[council] Proposed workgroup for 'IDN for Dummies'

["Sophia B" <sophiabekele@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Bruce, Council,

In a follow-up of the proposal I made to the the Board/Council meeting last
evening, I would clarify my proposal of creating a working group in the
manner below.  Please be advised my intent was NOT to create an additional
working group aside from PAC, as some of you have asked me.

However, in the interest of all the time we spent yesterday on IDN and the
policy implications as well as the* technical issues and tests that are yet
to be understood by Council*, I propose the composition of a work group
that comprise the following:

1- Creation of an observer/liaison person(s) from GNSO who represents a
non-registry position, have a regional representation with a non-ascii
/non-latin language community.

2-  Select a person in PAC that represents a true multi lingual party with
non-ascii language experience.

3-The group will be organized under the Auspices of the GNSO oversight.

 4-The Terms of Reference will include,

   - Review and understanding of the work of PAC
   - Review all test and technical procedures of proposal for upcoming
   testing of ICANN's proposed   implementation for IDN i.e Dname and NS.

   - Liaise weekly with PAC designated person and report to GNSO
   accordingly

4-  The expected outcome is to provide independent review and
representation of the IDN proposed solutions and assist the GNSO policy
formulation for IDNs.

Please  feel free to add top the TOR , although I thought this was adequate
to start with.

Thank you and regards,
Sophia

p.s  I participated in the Registrars Constituancy yesterday, where you were
present.  Although I am not sure why PAC's technical presentation was
different should be different than the one that was presented to GNSO,
I*certainly appreciated this particular presentation made by Yoav (PAC
member).*   He discussed many of the policy issues that I have
presented during our policy session for IDNs and would be excellent if he
was to make the same presentation to GNSO at one point.  Certainly I found
it MORE THANK a 'technical' presentation.

Infact, I have contacted him for a copy of the presentation and learned
that Yoav's company runs a *multi lingual registry in Israel* and would be
very help full if he was one of the PAC members to join the above workgroup.