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New Public Comment: Proposal for Khmer Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 18, 2016

April 18, 2016

Dear All, This is to let you know that the Public Comment on the 'Proposal for Khmer Script Root Zone‬ Label Generation Rules (LGR)' has now gone live: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/khmer-lgr-2016-04-15-en. Public comment will end on 28 May 2016 23:59 UTC. During this period, anyone can submit comment via comments-khmer-lgr-15apr16(a)icann.org. As an advisory committee of ICANN, the ALAC submits Statements on Public Comment and advises on policy matters related to the interest of Internet users worldwide. Not just limited to the 15 ALAC members, members from the wider At-Large community are welcome to draft a Statement on behalf of the ALAC. If you are interested in drafting an ALAC Statement on this Public Comment, kindly contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. At-Large Staff will follow up and help you understand the procedure. Additionally, the wiki workspace for developing a potential ALAC Statement is here: https://community.icann.org/x/X0OAAw. All pertinent resources for this public comment can also be found there. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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Universal Acceptance Initiative Meetings at Marrakech
by Satish Babu Feb. 27, 2016

Feb. 27, 2016

Dear all Here are the meetings of the Universal Acceptance initiative scheduled for Marrakech for next week, for those interested in attending. satish --- *Universal AcceptanceProgram for ICANN55 – Marrakech * *Sunday, 6 March 2016* UA Workshop - Palmeraie 8:30 - 16:30 *Monday, 7 March 2016* UA & TF-AIDN (Task Force – Arabic IDNs) 11:00 – Noon UA @ TechDay 13:40 *Tuesday, 8 March 2016* UASG & SSAC Yacourt 09:00-10:00 ccNSO Presentation Universal Acceptance - an update on achievements and the role of ccTLDs in UA achievement 16:15 *Wednesday, 9 March 2016* Update on UASG Toubkal 09:00-10:05 ---

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Call for Comments on IDN Implementation Guidelines
by Satish Babu Feb. 26, 2016

Feb. 26, 2016

Dear all Please find below a Call for Comments on Items for Review of the present (3.0) version of the IDN Implementation Guidelines. Comments are requested on the following topics: 1. Transition and terminology 2. Format of IDN Tables 3. Consistency of IDN Tables 4. IDN Variants 5. Similarity and Confusability of labels 6. Registration Data Last date for comments is 9 March 2016. satish

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FW: New Public Comment: Label Generation Ruleset for the Root Zone Version 1 (LGR-1)
by Ariel Liang Dec. 9, 2015

Dec. 9, 2015

Dear IDN Working Group, Kindly note the new public comment on LGR-1. Details are below. Do you think the ALAC should comment? If yes, and if you would like to volunteer to draft a Statement on behalf of the ALAC, please be so kind to contact me directly. Thank you, Ariel From: Ariel Liang <ariel.liang(a)icann.org> on behalf of Ariel Liang <ariel.liang(a)icann.org> Date: Monday, December 7, 2015 at 6:46 PM To: "alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, "at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: New Public Comment: Label Generation Ruleset for the Root Zone Version 1 (LGR-1) Dear All, This is to let you know that the Public Comment on the Label Generation Ruleset for the Root Zone Version 1 (LGR-1) has now gone live: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/lgr-1-2015-12-04-en. The dates of the Public Comment will be 04 December 2015 27 February 2016 23:59 UTC. During this period, anyone can submit comment via comments-lgr-1-04dec15(a)icann.org. As an advisory committee of ICANN, the ALAC submits Statements on Public Comment and advises on policy matters related to the interest of Internet users worldwide. Not just limited to the 15 ALAC members, members from the wider At-Large community are welcome to draft a Statement on behalf of the ALAC. If you are interested in drafting an ALAC Statement on this Public Comment, kindly contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. At-Large Staff will follow up and help you understand the procedure. Additionally, the wiki workspace for developing a potential ALAC Statement is here: https://community.icann.org/x/GIdlAw. All pertinent resources for this public comment can also be found there. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann <https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> atlarge <https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @ <https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> ICANNAtLarge <https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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Fwd: [Arabic-GP] [lgr] FW: ICANN News Alert -- Guidelines for Developing Reference Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the Second Level
by Rinalia Abdul Rahim Nov. 6, 2015

Nov. 6, 2015

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Sarmad Hussain" <sarmad.hussain(a)icann.org> Date: Nov 6, 2015 5:16 PM Subject: [Arabic-GP] [lgr] FW: ICANN News Alert -- Guidelines for Developing Reference Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the Second Level To: "LGR(a)icann.org" <LGR(a)icann.org> Cc: Dear All, The Guidelines for Developing Reference LGRs for the Second Level <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-guidelines-second-level-30o…> have been recently released for public comment. We would appreciate feedback from the community on these Guidelines, to improve upon the development process for the reference IDN tables. Please share your comments at https://www.icann.org/public-comments/comments-lgr-second-level-2015-11-05-…. In these Guidelines <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-guidelines-second-level-30o…> we would especially like to draw your attention to the following aspects, in addition to the other content, for review: 1. Sources of information being used and documented 2. Process to develop the LGRs 3. Expert Linguistic Review questions 4. Expert Security and Stability Review questions We look forward to your feedback. Regards, Sarmad *From:* ICANN News Alert [mailto:communications@icann.org <communications(a)icann.org>] *Sent:* Friday, November 06, 2015 3:13 AM *Subject:* ICANN News Alert -- Guidelines for Developing Reference Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the Second Level [image: Image removed by sender. ICANN] <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-11-05-en ------------------------------ Guidelines for Developing Reference Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the Second Level 5 November 2015 *Forum Announcement:* Comment Period Opens on *Date:* 5 November 2015 *Categories/Tags:* Second-Level Domains *Purpose (Brief):* To facilitate and improve consistency of testing and stability of registry operations of new gTLDs, ICANN is developing reference Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) tables in machine readable format, called Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the second level, for use in Pre-Delegation Testing (PDT) and the Registry Service Evaluation Process (RSEP). Based on the process finalized after public comment, as the first step ICANN is releasing the Guidelines for Developing Reference LGRs for the Second Level <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-guidelines-second-level-30o…> [PDF, 544 KB]. The community is requested to review and provide feedback on the effectiveness of these guidelines for the development of the reference second level LGRs, and propose any further improvements. *Public Comment Box Link:* https://www.icann.org/public-comments/comments-lgr-second-level-2015-11-05-… _______________________________________________ lgr mailing list lgr(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lgr _______________________________________________ ArabicGP mailing list ArabicGP(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/arabicgp

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Linguistic Diversity: The Case of the Arabic Script and Jawi
by Satish Babu Sept. 11, 2015

Sept. 11, 2015

Dear all Here is an informative blog post by Rinalia on the basic issues and challenges in preserving Linguistic Diversity in the Internet Root: https://www.icann.org/news/blog/linguistic-diversity-in-the-internet-root-t… satish

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New Public Comment: Proposal for Arabic Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
by Ariel Liang Aug. 25, 2015

Aug. 25, 2015

Dear IDN Policy Working Group, If any of you would like to draft a Statement in response to the public comment request below, kindly contact me. Best Regards, Ariel From: <at-large-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> on behalf of ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 9:39 AM To: "alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, "at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: [At-Large] New Public Comment: Proposal for Arabic Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) Dear All, This is to let you know that the Public Comment on Proposal for Arabic Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) has now gone live: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/arabic-lgr-proposal-2015-08-24-en. The dates of the Public Comment will be 24 August 2015 06 October 2015 23:59 UTC. During this period, anyone can submit comment via comments-arabic-lgr-proposal-24aug15(a)icann.org. As an advisory committee of ICANN, the ALAC submits Statements on Public Comment and advises on policy matters related to the interest of Internet users worldwide. Not just limited to the 15 ALAC members, members from the wider At-Large community are welcome to draft a Statement on behalf of the ALAC. If you are interested in drafting an ALAC Statement on this Public Comment, kindly contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. At-Large Staff will follow up and help you understand the procedure. Additionally, the wiki workspace for developing a potential ALAC Statement is here: https://community.icann.org/x/bIJYAw. All pertinent resources for this public comment can also be found there. To learn more about the ALAC Statements on ICANN Public Comment, please visit https://community.icann.org/x/bwFO. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann <https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> atlarge <https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @ <https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> ICANNAtLarge <https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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Call for Candidates - ALAC Representative to the ICANN Working Group to Review IDN Implementation Guidelines
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 27, 2015

July 27, 2015

Dear All, ICANN is forming a new Working Group to review the IDN Implementation Guidelines. One member in this Working Group will be representing the ALAC. An ideal candidate should have expertise in IDN usability and universal acceptance matters and be also involved with the universal acceptance initiative of ICANN. Please see the full announcement below. If you are interested in applying this position, please send your resume and Statement of Interest to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org by Thursday 30 July 23:59 UTC. The ALAC will review the candidate(s) and make the selection. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> [ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en ________________________________ Call for Community Experts to Review the IDN Implementation Guidelines 20 July 2015 1. Introduction The IDN Implementation Guidelines address the IDN registration policies and practices, designed to minimize the risk of cybersquatting and consumer confusion, and respect the interests of communities using local languages and scripts. These Guidelines are for registry operators to implement IDNs at the second level. Registry operators that offer IDNs under the new gTLDs, resulting from the 2012 application round, are contractually bound to adhere to the Guidelines per Specification 6 of the Registry Agreement. The IDN ccTLDs are encouraged to follow the Guidelines through the IDN ccTLD Fast Track process, but are not contractually obligated to do so. IDN Implementation Guidelines were last updated in 2011. ICANN is now initiating a revision of these guidelines and soliciting the participation of expert community volunteers to form a working group for this purpose. The working group will comprise of expert volunteer members from GNSO, ccNSO, SSAC and ALAC, as per the details below. Interested experts should be endorsed by their respective SOs/ACs and should send their Resumes and Statements of Interest to IDNProgram(a)icann.org<mailto:IDNProgram@icann.org> by 3 August, 2015. 2. Background Historically, the IDN Implementation Guidelines have been updated when there was a change to relevant protocols or other demand from the community, but not on a regular basis. As there are contractual obligations associated with the Guidelines, updating them may have a significant impact. To date, there have been five versions of the Guidelines, available through the link: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/implementation-guidelines-2012-02-25-…. The current Version 3.0<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/idn-guidelines-2011-09-02-en> was developed through a community based effort and finalized on 2 September 2011. This wasendorsed<https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2011-10-28-en#1.2> by the ICANN Board of Directors on 28 October 2011. Since publication of the latest version of the Guidelines in 2011, there have been changes in the terminology around IDNs and language tables (e.g. see Appendix 2 of Integrated Issues Report<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/idn-vip-integrated-issues-final…> [PDF, 2.15 MB]), as well as a definition of the formal representation<https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-davies-idntables-08> of the language tables to make them machine readable. Additional analysis and data are also available, including Maximal Starting Repertoire<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-20-en> (MSR), informational RFC 6912 and revised IANA IDNA tables<http://www.iana.org/assignments/idna-tables> for Unicode 6.3.0. Finally there have been recommendations for consistency and manageability of variants across different levels in a domain name, e.g. in the User Experience Study<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/active-ux-21mar13-en.pdf> [PDF, 1.38 MB] and related SSAC comments in SAC 60<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-060-en.pdf> [PDF, 655 KB] report. Based on the experience with implementing IDNs accumulated since 2011, GNSO Council and its members have asked ICANN to update these guidelines. 3. Working Group Expertise and Composition The working group members should have expertise in one or more of the following areas, as relevant for the second level. * DNS and IDNA protocols * IDN language or script tables, including variants and label level rules * IDN policy * IDN implementation * IDN label registration process and registration data * IDN related SSR issues, including string similarity * IDN usability challenges and universal acceptance The working group is anticipated to have expertise in all these areas, with tentatively seven members: GNSO (3), ccNSO (2), SSAC (1) and ALAC (1). The number of GNSO and ccNSO members are based on membership during previous revisions of IDN Implementation Guidelines. SSAC and ALAC members are being added for additional consideration of SSR and usability issues. 4. Tentative Work Plan The working group will determine its own work plan and deliverables, after its formation. The following are tentative steps and the timeline the working group may undertake to complete its work. The working group is expected to hold regular conference calls to undertake this work. * Formation - August 2015 * Identification of relevant issues * Public comment on issues - ICANN 54 * Finalization of issues * Development of initial recommendations against the issues identified * Public comment on Interim draft - ICANN 55 * Finalization of recommendations * Development of complete draft * Public comment on complete draft- ICANN 56 * Publication of updated IDN Implementation Guidelines - August 2016 *

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Proposal for Armenian Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
by Ariel Liang July 23, 2015

July 23, 2015

Hello All, Anybody (especially native speaker of Armenian) interested in drafting a Statement on this new public comment: Proposal for Armenian Script Root Zone? Label Generation Rules (LGR) <https://community.icann.org/x/c4hCAw> ? If interested, kindly let me know and I will help you with the process. Best Regards, Ariel From: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Date: Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 8:55 AM To: "alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: [ALAC-Announce] New Public Comment: Proposal for Armenian Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) Dear All, Kindly note that the At-Large Workspace for the following public comment period has been created: Proposal for Armenian Script Root Zone? Label Generation Rules (LGR) <https://community.icann.org/x/c4hCAw> . Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann <https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> atlarge <https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @ <https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> ICANNAtLarge <https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> Hello All, Anybody (especially native speaker of Armenian) interested in drafting a Statement on this new public comment: [1]Proposal for Armenian Script Root Zone? Label Generation Rules (LGR)? If interested, kindly let me know and I will help you with the process. Best Regards, Ariel From: ICANN At-Large Staff <[2]staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Date: Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 8:55 AM To: "[3]alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <[4]alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: [ALAC-Announce] New Public Comment: Proposal for Armenian Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) Dear All, Kindly note that the At-Large Workspace for the following public comment period has been created: [5]Proposal for Armenian Script Root Zone? Label Generation Rules (LGR). Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: [6]staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Facebook: [7]www.facebook.com/icann[8]atlarge Twitter: [9]@[10]ICANNAtLarge References 1. https://community.icann.org/x/c4hCAw 2. mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org 3. mailto:alac-announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org 4. mailto:alac-announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org 5. https://community.icann.org/x/c4hCAw 6. mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org 7. https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge 8. https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge 9. https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge 10. https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge

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ALAC is expected to selected 1 representative - IDN Implementation Guidelines Working Group
by Ariel Liang July 15, 2015

July 15, 2015

Dear All, Based on feedback from the GNSO and direction from the Board Variant Working Group, ICANN is formulating a seven-member working group to review and update the IDN Implementation Guidelines <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/implementation-guidelines-2012-02-25- en> . Historically, this has been done by GNSO and ccNSO community members. This time, 1 ALAC representative and 1 SSAC representative will be added to the working group, to have additional focus on usability issues and Security, Stability and Resiliency (SSR) respectively. The official call for community experts announcement will go public on Thursday. The ALAC is expected to select and endorse one representative for this Working Group. This is a heads-up and we will forward the announcement to At-Large mailing lists as soon as it is public. Best Regards, Ariel Xinyue (Ariel) Liang | Washington DC At-Large Policy Coordinator Direct +1 (202) 249-7552 Mobile +1 (310) 804-2761 Email ariel.liang(a)icann.org Facebook www.facebook.com/icannatlarge <https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter @ICANNAtLarge <https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> Dear All, Based on feedback from the GNSO and direction from the Board Variant Working Group, ICANN is formulating a seven-member working group to review and update the [1]IDN Implementation Guidelines. Historically, this has been done by GNSO and ccNSO community members. This time, 1 ALAC representative and 1 SSAC representative will be added to the working group, to have additional focus on usability issues and Security, Stability and Resiliency (SSR) respectively. The official call for community experts announcement will go public on Thursday. The ALAC is expected to select and endorse one representative for this Working Group. This is a heads-up and we will forward the announcement to At-Large mailing lists as soon as it is public. Best Regards, Ariel Xinyue (Ariel) Liang | Washington DC At-Large Policy Coordinator Direct +1 (202) 249-7552 Mobile +1 (310) 804-2761 Email [2]ariel.liang(a)icann.org Facebook [3]www.facebook.com/icannatlarge Twitter [4]@ICANNAtLarge unknown.png References 1. https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/implementation-guidelines-2012-02-25-… 2. mailto:ariel.liang@icann.org 3. https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge 4. https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge

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