RE: [council] Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG)
I will second this motion.
Chuck
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Edmon Chung
> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 10:22 AM
> To: 'Council GNSO'
> Subject: [council] Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG)
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> This is following up on one of the items brought up during
> our meeting in Sydney, including at the ccNSO-GNSO lunch and
> subsequently at our council meeting. That is the possibility
> of creating a Joint Working Group between the ccNSO and the
> GNSO to discuss issues of common interest regarding IDN TLDs.
>
> Myself and Zhang Jian of ccNSO have been corresponding
> thereupon on drafting a charter for this Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN
> Working Group (JIG). See attached the proposed Draft Charter
> for the group. The draft was also circulated to the IDNG
> Drafting Team and the ccNSO and feedback incorporated.
>
> The key aspects of the charter include:
> - Purpose: identify and report on areas of common interest
> among the ccNSO and the GNSO for IDN TLDs
> - Scope: issues where implementation for IDN ccTLDs and IDN
> gTLDs should be consistent OR issues where there is
> inter-relation between implementation of IDN ccTLDs and IDN gTLDs
> - Issues are considered to be out of scope if either the
> ccNSO or the GNSO believes it is not an issue of common interest
> - The implementation schedule for the ongoing New gTLD
> process and the IDN ccTLD Fast Track should not be delayed or
> wait for the report from the JIG
> - Target to produce a final report for the initial tasks
> before Seoul meeting
>
> Based on the discussions in Sydney, there seems to be support
> for creating a joint working group, and the charter is an
> attempt to create a mutually agreeable framework.
>
> Below is a draft motion for the formation of the JIG:
>
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>
> WHEREAS
>
> GNSO IDN WG successfully completed its outcomes report in
> March 2007 and the GNSO Council approved the incorporation of
> its findings in the GNSO Final Report on the Introduction of
> New gTLDs in September 2007, describing policy requirements
> for the introduction of IDN gTLDs;
>
> The Board Proposal from the IDNC WG was completed in June
> 2008, describing the IDN ccTLD Fast Track methodology;
>
> Both the drafts and excerpts for the Applicant Guidebook for
> the New gTLD process, and the drafts for the IDN ccTLD Fast
> Track Implementation Plan had included implementation
> considerations for IDN TLDs; and,
>
> Issues of common interest between new IDN ccTLDs and new IDN
> gTLDs can be identified, including issues where
> implementation of IDN ccTLDs and IDN gTLDs should be
> consistent (e.g. IDN Language Table implementation at the
> root zone), and where implementation of IDN ccTLDs and IDN
> gTLDs are inter-related (e.g. 2-Character length TLDs as a
> reservation for ccTLDs);
>
> RESOLVED:
>
> To initiate together with the ccNSO a Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN
> Working Group (JIG) be formed based on the Draft Charter.
>
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>
> Comments and thoughts welcome, hopefully we can get this
> Joint WG together with the ccNSO. Think it would be a
> meaningful development for ICANN also.
>
> Edmon
>
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