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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you Maxim, confirm receipt and this will be posted shortly on the GNSO Council 20 May 2021
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/2YO1CQ">motions wiki page.</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kindest regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Terri<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">council <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Maxim Alzoba via council <council@gnso.icann.org><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Maxim Alzoba <m.alzoba@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, May 10, 2021 at 2:22 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[council] the motion: GNSO-IDN-EPDP-DT: Council Deliverables<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Councillors, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">please find the motion (the same text is attached in DOCX) <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Motion to initiate the Expedited Policy Development Process on Internationalized Domain Names and adoption of the EPDP on IDNs Charter
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Submitted by: Maxim Alzoba</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Seconded by: TBD</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Whereas,
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On 14 March 2019, the ICANN Board approved a
<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/idn-variant-tld-implementation-2018-07-26-en">
set of recommendations</a> developed by ICANN org on how to allocate Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) variant TLD labels. The ICANN Board requested that the GNSO and ccNSO take into account those IDN variant TLD recommendations while developing their respective
policies to define and manage IDN variant TLDs for the current TLDs and future TLD applications, while keeping each other informed of the progress in developing the relevant details of their policies and procedures to ensure a consistent solution for IDN variant
gTLDs and IDN variant ccTLDs. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On 26 June 2019, the GNSO Council established a
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/IDNST">Scoping Team</a> to develop recommendations for the GNSO Council’s consideration on how to address the IDN variant TLD recommendations, as well as issues in the
<a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-05-10-en">Final Proposed Draft version 4.0 of Internationalized Domain Name ("IDN") Implementation Guidelines</a> (“IDN Guidelines v. 4.0”), for which the ICANN Board had
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/chalaby-to-drazek-04jun19-en.pdf">
agreed</a> to the GNSO Council <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/drazek-to-chalaby-30apr19-en.pdf__;!!PtGJab4!rvJM3ZTY_c2OEXVULFWheG8WbakedQ-x1hJO7VWcfzlx8Qm3HqOUyPXFBkI8Q5ks1KUXW3M$">
request [gnso.icann.org]</a> to defer its adoption. The Scoping Team met between 15 August 2019 and 12 December 2019.
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On 23 January 2020, the GNSO Council discussed the
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/idn-scoping-team-final-report-17jan20-en.pdf__;!!PtGJab4!rvJM3ZTY_c2OEXVULFWheG8WbakedQ-x1hJO7VWcfzlx8Qm3HqOUyPXFBkI8Q5ksT9UXGeo$">
Final Report [gnso.icann.org]</a> from the Scoping Team, which suggested tackling IDN related issues in two tracks: Operational Track and Policy Track. The Policy Track would be tasked to deliberate on: i) the
<u>definition</u> and <u>management</u> of IDN variant TLDs, and ii) the change process of the IDN Guidelines and any policy issues related to the IDN Guidelines v. 4.0 identified by the Operational Track Team (consisted of members in the GNSO Contracted Parties
House) and agreed upon by the IDN Guidelines Working Group.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On 26 January 2020, the ICANN Board approved the
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rz-lgr-technical-utilization-recs-07oct19-en.pdf">
Recommendations for the Technical Utilization of the RZ-LGR</a> on how to employ the
<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/root-zone-lgr-2015-06-21-en">RZ-LGR</a> to determine valid IDN TLDs and their variant labels. The ICANN Board requested that the GNSO and ccNSO take into account those RZ-LGR Technical Utilization recommendations
while developing their respective policies to define and manage IDN variant TLDs for the current TLDs and future TLD applications.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On 21 October 2020, the GNSO Council agreed to establish a
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/CYAmCQ">Drafting Team</a> to develop both a draft charter and an Initiation Request for an EPDP on IDNs. The GNSO Council agreed with the Scoping Team’s suggestion that an Issue Report is likely not needed in order to
initiate the Policy Track work, and an EPDP is the desired approach. The Drafting Team met between 8 December 2020 and 4 May 2021.
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On 10 May 2021, the Drafting Team submitted the draft EPDP charter and the Initiation Request for the GNSO Council’s consideration.
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On 20 May 2021, the Drafting Team Chair provided a briefing to the GNSO Council on the content of the draft charter prior to the Council
vote to initiate the EPDP and adopt the charter. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">RESOLVED,</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The GNSO Council hereby approves the Initiation Request<a name="_msoanchor_1"></a><a href="#_msocom_1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_msoanchor_1">[1]</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_msoanchor_1"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_msoanchor_1"></span>
for the EPDP on IDNs and as such initiates the EPDP. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The GNSO Council approves the Charter
<a name="_msoanchor_2"></a><a href="#_msocom_2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_msoanchor_2">[2]</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_msoanchor_2"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_msoanchor_2"></span> of the EPDP on IDNs.
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The GNSO Council directs staff to:
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(a) communicate the results of this motion to the GNSO SG/Cs as well as ICANN SO/ACs and invite them to identify Members for the working group
following the working group composition described in the Charter; </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(b) communicate the results of this motion to the ICANN Org GDS Team and invite them to identify at least one (1) staff liaison for the working
group; </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(c) launch a call for expressions of interest seeking interested candidates to Chair the EPDP on IDNs; and</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(d) solicit candidates for the GNSO Council liaison to the EPDP on IDNs.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_msocom_1"></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">link to be inserted after document is published on the GNSO website</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_msocom_2"></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">link to be inserted after document is published on the GNSO website</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">P.s: please be aware that the staff will circulate the Charter and EPDP Initiation Request on the Council list shortly today.<br clear="all">
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Sincerely Yours,<br>
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Maxim Alzoba<br>
Special projects manager,<br>
International Relations Department,<br>
FAITID<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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