[council] Call for Volunteers GNSO Policy Translation and Transliteration PDP Working Group

[Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councillors,

Please find below the Call for Volunteers for the GNSO Policy Translation and 
Transliteration PDP Working Group
Thank you very much.
Kind regards,
Nathalie

Call for Volunteers GNSO Policy Translation and Transliteration PDP Working 
Group

In Brief
The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council is seeking volunteers 
to serve on the PDP Working Group (WG) on Translation and Transliteration of 
Contact Information.

This WG is expected to make recommendations to the GNSO Council on whether it 
is desirable to translate or transliterate contact information. In this 
context, translation is the process of conveying the meaning of text from on 
language into another; transliteration is the process of representing the 
characters of one alphabetical or syllabic system of writing by the characters 
of another, conversion alphabet.

Introductory Webinar
To provide potential volunteers with an idea of the PDP Process including 
Working Group procedures and also some background information on the WG's 
substantive issues, an Introductory Webinar will be held at the following times:

Tuesday 10 December 2013, 12.00-13.00UTC - local times: 
http://tinyurl.com/m2suev5
Wednesday 11 December 2013, 18.00-19.00UTC - local times 
http://tinyurl.com/kyk5lej

To join the webinar please RVSP to 
gnso-secs@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:gnso-secs@xxxxxxxxx>

First meeting
If you are interested in joining the Working Group, please contact 
gnso-secs@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:gnso-secs@xxxxxxxxx>. The first meeting of the 
Working Group is currently foreseen to take place in the week of 16 December - 
a doodle poll will be send out the week prior to determine a convenient meeting 
time.


Background

*        Following the Recommendations of the Final 
Report<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/ird/final-report-ird-wg-07may12-en.pdf> 
of the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group, a Final Issue 
Report<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gtlds/transliteration-contact-final-21mar13-en.pdf>
 on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information was submitted to the 
GNSO Council on 21 March 2013
*        GNSO Council's 
initiated<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+13+June+2013>
 a Policy Development Process (PDP) on the translation and transliteration of 
contact information on 13 June 2013; Drafting Team was formed and 
Charter<http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/transliteration-contact-charter-06nov13-en.pdf>
 submitted to GNSO Council and 
approved<http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar#nov> on 20 November 
2013.

*        As part of its deliberations on this issue, Charter stipulates several 
questions for the PDP WG to consider, including (but not limited to):
-          Whether it is desirable to translate contact information to a single 
common language or transliterate contact information to a single common script.
-          Who should decide who should bear the burden translating contact 
information to a single common language or transliterating contact information 
to a single common script.


 *   For more detailed, consult the WG's 
Charter<http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/transliteration-contact-charter-06nov13-en.pdf>
 and the GNSO Policy Development Process<http://gnso.icann.org/en/node/31379/>

*        Note GNSO Council also requested ICANN to commission a study on the 
commercial feasibility of translation or transliteration systems for 
internationalized contact data, which is expected to be completed in time to 
help inform the PDP Working Group in its deliberations.

Relevant Documents

*        Charter Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information PDP 
Working Group (WG) Charter - 
http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/transliteration-contact-charter-06nov13-en.pdf
*                    Final Issue Report on Translation and Transliteration of 
Contact Information 
(http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gtlds/transliteration-contact-final-21mar13-en.pdf).
*                    Final Report of the Internationalized Registration Data 
Working Group 
(http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/ird/final-report-ird-wg-07may12-en.pdf)
*                    GNSO Working Group Guidelines, including charter 
guidelines 
(http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf)