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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=476292514-03012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks Edmon. That makes more sense to me now.
I was looking at it strictly from a GNSO perspective and didn't look back at the
implementation plan.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Chuck</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Edmon Chung [mailto:edmon@dotasia.org]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 02, 2009 9:34 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Gomes, Chuck;
'Council GNSO'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [council] RE: IDN ccTLD Fast Track
implementation plan council comments<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; 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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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; 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: 11pt; 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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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; 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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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; 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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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Edmon<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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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></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Edmon,</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Good
job. I have just two comments:</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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seems to me that "</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Compliance
with consensus policies.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">" 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>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">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></OL>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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: 10pt">Hi Everyone,</SPAN> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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: 10pt">The document is mainly separated into 2
parts:</SPAN> <BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(A) response on Module 7,
where 5 open questions were raised</SPAN> <BR><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(B) reemphasizing some of the issues raised
previously</SPAN> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">For (A) the 5 open questions listed in
Module 7 were:</SPAN> <BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">1. Ensuring ongoing
compliance with the IDN technical standards, including the IDNA protocol and
the IDN Guidelines.</SPAN> <BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">2. Possible
establishment of financial contributions.</SPAN> <BR><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">3. IDN ccTLD operator association to the ICANN
community.</SPAN> <BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">4. Compliance with
consensus policies</SPAN> <BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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: 10pt">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: 10pt">For (B) 3 items were specifically
reemphasized:</SPAN> <BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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: 10pt">2. Lack of clarity in the process for
linguistic process check and confirmation of a requested string</SPAN>
<BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">3. Lack of consideration for avoiding
confusingly similar strings</SPAN> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Comments/thoughts welcome.</SPAN>
<o:p></o:p></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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: 10pt">Edmon</SPAN> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">PS. Happy New Year! :-)</SPAN>
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