.org>; ccTLDcommunity@cctld-managers.org<mailto:ccTLDcommunity@cctld-managers.org> and on the ccNSO social media channels. Expertise needed, if any: Africa Strategic Plan Date of submission to Triage Committee: 3 August 2018 Deadline Triage Committee input: 7 August 2018, 23:59 UTC Date of submission to Council: 8 August 2018 Deadline Council decision: Thu, 10 August 2018, 23:59 UTC Impact on ccNSO/ccTLDs: Low = = = = Topic: 39-2018: Study Technical Use Root Zone Label Generation Rules Summary of request: Second version of the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (RZ-LGR-2) was released in August 2017, integrating six script proposals, as other LGR script proposals are being finalized. The Root Zone Label Generation Rules Study Group (RZ-LGR-SG) has been constituted to study and make recommendations for the technical use of RZ-LGR in a harmonized way across Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Top-Level Domains (TLDs). RZ-LGR-SG has identified its scope of work [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system...> [PDF, 128 KB], which is being shared with the community. The SG seeks feedback from the community on whether the questions identified are all relevant for this study and whether there are any other issues it should also consider. RZ-LGR-SG will take into account the community input to finalize the scope of its work, develop the related recommendations and share these recommendations with the community before finalization. Read more: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-08-02-en Date received: 3 August 2018 Last day for comments/input/response, if any: 11 September 2018 Recommended action, if any: share with ccnso-council@icann.org<mailto:ccnso-council@icann.org>, ccnso-members@icann.org<mailto:ccnso-members@icann.org>; ccTLDcommunity@cctld-managers.org<mailto:ccTLDcommunity@cctld-managers.org> and on the ccNSO social media channels. Expertise needed, if any: Root Zone Label Generation Rules, IDN, TLDs Date of submission to Triage Committee: 3 August 2018 Deadline Triage Committee input: 7 August 2018, 23:59 UTC Date of submission to Council: 8 August 2018 Deadline Council decision: Thu, 10 August 2018, 23:59 UTC Impact on ccNSO/ccTLDs: Low = = = = Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccNSO Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ http://ccnso.icann.org