Dear All,

In follow up to item #2 below, please find attached the input received from Jim Galvin, who served as Chair of the IRD Expert Working Group and who was a member of the Translation and Transliteration PDP Working Group as one of the representatives of the Registry Stakeholder Group. We did initially reach out to the chairs of the T & T Working Group, but unfortunately neither of them was available to provide a response so I am very grateful to Jim that he was able to step in. Note that further discussion on this item is foreseen during the upcoming GNSO Council meeting on 13 October. For your convenience, you will also find attached the original request from the ICANN Board as well as a table prepared by ICANN staff comparing both sets of recommendations.

Best regards,

Marika

Marika Konings

Senior Policy Director & Team Leader for the GNSO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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From: <owner-council@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of "James M. Bladel" <jbladel@godaddy.com>
Date: Sunday 19 June 2016 at 10:19
To: GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org>
Subject: [council] International Registration Data (IRD) - Expert WG Report and Proposed Council Actions

Council Colleagues -

Last month we received a letter (attached) from the ICANN Board, requesting that the GNSO Council analyze the Final Report from the 2012 WHOIS Expert Working Group for policy implications (IRD Final Report), and forward this report and our concerns to the appropriate PDP working groups, including the Next Generation RDS PDP working group at a minimum.

To move this task forward, here are the steps I propose:

That the Council, forward the IRD Final Report to the RDS PDP chairs, with the request that this PDP WG consider these recommendations within the context of that policy development work. And that they report to us (via their Council Liaison) any elements of the IRD Recommendations that they believe to be incompatible with their Charter, or beyond the scope of a GNSO PDP, and
That the Council also forward the IRD Final Report to the former chairs of the recently-completed Translation & Transliteration Working Group, with the request that they (along with support from Policy Staff) analyze the IRD Recommendations against the adopted Recommendations of their PDP (see Staff-prepared table, attached). And that they report back to the Council with their assessment of whether or not these recommendations were adequately covered by the PDP, or if there are any omissions or incompatibilities, and
That we reply to the letter from Steve & the Board, acknowledge receipt of this request, and inform them of actions taken.

I’d welcome any additional thoughts on this topic, or the proposed path forward. This is an extraordinarily complex topic, with numerous dependencies and moving parts, so please don’t hesitate to raise any questions or concerns.

Thank you,

James Bladel