Dear all,

We have some work to do:

They wrote us on behalf of the GNSO IDNs EPDP Working Group (WG) that is tasked with
providing the GNSO Council with policy recommendations on: 1) the definition of gTLDs and the
management of variant labels; and 2) how the IDN Implementation Guidelines, which Contracted
Parties are required to comply with, should be updated in the future.

The scope of work is defined in a series of questions contained in the IDNs EPDP Charter and the WG
is seeking input on these questions that are organized under the following seven topic areas:
A. Consistent definition and technical utilization of RZ-LGR
B. “Same entity” at the top-level
C. “Same entity” at the second-level
D. Adjustments in registry agreement, registry service, registry transition process, and other
processes/procedures related to the domain name lifecycle
E. Adjustments to objection process, string similarity review, string contention resolution,
reserved strings, and other policies and procedures
F. Adjustments in registration dispute resolution procedures and trademark protection
mechanisms
G. Process to update the IDN Implementation Guidelines

Please raise any of the issues you encounter while going through the document and we can discuss those together.

Thanks,

-Raoul