Re: [ga] Public Comments Requested on Initial Draft Fast-Track Mechanism for,Introduction of a Limited Number of IDN ccTLDs

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Glen and all,

  Where are the IDN WG archives located?

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> [To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org]
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>
> *Public Comments Requested on Initial Draft Fast-Track Mechanism for
> Introduction of a Limited Number of IDN ccTLDs*
> <http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-01feb08.htm>
> <http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-31jan08.htm>
>
> This is a first Discussion Draft of the Initial Report of the IDNC
> Working Group (IDNC WG). It is published for comment and input from the
> ICANN community.
> The Introduction of a Limited Number of IDN ccTLDs Under A Fast Track
> Mechanism:
> Draft Initial Report of the IDNC Working Group [PDF, 43K]
> http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/draft-initial-report-idnc-wg-01feb08.pdf
> Public Comments reqeusted by 26 February 2008
>
> This is a first Discussion Draft of the Initial Report of the IDNC
> Working Group (IDNC WG). It is published for comment and input from the
> ICANN community. This document has not been signed-off on by the IDNC
> Working Group whose members will continue to provide their own comments
> and input during this consultation period.
>
> The IDNC WG was charted by ICANN's Board to develop and report on
> feasible methods, if any, that would enable the introduction, in a
> timely manner and in a manner that ensures the continued security and
> stability of the Internet, of a limited number of non-contentious IDN
> ccTLDs, associated with the ISO 3166-1 two-letter codes (both the
> official code list of ISO 3166-1 and the list of reserved ISO 3166-1
> code elements), while the overall IDN ccTLD policy is being developed.
>
> The scope of the IDNC WG is limited to developing feasible methods (for
> the introduction of a limited number of IDN ccTLDs) that do not pre-empt
> the policy outcomes of the IDN cc Policy Development Process (ccPDP) for
> which an Issue Report is currently being prepared. In preparing the
> ccPDP Issue Report, the Issue Manager will identify policies,
> procedures, and/or by-laws that need to be reviewed and, if necessary
> revised, in connection with the development and implementation of any
> IDN ccTLD policy. Further, the Issue Manager will take into account the
> joint ccNSO GAC Issues Paper, input from other ICANN Supporting
> Organisations and Advisory Committees, public comments, technical
> limitations and requirements including the IDNA Guidelines, and any
> other matters that the Issue Manager considers to be of relevance.
>
> Under the IDNC WG charter, in considering feasible fast track methods,
> the IDNC WG must take into account and be guided by:
>
>      * The overarching requirement to preserve the security and
> stability of the DNS;
>      * Compliance with the IDNA protocols;
>      * Input and advice from the technical community in respect to the
> implementation of IDNs;
>      * Current practices for the delegation of ccTLDs.
>
> The fast track approach requires two specific mechanisms which are
> addressed in this report:
>
>     1. A mechanism for the selection of the IDN ccTLD string (See
> Section 3 of the report); and
>     2. A mechanism to designate an IDN ccTLD manager (See Section 4 of
> the report).
>
> The purpose of this report is to inform and report to the community on
> the topics and issues as identified by the IDNC WG that need to be
> considered in developing each of the two mechanisms, and to seek input
> and comments on them. This report, and the comments received, will be
> used to structure and propose potential mechanisms in the next phase of
> the fast track (See Section 5 of the report for the Interim Report
> Schedule). As stated above, the outcome of the fast track cannot
> pre-empt the outcome of the ccPDP. All of the issues/topics raised
> regarding the fast track mechanisms also are being raised under the
> ccPDP. Thus, the solutions reached for the purposes of the fast track,
> out of necessity, have to be as limited as possible.
>
> Comments on this report are encouraged to be submitted by 26 February
> 2008 via email to idn-cctld-fast-track@xxxxxxxxx. An archive of all
> comments received will be publicly posted at
> http://forum.icann.org/lists/idn-cctld-fast-track/.
>
> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
> gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
> http://gnso.icann.org