[IDN-WG] [ALAC-Internal] Draft Implementation Plan for IDN Fast Track Process

Thu Jul 16 22:14:11 CDT 2009

I wonder what is the status of the ALAC Statement on 3rd Version of Draft
Implementation Plan for IDN Fast Track Process. The deadline of
consultation, July 15, has passed, and ALAC statement is not on ICANN site
obviously http://forum.icann.org/lists/ft-implementation/. Could anyone
enlighten me on this?

Hong

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On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Hong Xue <hongxueipr at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I wonder what is the status quo of the Fast-track statement, though I saw a
> 3rd Revision on wiki. I'm puzzled why the most crucial issue, namely IDN
> variants, is thrown down to the very end, which makes it look like a
> redundancy. Everyone who has any knowledge on IDNs should know that the
> current ignornace of variant characters would kill IDN implementation in
> those most communities that need IDN most or cause fatal user confusion. If
> ALAC does care about user interests, the variant part (that I drafted)
> should be put on the very top of the statement to arouse the sufficient
> atteniton of the Board.
>
> Hong
>
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> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 5:53 AM, Nick Ashton-Hart <
> nick.ashton-hart at icann.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear All:
>>
>> To add to the schedule below one final point, a draft ALAC Statement on
>> the v3 Fast Track proposal is due on the 26th (today), so that it can be
>> posted for At-Large community comment.
>>
>> Separately, in addition to the PDF clean text which Siva has referenced,
>> there is a redline text available at
>> http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/draft-implementation-plan-cctld-redline-29may09-en.pdf.
>> This shows the differences between v2, which the ALAC commented on, and the
>> present text; for those familiar with the previous version, looking at the
>> redline text should make it much easier to decide what At-Large should say
>> about v3, since only parts of the text have changed.
>>
>> There are versions in the six UN languages:
>>
>> Espanol:
>> http://www.icann.org/es/topics/idn/fast-track/draft-implementation-plan-cctld-redline-29may09-es.pdf
>> Francais:
>> http://www.icann.org/fr/topics/idn/fast-track/draft-implementation-plan-cctld-redline-29may09-fr.pdf
>>
>> The others may all be found from
>> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-31may09-en.htm
>>
>> Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote:
>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> The third revision of the Draft Implementation Plan is at page
>>>
>>> http://icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/draft-implementation-plan-cctld-clean-29may09-en.pdfwhich
>>> is also attached as a PDF here. As per schedule ICANN public
>>> consultation closes on 15th July. ALAC consultation on this topic would
>>> open
>>> on 30th June and closes on 7th July, based on which a final draft is to
>>> be
>>> preapred and posted for voting on 9th. Voting would close on 14th on the
>>> ALAC submission.
>>>
>>> Please go through the attached PDF with specific consideration to the
>>> following:
>>>
>>> 1.  Page 25 - 29 Process Overview and the detailed flowcharts- are there
>>> any
>>> comments about the process as outlined?
>>>
>>> 2.  3.4 Technical String Criteria :  Should Alac recommend relaxation on
>>> the
>>> number of characters required? Is this a technical issue or a
>>> socio-political issue? What would be alac's position on this?
>>>
>>> 3. 5.5 contentin issues
>>>
>>> 4. 5.6 Processing of a Fast Track issue
>>>
>>> 5. 6.3 US Government Authorization: is this within the purview of alac to
>>> comment in the context of IDNs.
>>>
>>> 6. Are there specific IDN points from the various constituency sessions
>>> of
>>> other constituencies that alac is in agreement with, that may be featured
>>> as
>>> points agreed, in the alac draft comment?
>>>
>>> I also wish to submit to alac and the IDN Working Group to consider the
>>> fact
>>> that the fast track process has taken a long time, during which there
>>> have
>>> been positive developmens on the technical and process readiness on the
>>> part
>>> of ICANN to implement IDN's, so is there a need to imply a delayed
>>> implementation of the gTLD process? Would alac like to consider being
>>> equally concerned about ccTLDs and gTLDs?
>>>
>>> And is there anything that requires caution on the path towards
>>> implentation
>>> of IDNs? There was some opinion that DNS stability takes precedence over
>>> the
>>> fast track process. Is there any such contrary opinion and are these
>>> opinions have any validity?
>>>
>>> To truly fast track the IDN process, I wish to propose to alac to propose
>>> to
>>> ICANN that an "IDN Day" be organized, either for one full day preceeding
>>> the
>>> ICANN meeting to bring together the constituencies concerned to focussed
>>> sessions on security, legal and commericial issues, all related to IDN's.
>>> If
>>> an additional day is not possible, a relatively light day such as a
>>> Thrusday
>>> could be dedicated for discussions on IDNs for ICANN to come to a
>>> conclusive
>>> position on IDNs and truly fast track the implementation process.
>>>
>>> Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
>>> Blog: http://isocmadras.blogspot.com
>>>
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>>
>>
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