[council] IDN Variants - call for volunteers to the Generation Panels

[Mary Wong <mary.wong@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

Further to previous emails and updates about ICANN¹s work on the IDN Variant
Program, ICANN staff would once again like to request your help. As you
know, there is a pressing and urgent need to develop Label Generation
Rulesets (LGRs) for each of the 22 scripts identified from among the
IDN-based New gTLD applications ­ since IDN variants cannot be implemented
in the root until this is finalized. The attached is a summary, in plain
English, of the task that also describes the work of the LGR Panels.

We will be very grateful if you can assist by volunteering and by
distributing the attached request broadly amongst your community. Please let
me or the IDN Variant Program staff (cc¹d on this email) know if you or they
have any questions about the Panels or the Program. As usual, an update on
the Program will also be provided to the GNSO by Program staff at the Los
Angeles meeting.

Thanks and cheers
Mary

Mary Wong
Senior Policy Director
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
Telephone: +1 603 574 4892
Email: mary.wong@xxxxxxxxx



From:  Mary Wong <mary.wong@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:  Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 4:54 PM
To:  GNSO Council List <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:  IDN Variant Project Update: first version of Maximal Starting
Repertoire released

> Dear Councilors,
> 
> On behalf of my colleagues who are supporting ICANN¹s IDN Variant Project, I¹m
> pleased to share with you recent news of the release of the first version of
> the Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR-1), a critical step in the implementation
> phase of IDN variant TLDs:
> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-20-en
> 
> As you know, in order to support IDN labels in the root zone, ICANN developed
> a Procedure for the creation of Label Generation Rulesets (LGR) for a number
> of specific scripts, to create and manage rules applicable to IDN labels in
> the root. The LGR for a particular script is to be created by an LGR Panel for
> that script; the Arabic panel has already been seated and a number of other
> script communities are working to create other panels. MSR-1 is the first
> Deliverable under the LGR Procedure, and constitutes the defined set of code
> points from which individual LGR Panels will construct their rules for each
> script.
> 
> The next update to the GNSO Council and community on IDN variant
> implementation is being scheduled for the ICANN meeting in Los Angeles. In the
> meantime, we will continue to provide you with further updates as they become
> available, so as to enable you and your groups to prepare for the LA meeting
> and further discussions with the IDN Variant Project staff.
> 
> Thanks and cheers
> Mary
> 
> Mary Wong
> Senior Policy Director
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
> Telephone: +1 603 574 4892
> Email: mary.wong@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>

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