RE: [council] Request for GNSO Council to appoint/endorse GNSO experts to the new IDN Guidelines Working Group

[Donna Austin <Donna.Austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mary

It would be useful to know which of the candidates have already provided a 
resume.

Thanks

Donna

From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Mary Wong
Sent: Thursday, 6 August 2015 9:25 AM
To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [council] Request for GNSO Council to appoint/endorse GNSO experts to 
the new IDN Guidelines Working Group

Dear Councilors,

I write to follow up on the note below, to request that the Council discuss and 
decide on candidates it wishes to endorse, on behalf of the GNSO, to join the 
new Working Group that will revise the 2011 IDN Implementation Guidelines. So 
far the following nominations have been made:

  *   Chris Dillon (NCSG)
  *   Christian Dawson (ISPCPC)
  *   Jian Zhang (RySG)
  *   Dennis Tan (RySG)
  *   Edmon Chung (RySG)
  *   Kal Feher (RySG)
ICANN staff supporting this new Working Group has confirmed that the original 
number of three GNSO representatives to the Working Group was suggested based 
on the composition of earlier groups that reviewed the Guidelines, so the 
Council may endorse additional appointees if necessary. However, it is 
important that all GNSO-endorsed appointees have relevant expertise in the 
following areas, as relevant for the second level of the DNS:

  *   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
Three of the four RySG nominees have already kindly provided staff with their 
resumes/qualifications.

As the IDN Program staff would like to proceed with the formation of the 
Working Group (which will also have representatives from the ccNSO, ALAC and 
SSAC), it will be very much appreciated if the Council can reach a decision 
soon. Given that the next Council meeting will not take place till September, 
you may wish to consider email discussions as sufficient. You may wish also to 
request that the other candidates send in their resumes/qualifications - either 
to Sarmad (cc'd here) or me - and we can compile them into a packet for your 
review by next week. Please let us know if you have objections to this 
suggested approach.

For your easy reference, the Call for Community Experts and their necessary 
qualifications can be found here: 
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en.

Thanks and cheers
Mary

Mary Wong
Senior Policy Director
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
Telephone: +1 603 574 4889
Email: mary.wong@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:mary.wong@xxxxxxxxx>


From: Mary Wong <mary.wong@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:mary.wong@xxxxxxxxx>>
Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 22:11
To: <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Cc: Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:sarmad.hussain@xxxxxxxxx>>
Subject: For your action: GNSO appointees to the new IDN Guidelines Working 
Group

Hello everyone,

Following from the discussion with Sarmad Hussein at the Buenos Aires meeting, 
please be informed that the IDN project team has now issued a Call for Experts 
to join the new Working Group to review the IDN Guidelines: see 
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en. They are asking for 
three GNSO members to the WG, which must be endorsed by their respective SO/ACs 
- and ideally applications should be sent in by 3 August.

I'd be happy to bring this up during AOB on the Council call this week, but in 
the meantime it would be good if you and your respective SG/Cs could think 
about who the GNSO could appoint. As I explained in Buenos Aires, this WG was 
supposed to build on a list of issues identified by the GNSO and the ccNSO; 
unfortunately, although a small group of community volunteers was formed in 
February, there has been no discussion or input provided by that group (which 
has been dormant).

Nevertheless, one possibility is of course to endorse those volunteers from 
that small group should they indicate interest. Given the importance of this 
issue, we hope that the Council will give the matter due and timely 
consideration.

Thanks and cheers
Mary

Mary Wong
Senior Policy Director
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
Telephone: +1 603 574 4889
Email: mary.wong@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:mary.wong@xxxxxxxxx>