[To council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear Council Members, John Klensin has kindly agreed to rearrange his schedule to be available on the GNSO Council cal, 17 January 2006, for Item 4: IETF draft on IDN issues - discuss document authored by John Klensin and Patrik Fältström - see http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-iab-idn-nextsteps-01.txt John Klensin has requested that the following be forwarded to the Council: (2) The GNSO Council must understand that draft-iab-idn-nextsteps-01.txt is a working document in progress so, while this may be the right timing for your schedule, it may be somewhat premature with regard to any final recommendations that might appear. In fact, a revision, that will produce draft-iab-idn-nextsteps-02.txt, is now underway. I expect that revision to be posted sometime next week. That might slip a bit, but it is also possible that the revision will be posted before your teleconference. The final version may differ significantly from either the current draft ("-01") or next week's version ("-02"). Only the IAB can determine the content of the final version and when and if to publish it. While I will be happy to relay any comments that are put to me during the discussion (or the GNSO may send those comments directly to iab@iab.org), the Council should be aware that I am no longer on the IAB and hence cannot answer any questions about what they might do and when. (3) I will be prepared to respond to questions and, to the degree possible consistent with the above, discuss the general strategic issues associated with the draft. Unless you advise me that something else is needed, I am not intending to go through the draft on a section by section or recommendation by recommendation basis but will instead assume that Council members have familiarized themselves with it in advance. Thank you, Kind regards, Glen -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org