<div class="__aliyun_email_body_block"><div style="clear:both;line-height:normal;">In light of the issues and concerns raised by the RySG and considering the fact that the discussion on <span style="font-family:tahoma;">IDN Variant topic </span>within the Council has just started and is still on-going, I support a deferral request asking ICANN Board to consider holding off on the adoption of the IDN V4 Guidelines.<br ></div><div style="clear:both;"><br ></div><div style="clear:both;line-height:normal;">As the Board meeting is scheduled for 3 May, a deferral request from the Council will need to be made as a matter of urgency. </div><div style="clear:both;"><br ></div><div style="clear:both;line-height:normal;">For those who might be interested, there will be a public session on this topic during the upcoming Board workshop:<span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;"></span></div><div style="clear:both;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;"><br ></span></div><div style="caret-color:#000000;color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:.0px;text-transform:none;text-decoration:none;line-height:normal;"><strong >Date:</strong>2 May, 2019<strong >Time:</strong>07:30 (UTC) - 08:00 (UTC)</div><div style="caret-color:#000000;color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:.0px;text-transform:none;text-decoration:none;line-height:normal;"><strong >Session: </strong>Approval of IDN V4 Guidelines <a href="https://icann.zoom.us/j/900320636">https://icann.zoom.us/j/900320636</a></div><div style="clear:both;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;"><br ></span></div><div style="clear:both;">Kind regards,</div><div style="clear:both;"><br ></div><div style="clear:both;">Pam <br ></div><div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;"><br ></span></div><blockquote style="margin-right:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">Sender:council@gnso.icann.org <council@gnso.icann.org></span></div><div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">Sent At:2019 <span class="spellcheck_typo">Apr</span>. 30 (Tue.) 10:55</span></div><div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">Recipient:council@gnso.icann.org <council@gnso.icann.org></span></div><div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">Cc:gnso-secs@icann.org <gnso-secs@icann.org></span></div><div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">Subject:[council] TIME SENSITIVE: ICANN Board Meeting Agenda -- IDN Variant Guidelines 4.0</span></div><div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;"><br ></span></div><style >!-- @font-face{font-family:Cambria Math;panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}{font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal{margin:.0in;margin-bottom:.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;}a:link, span.MsoHyperlink{mso-style-priority:99;color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline;}a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed{mso-style-priority:99;color:#954f72;text-decoration:underline;}p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0{mso-style-name:msonormal;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:.0in;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;}span.EmailStyle18{mso-style-type:personal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext;}span.EmailStyle19{mso-style-type:personal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1f497d;}span.EmailStyle20{mso-style-type:personal-reply;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext;}.MsoChpDefault{mso-style-type:export-only;font-size:10.0pt;}@page WordSection1{size:8.5in 11.0in;margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}div.WordSection1{page:WordSection1;}--></style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">Hi all,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">According to the ICANN Board meeting
<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/agenda-2019-05-03-en" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">agenda</span></a> for 3 May 2019, the issue of “Approval of Guidelines for the Implementation of Internationalized Domain Names Version 4.0” is currently
on the consent agenda. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">We have just received the communication below/attached from the Registries Stakeholder Group highlighting concerns, both procedural and substantive, around Board approval of the guidelines at this time. Please
take a few minutes to review.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">As we, the GNSO Council, have just begun our review and consideration of the IDN Variant topic, both at the TLD and second-level, and any associated policy implications, I plan to request a deferral of the
<span class="spellcheck_typo">Board’s</span> approval of this motion. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;color:black;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">Concurrently, we need to respond to the related 8 April 2019
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/namazi-to-sataki-drazek-08apr19-en.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">letter</span></a> from Cyrus. I will work on a draft for Council review.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">Best,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">Keith</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><div ><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-width:1.0px;border-top-color:#e1e1e1;padding:4.0px .0in .0in;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b ><span style="font-size:15.0px;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> Austin, Donna <Donna.Austin@team.neustar>
<br ><b >Sent:</b> Monday, April 29, 2019 8:42 PM<br ><b >To:</b> Rubens <span class="spellcheck_typo">Kuhl</span> <rubensk@nic.br>; Maxim Alzoba <m.alzoba@gmail.com>; Drazek, Keith <kdrazek@verisign.com><br ><b >Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] IDN Email for Councilors</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">Dear Keith, Rubens and Maxim,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">On behalf of the RySG, I am sending along a document outlining our concerns around IDN variant <span class="spellcheck_typo">TLDs</span>, the IDN Guidelines 4.0 and the implementation of IDN tables. As stated in the attached, the RySG is requesting
that the GNSO Council take a number of actions to address these concerns, including, most urgently, requesting that the ICANN Board defer its scheduled vote on the IDN Guidelines 4.0 until the impacts of the implementation of those guidelines is better understood.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">We request that you bring these concerns to the attention of the GNSO Council and we appreciate the <span class="spellcheck_typo">Council’s</span> consideration of these important matters.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">Thank you,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Donna</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">Donna Austin</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0px;">Chair, RySG</span></p></div></blockquote><div ><br ></div></div>