Hello everyone,
Do note also that this request was flagged by Sarmad during his briefing/update to the GNSO at the Saturday weekend session in Los Angeles, when he also emphasized the importance of getting GNSO as well as ccNSO input into a possible revision of the IDN Guidelines for second level domains.
In addition, although this topic was not specifically discussed when members of the GNSO community met with members of the Board’s IDN Variant Working Group in London, a suggestion was made then that GNSO community members could self-organize to provide input from the GNSO and industry perspective on topics of importance to the GNSO community. Given the discussion in Los Angeles about the need to ensure that protections for second level IDN domain names are adequate, this could be a good topic for the Council to ask for GNSO volunteers to work on suggested input.
As such, the Council may wish to consider: (1) whether the suggested deadline is realistic and sufficient, and/or (2) whether, in addition to Councilors circulating Akram’s letter to their respective SG/Cs, the Council should request assistance from the GNSO community in the form of an informal volunteer group to develop draft input on this topic.
Cheers
Mary
Mary Wong
Senior Policy Director
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
Telephone: +1 603 574 4892
Email: mary.wong@icann.org
All,
Please see attached and note that the request seeks some initial input by 30 January 2015.
Thanks.
Jonathan
Dear Jonathan,
In the ICANN 50 meeting, the GNSO council and members met with the Board Variant Working Group (BV-WG) and suggested to update the IDN Implementation Guidelines, the last revision was in 2011.
Based on follow up discussions, during the ICANN 51 meeting the BV-WG directed the staff to reach out to the GNSO and ccNSO to collect an initial list of issues which should be addressed if this
update is undertaken. This request is outlined in the attached letter.
Thank you for your support in this matter.