September 2007 - ispcp - lists.icann.org

Update: on IDN .test Root-Zone Evaluation
by Mark McFadden - ISPCP Secretariat Sept. 4, 2007

Sept. 4, 2007

>From the gNSO Secretariat: http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-19jun07.htm Update: IDN .test Root-Zone Evaluation 23 August 2007 ICANN today finalized the IDN .test Evaluation Plan and continued taking steps toward insertion of IDN strings in the root zone. Recent changes to the plan are based on comments received on the IDN public forum and also from consultations with ICANN Technical Advisory Committees. This last version was approved by the ICANN Board at their 14 August 2007 meeting. The resolution directs ICANN Staff to implement the IDN .test Evaluation Plan, and report back to the ICANN Board following the conclusion of the evaluation. Specifically, the Board approved the delegation of eleven evaluative top-level domains representing the term 'test' translated into: Arabic, Persian, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Russian, Hindi, Greek, Korean, Yiddish, Japanese and Tamil. Following this ICANN Board approval, the delegation request will now go through standard IANA procedures for insertion of top-level domains into the root zone. The technical evaluations of IDN TLDs and their usability in various applications will proceed following their delegation. This is a major milestone in the IDN Program Plan and signals a significant step forward towards Internationalization of the DNS. It is currently anticipated that delegation of these TLDs and the evaluations, as described in the plan, will commence in September 2007. More information about this project will be made available at http://icann.org/topics/idn. If you have any questions about ICANN's IDN Program please contact Tina Dam, IDN Program Director at tina.dam(a)icann.org. The final version of the IDN .test Evaluation Plan can be viewed here. [PDF, 220K] -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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SECRETARIAT - Call for Nominations - ICANN Nominations Committee
by Mark McFadden Sept. 4, 2007

Sept. 4, 2007

======================================================================== Internet Service Provider and Connectivity Provider Constituency Generic Names Supporting Organization ======================================================================== 17 August 2007 NOMINATION PERIOD OPEN - ICANN NomCom Appointee In accordance with both the ICANN bylaws and the ISPCP bylaws this is the official call for nominations for an ISPCP representative to ICANN's Nominating Committee. The ICANN Bylaws (Article 7) establish a Nominating Committee of ICANN that is responsible for the selection of all ICANN Directors except the President and those Directors selected by ICANN's Supporting Organizations. Section 2, Part 8 of those bylaws ensure that our constituency is allowed to have one voting delegate to the ICANN Nominating Committee. Every member of the ISPCP may nominate one candidate for the position of ISPCP representative to the ICANN Nominating Committee. This mail requests that you nominate an eligible ISPCP member to be elected as this year's ISPCP delegate to the ICANN Nominating Committee. To make a nomination, please mail the following information to the election manager: ->: the name of the nominee ->: the electronic mail address of the nominee ->: the ISPCP member organization to which the nominee belongs ->: if possible, a voice phone number for the nominee During the nomination period, potential nominees will be asked to indicate their willingness to serve as the representative. The nomination period - . opens on Friday, 17 August 2007 at 2200 GMT . closes on Friday, 31 August 2007 at 2200 GMT. Nominations should be sent to the ISPCP Secretariat at: elections(a)ispcp.info If you have questions relating to the election, the constituency Articles or the nomination process please contact the ISPCP Secretariat at: mcfadden(a)ispcp.info

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[ SECRETARIAT ] African bid to host the ICANN meeting after Los Angeles
by Mark McFadden - ISPCP Secretariat Sept. 3, 2007

Sept. 3, 2007

From: http://allafrica.com/stories/200709030222.html Kenya has submitted a bid to host the African round of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) meeting set for November next year. The bid was submitted by the board of the Kenya Information Centre (Kenic) on behalf of the private sector and the Government. Speaking during Kenic's annual general meeting on Friday, chairman Anthony Mugambi, disclosed that a team comprising Government, private sector and the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) will be constituted to lobby for the bid. Mark McFadden Secretariat, ISPCP Constituency mcfadden(a)ispcp.info

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