<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div style=""><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Nathalie Peregrine <<a href="mailto:nathalie.peregrine@icann.org">nathalie.peregrine@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Call for Volunteers GNSO Policy Translation and Transliteration PDP Working Group</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">November 27, 2013 at 5:40:45 PM GMT+1<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">"<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>>, "marie-laure Lemineur (<a href="mailto:mllemineur@gmail.com">mllemineur@gmail.com</a>)" <<a href="mailto:mllemineur@gmail.com">mllemineur@gmail.com</a>>, "William Drake (<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>)" <<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">"<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">Dear Rafik, Marie-Laure and Bill,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">Would you please be so kind as to bring this call for volunteers to the notice of the Non Commercial Stakeholder Group.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">Thank you very much.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">Nathalie<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Call for Volunteers GNSO Policy Translation and Transliteration PDP Working Group<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">In Brief<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">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,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>translation</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is the process of conveying the meaning of text from on language into another;<b>transliteration</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is the process of representing the characters of one alphabetical or syllabic system of writing by the characters of another, conversion alphabet.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Introductory Webinar<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">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:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Tuesday 10 December 2013, 12.00-13.00UTC – local times:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/m2suev5" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 233);">http://tinyurl.com/m2suev5</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Wednesday 11 December 2013, 18.00-19.00UTC – local times<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/kyk5lej" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 233);">http://tinyurl.com/kyk5lej</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">To join the webinar please RVSP to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">gnso-secs@icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">First meeting<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">If you are interested in joining the Working Group, please contact<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>. The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>first meeting</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Background<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span>•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Following the Recommendations of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/ird/final-report-ird-wg-07may12-en.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">Final Report</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group, a<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gtlds/transliteration-contact-final-21mar13-en.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">Final Issue Report</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information was submitted to the GNSO Council on 21 March 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span>•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">GNSO Council’s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+13+June+2013" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">initiated</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>a Policy Development Process (PDP) on the translation and transliteration of contact information on 13 June 2013; Drafting Team was formed and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/transliteration-contact-charter-06nov13-en.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">Charter</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>submitted to GNSO Council and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar#nov" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">approved</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on 20 November 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span>•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">As part of its deliberations on this issue, Charter stipulates several questions for the PDP WG to consider, including (but not limited to):<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; text-indent: -0.25in; page-break-after: avoid;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span>-<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Whether it is desirable to translate contact information to a single common language or transliterate contact information to a single common script.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; text-indent: -0.25in; page-break-after: avoid;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span>-<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; page-break-after: avoid;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; page-break-after: avoid;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">For more detailed, consult the WG’s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/transliteration-contact-charter-06nov13-en.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">Charter</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and the GNSO<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/node/31379/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">Policy Development Process</a> <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span>•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Note</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Relevant Documents<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span>•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Charter Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information PDP Working Group (WG) Charter -<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/transliteration-contact-charter-06nov13-en.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/transliteration-contact-charter-06nov13-en.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span>•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Final Issue Report on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information (<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gtlds/transliteration-contact-final-21mar13-en.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gtlds/transliteration-contact-final-21mar13-en.pdf</a>). <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span>•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Final Report of the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group (<span style=""><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/ird/final-report-ird-wg-07may12-en.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/ird/final-report-ird-wg-07may12-en.pdf</a>)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span>•<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">GNSO Working Group Guidelines, including charter guidelines (<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf</span></a>)</span></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>