[council] Final Integrated Issues Report Published and Proposed Project Plan for Next Steps is Now Open for Public Comment

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20feb12-en.htm

Final Integrated Issues Report Published and Proposed Project Plan for Next 
Steps is Now Open for Public Comment

20 February 2012

ICANN is pleased to announce the publication of the final Integrated Issues 
Report<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/idn-vip-integrated-issues-final-clean-20feb12-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 2.15 MB] and the posting of the proposed project 
plan<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/idn-vip-proposed-project-plan-20feb12-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 211 KB] for the next steps of the IDN Variant Issues Project for public 
comment.  The report explores the issues associated with the potential 
inclusion of IDN variant TLDs in the DNS root zone. The report also includes 
recommendations for additional work for taking the issues identified in the 
report and identifying potential solutions.

On 23 December 2011, the IDN Variant Issues Team published the draft Integrated 
Issues 
Report<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/idn-vip-integrated-issues-23dec11-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 1.06 MB] for public comment. The report has now been updated to reflect 
the community feedback and published as the final Integrated Issues Report to 
conclude the second phase of the project. A version of tracked 
changes<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/idn-vip-integrated-issues-final-redline-20feb12-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 1.02 MB] from the draft report is also provided.

The Report marks the completion of Phase II of the Variant Issues Project. 
Following the recommendations identified within, the project team has created a 
project proposed plan for the next steps of the project and seeks community 
feedback. The public comment box is available at: 
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/idn-vip-proposed-project-plan-20feb12-en.htm

The IDN Variant Issues Proposed Project Plan for Next Steps along with the 
final Integrated Issues Report will be presented to the community during the 
ICANN public meeting to be held in Costa Rica during March 2012.

The IDN Variant Issues 
Project<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/idn-variant-tlds-delegation-20apr11-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 195 KB] was initiated by the ICANN Board of Directors in 2010.


Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
http://gnso.icann.org