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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1.
The headings were taken directly from the Draft Implementation Plan, see <a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/idn-cctld-implementation-plan-26nov08-en.pdf">http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/idn-cctld-implementation-plan-26nov08-en.pdf</a>
(page 26)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2.
Similarly, that was taken from the Draft Implementation Plan (as above), Module
7, Discussion of Additional Topics: "</span> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This Module 7 contains a description of
issues and topics that are relevant parts of the Draft Implementation Plan, but
were not (fully) covered in the IDNC Final Report. It also includes the list of
outstanding issues which the ICANN Board directed staff to produce in advance
of the ICANN Cairo meeting in November 2008."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
intent of including all of the topics was to make a point that some of these
"Additional Topics" may/should require further discussion by the
community because it could potentially have broader impact and was not already
covered by the IDNC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Also,
just because it is restricted to a meaningful representation of a country name,
it does not I think automatically mean that it will never conflict with a
potential/existing gTLD string OR a then existing ccTLD.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Edmon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> owner-council@gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gomes, Chuck<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 3, 2009 8:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Edmon Chung; Council GNSO<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [council] RE: IDN ccTLD Fast Track implementation plan council
comments<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Edmon,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Good job. I have just two comments:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>It seems to me that "</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Compliance
with consensus policies.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>" is not a very good heading for
item 4, dealing with security & stability. Would this be better:
"Ensuring security and stability'?</span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Is item 5 really a concern in the fast tract if the IDN ccTLD
fast track names are restricted to country names as defined by the
IDNC? It seems to me that it might not be.</span><o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Chuck</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Edmon
Chung [mailto:edmon@registry.asia] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 02, 2009 12:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> gnso-idnc-initial@icann.org; 'Council GNSO'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> IDN ccTLD Fast Track implementation plan council comments</span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hi Everyone,</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Apologies for the delay on this matter,
please find attached the draft for the council comments on the Draft IDN ccTLD
Fast Track implementation plan.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The document is mainly separated into 2
parts:</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(A) response on Module 7, where 5 open questions
were raised</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(B) reemphasizing some of the issues raised
previously</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>For (A) the 5 open questions listed in Module
7 were:</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt'>1. Ensuring ongoing compliance with the IDN
technical standards, including the IDNA protocol and the IDN Guidelines.</span>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt'>2. Possible establishment of financial
contributions.</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt'>3. IDN ccTLD operator association to the ICANN
community.</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt'>4. Compliance with consensus policies</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt'>5. Prevention of contention issues with existing
TLDs and those under application in the gTLD process.</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The draft mainly extracted statements from
previous documents to respond to the topics, but have also emphasized that we
may require much broader input from the community on the issues because they
are largely new considerations not specifically discussed previously. In
particular, 3 & 4, and some respects 2 & 5.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>For (B) 3 items were specifically
reemphasized:</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt'>1. Lack of structure for implementation in the
situation where a proposed Fast Track IDN ccTLD string is not listed in the
UNGEGN manual (i.e. not in a particular authoritative list)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>2. Lack of clarity in the process for
linguistic process check and confirmation of a requested string</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt'>3. Lack of consideration for avoiding
confusingly similar strings</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Comments/thoughts welcome.</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Since, the deadline for comments to the draft
implementation plan is Jan 9, in view of time, perhaps we can have a discussion
on the council list and on our meeting on Jan 8 to finalize our response.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Edmon</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>PS. Happy New Year! :-)</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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