[UA-discuss] What are the main things to do in UASG?

Tue Feb 17 01:06:29 UTC 2015

Agree entirely with Michele!

Tony Harris

On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 10:03 PM, Michele Neylon - Blacknight <
michele at blacknight.com> wrote:

>  Mark
>
>  That's good, but that's assuming that Universal Acceptance is limited to
> IDNs, whereas in reality the issue is much wider. At present a lot of
> online services and software do not recognise new TLDs - be they ASCII or
> IDN.
> So while incorporating that language is excellent, I'd hate to see IDNs as
> being the primary focus
> Regards
>
>  Michele
>
>     --
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> *From:* Mark Svancarek [marksv at microsoft.com]
> *Sent:* 16 February 2015 21:43
> *To:* Michele Neylon - Blacknight; Nelson, Nick; Christian Dawson; Ram
> Mohan SMTP
> *Cc:* UA-discuss at icann.org
> *Subject:* RE: [UA-discuss] What are the main things to do in UASG?
>
>   Yes, I also agree with Michele and Nick.
>
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> As a starter:
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> “International character sets, whether in Unicode or Punycode, are
> inconsistently managed by existing software products and existing online
> services.  These inconsistencies arise both from non-support of the RFCs or
> from support for outdated versions of these RFCs.
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>
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> Software and service providers have historically had little market or
> regulatory incentive to invest in solutions which would bring true
> interoperability to platforms or applications.  Democratization of
> computing and greater availability of Internationalized Domain Names are
> likely to upset this status quo.
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>
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> A coordinated industry effort is required to ensure a timely and practical
> resolution to this pending  change.”
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> *From:* ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org [mailto:ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org]
> *On Behalf Of *Michele Neylon - Blacknight
> *Sent:* Monday, February 16, 2015 9:43 AM
> *To:* Nelson, Nick; Christian Dawson; Ram Mohan SMTP
> *Cc:* UA-discuss at icann.org
> *Subject:* Re: [UA-discuss] What are the main things to do in UASG?
>
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> I’d agree with Nick
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> Defining the problem should be key
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> Everything else comes after that
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> Regards
>
>
>
> Michele
>
>
>
> --
>
> Mr Michele Neylon
>
> Blacknight Solutions
>
> Hosting, Colocation & Domains
>
> http://www.blacknight.host/
>
> http://blog.blacknight.com/
>
> http://www.blacknight.press - get our latest news & media coverage
>
> http://www.technology.ie
>
> Intl. +353 (0) 59  9183072
>
> Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090
>
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>
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>
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>
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> *From:* ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org [mailto:ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org
> <ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org>] *On Behalf Of *Nelson, Nick
> *Sent:* 16 February 2015 17:39
> *To:* Christian Dawson; Ram Mohan SMTP
> *Cc:* UA-discuss at icann.org
> *Subject:* Re: [UA-discuss] What are the main things to do in UASG?
>
>
>
> I'm coming in a bit late but that gives me good perspective and I think
> the total list from Ram is accurate. However, I'd argue that both Christian
> is right with defining structure and charger, but also first - we should
> define the Problem space.
>
> The problem space to me is ultimately why we're all here right. "What are
> we trying to solve for?" and even more so, "How is this group going to
> benefit the ultimate end-user?"
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> *From:* ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org [ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org] on
> behalf of Christian Dawson [dawson at i2coalition.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, February 16, 2015 9:22 AM
> *To:* Ram Mohan SMTP
> *Cc:* UA-discuss at icann.org
> *Subject:* Re: [UA-discuss] What are the main things to do in UASG?
>
> Ram,
>
>
>
> I think this is a good list with one proposed change. I am 3-4 pages into
> a draft charter for people to look at, which proposes a structure. I’d say
> we need an agreed-on structure before we pick leaders to fill defined
> roles, so I suggest flipping 1 and 2.
>
>
>
> I probably can’t get far enough along to put my draft charter up for
> review until tomorrow - chairing a small anti-SPAM working group on SPAM in
> the Cloud at M3AAWG today. (If anybody else from this group is at M3AAWG
> come find me and we can chat/complain about timezones together.)
>
>
>
> -Christian
>
>
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>  On Feb 14, 2015, at 11:21 AM, Ram Mohan <rmohan at afilias.info> wrote:
>
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> Team,
>
> Trying to get an inventory of the main tasks in front of the UASG, in
> chronological order:
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>
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> 1.       Group leadership
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> 2.       Group structure and charter
>
> 3.       Definition of problem space
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> 4.       Prioritization of problem space
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> 5.       Definition of approach to problem spaces
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> 6.       Delegation of work
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> 7.       Execution of work
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> 8.       Follow-through
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> Appreciate input.
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>
> -Ram
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