[council] Final Proposed version 2.0 of IDN Guidelines posted

Ross Rader ross at tucows.com
Tue Nov 8 19:19:30 UTC 2005


I've missed the boat on the public comment period, so I would expect 
these concerns are moot as it relates to the board's consideration of 
the document.

However for those that might be interested, I wanted to express the 
concern that these "guidelines" are moving substantial policy making 
responsibilities from the GNSO to the gTLD administrators. This scope of 
policy responsibility is only suitable in the ccTLD context. Given the 
authorship, I am not surprised that this was written up in this fashion. 
I still have faint hope that the board sees fit to clean up this issue 
prior to endorsing the document as an acceptable set of guidelines.

This comment pertains to guideline six specifically, which reads:

"6. Top-level domain registries will work collaboratively with relevant 
stakeholders to develop IDN-specific registration policies, with the 
objective of achieving consistent approaches to IDN implementation for 
the benefit of DNS users worldwide. Top-level domain registries will 
work collaboratively with each other to address common issues, for 
example by forming or appointing a consortium to coordinate contact with
external communities, elicit the assistance of support groups, and 
establish global
fora."

There is also a larger policy issue which has not been dealt with at any 
level, which I had hoped would have been clarified through this process, 
which is the extent to which the relationship between ICANN and the gTLD 
administrators permits the registries to arbitrarily offer these types 
of services. I am not sure whether or not it would be appropriate for 
the registry constituency to address this in the context of IDNs, but 
this should have been explicitly addressed prior to this work being 
undertaken.

-ross


Avri Doria wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I did not understand, so only the draft needs an open comment period and 
> not the final version with comments included.  Is that the normal process?
> 
> thanks for the reply.
> a.
> 
> On 7 nov 2005, at 21.31, Michael D. Palage wrote:
> 
>> Avri,
>>
>> This is a topic for potential resolution during tomorrow's Board call.
>> The original draft IDN Guidelines were endorsed by the Board back I
>> believe in June. In the briefing documents provided to the Board from
>> staff we have been advised that there was a public comment period, see
>> http://forum.icann.org/lists/idn-guidelines/.
>>
>> Based upon this public comment the registry working group published a
>> final draft of the IDN Guidelines that incorporated that commentary.
>>
>> It is my opinion that the necessary public consultation has occurred and
>> I am inclined to vote in favor of adopting these resolution tomorrow if
>> presented with a resolution, although I will not make a final
>> determination until hearing the staff briefing and my fellow directors
>> discussion.
>>
>> In connection with the reviewing of the Board briefing documents, I have
>> also consulted with Cary Karp to better understand the issues.
>>
>> So I hope that answers your question, and shed a little light on the
>> homework the Board has to do prior to our calls :-)
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Michael D. Palage
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org]
>> On Behalf Of Avri Doria
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 12:20 AM
>> To: council at gnso.icann.org
>> Subject: Re: [council] Final Proposed version 2.0 of IDN Guidelines
>> posted
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Are these guidelines going to go through the normal open review
>> period before the board endorses it?  Or has that already happened?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> a.
>>
>> On 7 nov 2005, at 19.54, Bruce Tonkin wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Tina Dam
>>> Sent: Tuesday, 8 November 2005 5:40 AM
>>> Subject: Final Proposed version 2.0 of IDN Guidelines posted
>>>
>>> Today's IDN status Update includes the posting of the IDN revision
>>> working groups proposed final version of the IDN Guidelines. Please
>>> note
>>> that this still is pending ICANN Board endorsement before it may be
>>> considered the final version 2.0.
>>>
>>> Along with this, an overview of the actions taken by the working group
>>>
>>
>>
>>> in response to the comment received on the initially proposed draft
>>> has
>>> been posted.
>>>
>>> http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-07nov05.htm
>>>
>>> Please keep in mind that the IDN forum is still open for the continued
>>>
>>
>>
>>> IDN discussions. And please don't hesitate to contact me for any
>>> questions.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Tina Dam
>>> Chief gTLD Registry Liaison
>>> ICANN
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 




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