Dear Councilors,

We hope this email finds you well.

This is a friendly reminder that the GNSO is currently seeking volunteers to serve on the Latin Script Diacritics Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group (WG). Simultaneously, the GNSO is accepting Expressions of Interest (EOI) from those volunteers that are willing to serve as the WG Chair to this PDP. The objective of this PDP WG is to determine the limited circumstances in which a base ASCII generic top-level domain (gTLD) and the Latin script diacritic version of the gTLD can be simultaneously delegated.

What This PDP WG Will Do

The Latin Script Diacritics PDP WG will examine a single issue, seeking the appropriate mechanism in order to allow a single registry operator to simultaneously operate both ASCII gTLD and the Latin script diacritic version of the gTLD in circumstances where the gTLDs are NOT variants of each other. For clarification purposes, this PDP will use the Latin RZ-LGR as one of the relevant baseline foundational documents when delineating scope. This PDP must understand the work that was completed by the Latin Generation Panel, including the rationale and impact of the various exclusions of Section 3: Variant Sets within the aforementioned document.

Who Should Join

The GNSO Council invites interested parties within the GNSO community (i.e., GNSO's Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies), as well as parties from other Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees to join the PDP WG. The Latin Script Diacritics PDP WG is structured as an Open Model where it will be open to all parties interested in participating. A detailed list of the WG Member skillset can be found here.

WG Chair

The GNSO Council will appoint one (1) qualified, independent, and neutral Chair for the WG. The GNSO Council leadership and the Standing Selection Committee (SSC) leadership will jointly review the responses and will propose a Chair to the GNSO Council for its consideration. A detailed list of the WG Chair’s responsibilities and expectations can be found in the attached EOI.

How to Join

Community members who wish to join the Latin Script Diacritics PDP WG should contact the GNSO Secretariat at gnso-secs@icann.org by Monday, 27 January 2025.

An EOI (See attached) is requested for the role of Chair. Those who wish to serve as the Chair of the WG should complete the EOI and send it also to the GNSO Secretariat at gnso-secs@icann.org by Monday, 20 January 2025.

Additional information and details about the opportunities can be found here. For more information and to better prepare for participation on this PDP WG, please read its charter, as well as the Final Issue Report that was presented to the GNSO Council for the initiation of the PDP.

Please feel free to share this message with those who may be interested. Thank you.

Kind regards,

Saewon, John, and Steve on behalf of the GNSO staff support team