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<div>Agreed, good approach.</div>
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<div>Thanks—</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span><<a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a>> on behalf of Jonathan Robinson <<a href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info">jrobinson@afilias.info</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Organization: </span>Afilias<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>Jonathan Robinson <<a href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info">jrobinson@afilias.info</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 2:05 <br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>'Mary Wong' <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a>>, "'Austin, Donna'" <<a href="mailto:Donna.Austin@neustar.biz">Donna.Austin@neustar.biz</a>>, GNSO Council List <<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: [council] Re: Request for GNSO Council to appoint/endorse GNSO experts to the new IDN Guidelines Working Group<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">This issue has been dragging on for some time (the original deadline was 3<sup>rd</sup> August) and there are possibly some lessons to be learned
here. In my view, the Council is not set up to undertake the sort of recruitment exercise potentially required here i.e. some sort of filtering of the candidates against the criteria. At least not without further work on process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">On the face of it, all six candidates seem very well qualified and, given they have submitted fairly detailed resumes, appear motivated to assist
here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Therefore, I propose the following way forward:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Transmit the full list of six to the IDN Guidelines .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Communicate with the candidates that we have transmitted their names.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">IN the same communication as 2 above, encourage those candidates to re-check their skill set against the published criteria and if,
for this or any other reason, they no longer wish to participate, to communicate this to the Council and the WG ASAP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">If there are no objections to this, we will transmit all 6 names in the manner proposed above on or before 31 August 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Jonathan#<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Mary Wong [<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mailto:mary.wong@icann.org</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> 27 August 2015 01:01<br>
<b>To:</b> Austin, Donna <<a href="mailto:Donna.Austin@neustar.biz">Donna.Austin@neustar.biz</a>>;
<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Sarmad Hussain <<a href="mailto:sarmad.hussain@icann.org">sarmad.hussain@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [council] Re: Request for GNSO Council to appoint/endorse GNSO experts to the new IDN Guidelines Working Group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 08:45<br>
<b>To: </b>Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Sarmad Hussain <<a href="mailto:sarmad.hussain@icann.org">sarmad.hussain@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>RE: Request for GNSO Council to appoint/endorse GNSO experts to the new IDN Guidelines Working Group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hi Mary</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mary Wong<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 25 August 2015 5:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Sarmad Hussain <<a href="mailto:sarmad.hussain@icann.org">sarmad.hussain@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [council] Re: Request for GNSO Council to appoint/endorse GNSO experts to the new IDN Guidelines Working Group</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">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></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">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
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<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 04:31<br>
<b>To: </b><<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br>
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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>?</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 12:25<br>
<b>To: </b><<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Sarmad Hussain <<a href="mailto:sarmad.hussain@icann.org">sarmad.hussain@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Request for GNSO Council to appoint/endorse GNSO experts to the new IDN Guidelines Working Group</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">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:</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Chris Dillon (NCSG)</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Christian Dawson (ISPCPC)</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Jian Zhang (RySG)</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Dennis Tan (RySG)</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Edmon Chung (RySG)</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Kal Feher (RySG)</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">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:</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">IDN language or script tables, including variants and label level rules</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">IDN implementation</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">IDN label registration process and registration data</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">IDN related SSR issues, including string similarity</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">IDN usability challenges and universal acceptance</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Three of the four RySG nominees have already kindly provided staff with their resumes/qualifications. </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">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.</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Telephone: +1 603 574 4889</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 22:11<br>
<b>To: </b><<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Sarmad Hussain <<a href="mailto:sarmad.hussain@icann.org">sarmad.hussain@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>For your action: GNSO appointees to the new IDN Guidelines Working Group</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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). </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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