Fwd: [gnso-idn-wg] Charter for GNSO IDN working Group

[Mawaki Chango]

FYI

--- Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au> wrote:

> Subject: [gnso-idn-wg] Charter for GNSO IDN working Group
> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:16:09 +1100
> From: "Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au>
> To: <gnso-idn-wg at icann.org>
>
> Hello All,
>
> The follow charter was approved by the GNSO Council in its meeting
> today.
>
> The current election process for the chair will continue.
>
> GNSO constituency members may join, and the Advisory Committees
> (e.g
> ALAC) may appoint non-voting liaisons to the working group.
>
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
>
>
> GNSO IDN Working Group
> ======================
>
> The IDN Working Group operates in the context of the following
> related
> activities within ICANN:
>
> (1) There is a President's Advisory Committee on IDNs
> http://www.icann.org/committees/idnpac/ which has been in operation
> since November 2005.  Amongst other things this committee is tasked
> with
> analyzing the challenges relating to the technical implementation
> of
> internationalized top level domains and suggestions towards their
> resolution.    IN particular the committee is supervising
> laboratory
> tests (see
> http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-19oct06.htm).
>
> (2) There has been a working group of gTLD registries and ccTLD
> registries to create a set of technical Guidelines for the
> Implementation of IDNs at the second level.   See
> http://www.icann.org/general/idn-guidelines-22feb06.htm for version
> 2.1
> of the Guidelines dated - 22 Feb 2006.
>
> (3) The GNSO has a Committee developing policy recommendations on
> new
> gTLDs, as part of a policy development process called PDP-Dec05.
> The
> policies developed for new gTLDs apply to new gTLDs that use the
> IDN
> standards.  See: http://www.gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/ for
> more
> information.
>
> (4) The ICANN staff have produced a draft issues report on IDNs
> dated 2
> August 2006 available at:
> http://www.gnso.icann.org/issues/idn-tlds/issues-report-02aug06.htm
>
>
> (5) The ccNSO has formed a ccNSO IDN working group.  From the
> minutes of
> 23 Aug 06 (http://www.ccnso.icann.org/minutes/minutes-23aug06.pdf)
> the
> purpose of this group is to: consider what the ccNSO should do on
> IDN
> issues, what policy issues should be considered jointly with the
> GNSO,
> and liaise with the GNSO and prepare a report on the current status
> and
> future steps for the ccNSO on IDN issues.
>
> (6) External to ICANN, the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) has
> released a document (RFC4690:
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4690.txt)
> which provides a review and recommendations for Internationalized
> Domain
> Names.
>
>
> The purpose of the GNSO IDN Working Group is to identify and
> specify any
> policy issues that should be considered by the GNSO via a policy
> development process that have not already been considered within
> PDP-Dec05.  It should do this using the following steps:
>
> (i) review the draft recommendations on new gTLDs (which include
> IDN
> gTLDs) from the GNSO's Committee on new gTLDs
>
> (ii) review the current status and outcomes from the laboratory
> tests,
>
> (iii) review the ICANN staff issues report,
>
> (iv) review the IAB document (RFC4690)
>
> (v) liaise with the ccNSO working Group to discuss any policy
> issues
> which they have identified
>
>
> Note for a policy issue to warrant a policy development process it
> must
> meet the following criteria:
>
> (A) is within the scope of ICANN's mission statement;
>
> (B) is broadly applicable to multiple situations or organizations;
>
> (C) is likely to have lasting value or applicability, albeit with
> the
> need for occasional updates;
>
> (D) will establish a guide or framework for future decision-making;
> or
>
> (E) implicates or affects an existing ICANN policy.
>
> Membership: Membership is open to any member of a GNSO constituency
> or
> the GNSO Council.
> ICANN advisory committees may appoint liaisons to the working
> group.
>
> Voting: Voting will be on the basis of 1 vote per member
>
> Duration: The working Group must complete its work by the end of
> the
> ICANN meeting in Portugal on 26-30 March 2007, and provide a report
> to
> the GNSO Council.
>
> Chair: The chair will be appointed via election from the existing
> members of the IDN working group established by the GNSO Council on
> 18
> May 2006 to review the IDN issues report in the lead up to the
> ICANN
> meeting in Morocco.
>
>
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
>
>
>