<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div><div><div><div>Dear Councilors,</div><div><br></div><div>Sarmad and his colleagues have confirmed that the GNSO Council can endorse as many qualified candidates as it thinks appropriate; however, as mentioned previously, all endorsees should have the necessary qualifications and expertise as documented in the Call for Experts: <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en </a></div><div><br></div><div>I hope this is helpful. We hope the Council will finalize its list of endorsees as soon as possible so that the Working Group can begin its work imminently.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks and cheers</div><div>Mary</div><div><br></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Mary Wong</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Senior Policy Director</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Telephone: +1 603 574 4889</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Email: mary.wong@icann.org</font></font></div></div></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 04:31<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> Sarmad Hussain <<a href="mailto:sarmad.hussain@icann.org">sarmad.hussain@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: Request for GNSO Council to appoint/endorse GNSO experts to the new IDN Guidelines Working Group<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div><div><div>Dear Councilors,</div><div><br></div><div>Please find attached the resumes, as submitted to us, of the six candidates named below who have volunteered to serve as GNSO-endorsed experts to the new IDN Implementation Guidelines Working Group. Aside from minor formatting changes to package them all into a single document, we have not edited or changed any of the candidates’ submissions. They are listed in alphabetical order.</div><div><br></div><div>From what I understand from my colleagues in charge of the project, they would greatly appreciate knowing who the endorsed experts are as soon as possible. As such, may I suggest that the Council finalize its decision via this email list no later than a week from today i.e. <b>Tuesday 25 August</b>?</div><div><div><br></div><div>As noted previously, the original suggested number of three GNSO experts was based on the composition of prior community teams that worked on the Guidelines. The Council may therefore wish to endorse more than three for this new effort if it believes this to be appropriate.</div><div><br></div><div>I have cc’d Sarmad Hussain, who you all know and who is leading the effort, on this email so that he can see any questions you may have about the process or the necessary qualifications for the work that is to be done. I’ll be sure to post any responses or further information from him as well.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks and cheers</div><div>Mary</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Mary Wong</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Senior Policy Director</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Telephone: +1 603 574 4889</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Email: <a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a></font></font></div><div><br></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 12:25<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> Sarmad Hussain <<a href="mailto:sarmad.hussain@icann.org">sarmad.hussain@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Request for GNSO Council to appoint/endorse GNSO experts to the new IDN Guidelines Working Group<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Dear Councilors,</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I write to follow up on the note below, to request that the Council discuss and decide on candidates it wishes to endorse, on behalf of the GNSO, to join the new Working Group that will revise the 2011 IDN Implementation Guidelines. So far the following nominations have been made:</div><ul><li>Chris Dillon (NCSG)</li><li>Christian Dawson (ISPCPC)</li><li>Jian Zhang (RySG)</li><li>Dennis Tan (RySG)</li><li>Edmon Chung (RySG)</li><li>Kal Feher (RySG)</li></ul><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">ICANN staff supporting this new Working Group has confirmed that the original number of three GNSO representatives to the Working Group was suggested based on the composition of earlier groups that reviewed the Guidelines, so the Council may endorse additional appointees if necessary. However, it is important that all GNSO-endorsed appointees have relevant expertise in the following areas, as relevant for the second level of the DNS:</div><ul><li><abbr title="Domain Name System" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help;">DNS</abbr> and IDNA protocols</li><li>IDN language or script tables, including variants and label level rules</li><li>IDN policy</li><li>IDN implementation</li><li>IDN label registration process and registration data</li><li>IDN related SSR issues, including string similarity</li><li>IDN usability challenges and universal acceptance</li></ul></div><div>Three of the four RySG nominees have already kindly provided staff with their resumes/qualifications. </div><div><br></div><div>As the IDN Program staff would like to proceed with the formation of the Working Group (which will also have representatives from the ccNSO, ALAC and SSAC), it will be very much appreciated if the Council can reach a decision soon. <u>Given that the next Council meeting will not take place till September, you may wish to consider email discussions as sufficient. You may wish also to request that the other candidates send in their resumes/qualifications – either to Sarmad (cc’d here) or me – and we can compile them into a packet for your review by next week.</u> Please let us know if you have objections to this suggested approach.</div><div><br></div><div>For your easy reference, the Call for Community Experts and their necessary qualifications can be found here: <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks and cheers</div><div>Mary</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Mary Wong</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Senior Policy Director</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Telephone: +1 603 574 4889</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Email: <a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a></font></font></div><div><br></div></div></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 22:11<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> Sarmad Hussain <<a href="mailto:sarmad.hussain@icann.org">sarmad.hussain@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> For your action: GNSO appointees to the new IDN Guidelines Working Group<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div><div><div>Hello everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>Following from the discussion with Sarmad Hussein at the Buenos Aires meeting, please be informed that the IDN project team has now issued a Call for Experts to join the new Working Group to review the IDN Guidelines: see <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en</a>. <b>They are asking for three GNSO members to the WG, which must be endorsed by their respective SO/ACs – and ideally applications should be sent in by 3 August.</b></div><div><br></div><div>I’d be happy to bring this up during AOB on the Council call this week, but in the meantime it would be good if you and your respective SG/Cs could think about who the GNSO could appoint. As I explained in Buenos Aires, this WG was supposed to build on a list of issues identified by the GNSO and the ccNSO; unfortunately, although a small group of community volunteers was formed in February, there has been no discussion or input provided by that group (which has been dormant). </div><div><br></div><div>Nevertheless, one possibility is of course to endorse those volunteers from that small group should they indicate interest. Given the importance of this issue, we hope that the Council will give the matter due and timely consideration. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks and cheers</div><div>Mary</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Mary Wong</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Senior Policy Director</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Telephone: +1 603 574 4889</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Email: <a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a></font></font></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></span></div></div></blockquote></span></div></div></blockquote></span></body></html>