<div dir="auto"><div>Hello Steve, <div dir="auto">Please add me to the small group (IDNs).<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Maxim Alzoba </div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 9, 2019, 04:11 Steve Chan <<a href="mailto:steve.chan@icann.org">steve.chan@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_-7331616080538139795WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Councilors,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As an action item from the “Managing IDN Variants TLDs” agenda item, out of the 18 April 2019 Council meeting, it was decided:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Small group of Councilors</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> to convene and then coordinate with ICANN to get further understanding, and potentially propose next steps for IDN TLD Variants. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On behalf of Council leadership, staff is sending out a call for Council volunteers to consider the topic of IDNs and recommend the approach by the which the Council addresses the issue.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> To be clear, the scope of this small team is <u>not</u> to develop solutions as it relates to IDNs, but merely to recommend to the Council the manner in which solutions should be developed (e.g., SubPro develops relevant policy, a new PDP/EPDP is convened, other). If you are interested in signing up for this small team, please let staff know by <b>13 May 2019</b>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Note, staff has prepared a draft background/options paper, intended to help facilitate the work of this small group. As you consider whether you would like to join this small group, it may help to review this document to familiarize yourself with the topic: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o_9bfnkKufrSxiJGxpNcOcfTK2VLWp5XYQvwe5qxJlc/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o_9bfnkKufrSxiJGxpNcOcfTK2VLWp5XYQvwe5qxJlc/edit?usp=sharing</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Steve<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Steven Chan</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho"">
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