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Canceled: IDN Variant 101 Training
by Dennis Chang June 8, 2013

June 8, 2013

IDN Teams, Per request from many of the our new team members, IDN Program is providing a special training session on fundamentals of IDN Variants. IDN Variant 101: No prerequisite required. Please forward this invitation to others who may benefit from the knowledge of IDN Variant. Please accept the invitation if you are attending so that I can get a head count for lunch. Thanks Dennis

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IDN Variant 101 Training
by Dennis Chang June 7, 2013

June 7, 2013

IDN Teams, Per request from many of the our new team members, IDN Program is providing a special training session on fundamentals of IDN Variants. IDN Variant 101: No prerequisite required. Please forward this invitation to others who may benefit from the knowledge of IDN Variant. Please accept the invitation if you are attending so that I can get a head count for lunch. Thanks Dennis

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IDN Variant TLD program - Risk Analysis Studies
by Naela Sarras June 6, 2013

June 6, 2013

Dear colleagues, In the last few months, a member of the ICANN community raised concerns about risks inherent in the delegation of IDNs particularly IDN variant TLDs with emphasis on the risks of delegating IDN TLDs before the completion of ICANN¹s ongoing IDN Variant TLD Project or wider experience of IDN deployment in other domains. As part of its on-going work to assess risks and risk mitigation strategies, ICANN commissioned an expert study to evaluate these concerns within specific terms of reference. The expert study identified ten risks, rated on probability of occurrence (high, medium, low and near zero), severity if it does happen (high, medium, low) and the type of risk represented (security and stability, user experience, and legal). A key conclusion from the expert study is the following: ³None of these risks are very likely to come to pass, but some are moderately likely. All risks that have a high severity are of low risk of happening.² The report is attached and also available on the ICANN IDN Variant TLD Program Reports <http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-tlds/reports> page. Best regards, Naela Sarras Manager, IDN TLDs Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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IDN Variant TLD Program - Conclusion of Third Phase
by Francisco Arias March 31, 2013

March 31, 2013

Colleagues, The announcement regarding the conclusion of the third phase of the Program has been published. The messages includes the Root LGR Procedure and the User Experience Study that were developed as part of this third (out of four) phase. http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-21mar13-en.htm Regards, __ Francisco.

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APRALO Multistakeholder Policy Roundtable on Community Readiness for IDN Variants TLD
by Rinalia Abdul Rahim March 20, 2013

March 20, 2013

Dear At-Large IDN Working Group, Root LGR Project Team and VIP Team, APRALO is organizing a Multistakeholder Policy Roundtable in Beijing that focuses on 2 topics. One of them is on community readiness for IDN Variant TLDs (see program attached and pasted below - Policy Roundtable II). You are all invited to attend and I do hope to see you there or at least on adobe connect participating remotely. Best regards, Rinalia Abdul Rahim Co-Chair, APRALO Beijing Organizing Committee Vice Chair, At-Large IDN Working Group Executive Committee, ALAC ---- *APRALO Multistakeholder Policy Roundtable * *@ ICANN 46 [Beijing, PRC]* Date: 8 April 2013 (Monday) Time: 17:00-19:00 Meeting Room: Function Room 6 ICANN’s new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Program will bring a dramatic expansion of the Top Level Domain Space where 1930 new gTLD applications have been received. 303 (15.7%) of the new gTLD applications are from the Asia Pacific region and 100 (86%) of the new gTLD applications for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) are for the languages of the Asia Pacific region. The APRALO Multistakeholder Policy Roundtable in Beijing will feature discussions on two thematic areas related to the new gTLDs with an emphasis on issues of concern to the end user and the public interest. [17:00-18:00] Policy Roundtable I - End User Protection with New gTLDs [18:00-19:00] Policy Roundtable II - Community Readiness for IDN Variant TLDs *Policy Roundtable I **[17:00-18:00]*** Theme: New gTLDs and Implications for the Asian-Australasian-Pacific Region Topic: End User Protection with New gTLDs Discussion Questions: 1. How can end users be best protected in the event that new gTLDs fail or are unsustainable? 2. What are the issues associated with turning applicant commitments into contractual obligations? 3. What are the issues related to the enforceability of contractual obligations and what recommendations should be made regarding the scaling up of ICANN compliance? Co-Chair: Rinalia Abdul Rahim (ALAC Executive Committee Member, Asia Pacific Region) & Holly Raiche (Chair, APRALO) *Lead Discussants:* 1. End User – Jeremy Malcolm (Senior Policy Officer, Consumers International) 2. Government – Peter Nettlefold (Vice Chair, ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee & GAC Lead on New gTLDs) 3. Business – Zahid Jamil (Executive Committee Member, ICANN Business Constituency & Member, GNSO Council) 4. ICANN Compliance - Maguy Serad (Vice President, ICANN Contractual Compliance Services) Participation: This roundtable is open. Members of the following ICANN community are especially invited to attend - ICANN At-Large community, ICANN Advisory Committees, ICANN Supporting Organizations, ICANN Board, ICANN Legal & Law Enforcement. * * *Policy Roundtable II **[18:00-19:00]*** Theme: Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and Implications for the Asian-Australasian-Pacific region. Topic: Community Readiness for IDN Variant Top Level Domains (TLDs) Discussion Questions: 1. Will the introduction of IDN Variant TLDs de-stabilize the Internet and undermine its security? 2. What is the level of readiness among language communities already active in ICANN in forming “Generation Panels” to propose script character repertoires and variant rules for the Root Zone that will enable variant IDN TLDs? What are the key issues in moving forward? 3. How can the readiness of language communities not yet active in ICANN be supported? Co-Chair: Rinalia Abdul Rahim (ALAC Executive Committee Member, Asia Pacific Region) & Holly Raiche (Chair, APRALO) Moderator: Edmon Chung (Chair, At-Large IDN Working Group & At-Large IDN Policy Liaison) * * *Discussants:* · Arabic Script - *Sarmad* Hussain (Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science, Pakistan) · Chinese Script – Wang Wei (China Domain Name Consortium) · Indic Script - Ram Mohan (Afilias) · Japanese Script – Hiro Hotta / Yoshiro Yonaya (Japan Registry Services) *· **Khmer Script - Norbert Klein (Internet Society Cambodia) *** *· *Korean Script - *Young*-*eum Lee (Korea National Open University)* ** *· **Sinhala Script - *Harsha Wijayawardhana (Internet Society Sri Lanka) ** · *ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee - *Jim Galvin (Deputy Chair, SSAC) Participation: This roundtable is open. Members of the following ICANN community are especially invited to attend - ICANN At-Large community, ICANN Variant Implementation Program Team, ICANN IDNA Root Label Generation Project Team Members, ICANN Advisory Committees, ICANN Supporting Organizations, ICANN Board.

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Reminder: Webinar: IDN Variant: Examining the User Experience Implication of the Active Variant TLDs
by Dennis Chang Feb. 12, 2013

Feb. 12, 2013

Dear IDN Colleagues, This is a friendly reminder for our first IDN Webinar tomorrow. Date: 13 February 2013 Time: 13:00 – 14:50 UTC (5:00am – 6:30am PST) Adobe Connect: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/idnvarianttld/ Dial In: 1-800-550-6865 or 1-213-233-3193 International numbers available here (http://adigo.com/icann/) Meeting ID: 46389 The purpose of the project is to gain an understanding of issues that could arise from activating IDN Variant TLDs and offer recommendations to users to avoid such issues. Examples of user roles that have been identified include registrants, registrars, registry operators, system administrators, network operators, application developers, and end users. Project team has published for public comment the Draft Final Report for Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs and is seeking to establish a dialog with the community to refine proposed principles, impacts and recommendations of the study. This webinar is offered to complement that process both by presenting the key concepts and gathering user input. Webinar invitation: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-01feb13-en.htm We look forward to your participation. Kind Regards, Dennis Chang Executive Program Management Consultant dennis.chang(a)icann.org 213-293-7889 Skype: dennisschang

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Invitation to Webinar: Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Variant: Examining the User Experience Implication of the Active Variant TLDs
by Dennis Chang Feb. 2, 2013

Feb. 2, 2013

Date: 13 February 2013 Time: 13:00 – 14:50 UTC (5:00am – 6:30am PST) Adobe Connect: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/idnvarianttld/ Dial In: 1-800-550-6865 or 1-213-233-3193 International numbers available here (http://adigo.com/icann/) Meeting ID: 46389 Dear IDN Community, IDN Team invites you to attend a Webinar: Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs Project (P6). The purpose of the project is to gain an understanding of issues that could arise from activating IDN Variant TLDs and offer recommendations to users to avoid such issues. Examples of user roles that have been identified include registrants, registrars, registry operators, system administrators, network operators, application developers, and end users. Project team has published for public comment the Draft Final Report for Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs and is seeking to establish a dialog with the community to refine proposed principles, impacts and recommendations of the study. This webinar is offered to complement that process both by presenting the key concepts and gathering user input. http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-01feb13-en.htm The IDN Variant TLDs Program team is looking forward to your participation. Kind Regards, Dennis Chang Executive Program Management Consultant dennis.chang(a)icann.org 213-293-7889 Skype: dennisschang

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Public comment Open for User Experience Implication of Active Variant TLDs
by Dennis Chang Jan. 22, 2013

Jan. 22, 2013

Dear Colleagues of the IDN Variant Program, The IDN Variant P6 team opened a public comment period for the final draft report "Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs". http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/variant-ux-18jan13-en.htm We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you all for your support of the IDN Variant Program, Dennis Chang Executive Program Management Consultant dennis.chang(a)icann.org 213-293-7889 Skype: dennisschang -----Original Message----- From: Nicole Davenport via RT [mailto:web-admin@icann.org] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 17:21 To: Dennis Chang Subject: [iticket #64719] [COMPLETED] Public comment open request Hi Dennis, The Public Comment materials have been published: http://www.icann.org/ http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-18jan13-en.htm http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/variant-ux-18jan13-en.htm http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/variant-active-ux-18jan13-en.pdf Best, Nicole On Fri Jan 18 15:26:53 2013, dennis.chang wrote: > Please post today > > > > Kind Regards, > > Dennis Chang > > Executive Program Management Consultant > > dennis.chang(a)icann.org > > 213-293-7889 > > Skype: dennisschang > > > > From: Steve Sheng > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 2:56 PM > To: Francisco Arias; Dennis Chang > Subject: Re: FOR PUBLICATION APPROVAL: Draft final report examining > user experience implications for IDN Variant TLDs > > > > Please use this version. > > > > Kind regards, > > Steve > > > > From: Francisco Arias <francisco.arias(a)icann.org> > Date: Friday, January 18, 2013 2:51 PM > To: Dennis Chang <dennis.chang(a)icann.org> > Cc: Steve Sheng <steve.sheng(a)icann.org> > Subject: Re: FOR PUBLICATION APPROVAL: Draft final report examining > user experience implications for IDN Variant TLDs > > > > Dennis, > > > > Please go ahead and publish the report for public comment. > > > > __ > > > > Francisco. > > > > > > On 1/18/13 2:06 PM, "Dennis Chang" <dennis.chang(a)icann.org> wrote: > > > > OK to post or wait? > > > > Kind Regards, > > Dennis Chang > > Executive Program Management Consultant > > dennis.chang(a)icann.org > > 213-293-7889 > > Skype: dennisschang > > > > From: Francisco Arias > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 12:46 PM > To: Dennis Chang > Cc: Steve Sheng > Subject: Re: FOR PUBLICATION APPROVAL: Draft final report examining > user experience implications for IDN Variant TLDs > > > > Hi Dennis, > > > > Steve, Karen and I are talking about a potential issue. Please wait > until > 14:00 when we finish a meeting to confirm we are ready for > publication. I think we will, but just to be sure. > > > > __ > > > > Francisco. > > > > > > On 1/18/13 12:19 PM, "Dennis Chang" <dennis.chang(a)icann.org> wrote: > > > > Thanks > > I'll get it posted today. > > Dennis > > > > > On Jan 18, 2013, at 11:32 AM, "Denise Michel" > <denise.michel(a)icann.org> > wrote: > > This looks good and is approved for posting. > > > > Thanks > > > > > Denise Michel > > VP Strategic Initiatives > > & Advisor to the President > ICANN > denise.michel(a)icann.org > +1.408.429.3072 mobile > +1.310.578.8632 direct > denisemichelicann skype > > > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Steve Sheng <steve.sheng(a)icann.org> wrote: > > Dear Denise, > > > > Attached for your approval, please find the 18 January report > examining the user experience implications for variant TLDs. We are > planning to open a 21-day public comment on this report, followed by a 21 > day reply period. > > > > To better understand and address challenges surrounding the > potential delegation of IDN variant TLDs. This report: > > > > 1) summarizes and compares, from a user experience and registry > management perspective, variant practices in several ccTLD registries; > > > > 2) proposes a set of guiding principles to define an acceptable > user experience; > > > > 3) identifies how various users communities (e.g., end users, > system/network administrators, application developers, registrants, > registrars and registries) will be impacted by active variant > top-level domains, and > > > > 4) based on 1, 2, and 3, proposes a set of recommendations to > ensure the security, stability and acceptable user experience for > active variant top-level internationalized domains. > > > > The latest draft report improves the following way from the interim report: > > > > * Incorporated community feedback (through public comment), technical > expert feedback, and additional input provided by Arabic registries, > Devanagari registries, and Chinese registries. > * Included a recommendation section that proposes a set of > recommendations and guidelines for the introduction of IDN variant > TLDs > > I have already given the BV-WG a one week notice (ending today). So > with both your approval, and BV-WG feedback, this report is ready for > public. > > > > Kind regards, > > Steve > > >

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Second draft of the root LGR procedure for public comment
by Francisco Arias Dec. 7, 2012

Dec. 7, 2012

Colleagues, This to let you know that the second version of the document is up for public comment now at: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/lgr-procedure-07dec12-en.htm Regards, __ Francisco.

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FOR COMMENT: Interim Report Examining User Experience Implication of Active Variants
by Steve Sheng Oct. 25, 2012

Oct. 25, 2012

Dear VIP colleagues, This is an invitation to comment on the recently published interim report examining user experience implications of active variants. To better understand and address the challenges surrounding the activation of variant internationalized top-level domains (IDNs), this interim report: 1) summarizes and compares, from a user experience and registry management perspective, variant practices in several ccTLD registries, 2) proposes a set of guiding principles to define an acceptable user experience, and 3) identifies how various user communities (e.g., end users, system/network administrators, application developers, registrants, registrars and registries) will be impacted by active variant top-level domains. The interim report is published for public comment thirty (30) days (plus 21-day reply period) and is to be followed by the final report, to be published within ninety (90) days after the closure of the public comment forum. The final report will incorporate the community input with proposed guidelines and recommendations for active variant TLDs. Details of the report and how to comment are listed below: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/interim-variant-ux-23oct12-en.h tm Kind regards, Steve Sheng ICANN

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