[council] Re: Request for GNSO Council to appoint/endorse GNSO experts to the new IDN Guidelines Working Group

[Mary Wong]

Dear Councilors,

Please find attached the resumes, as submitted to us, of the six candidates
named below who have volunteered to serve as GNSO-endorsed experts to the
new IDN Implementation Guidelines Working Group. Aside from minor formatting
changes to package them all into a single document, we have not edited or
changed any of the candidates¹ submissions. They are listed in alphabetical
order.

>From what I understand from my colleagues in charge of the project, they
would greatly appreciate knowing who the endorsed experts are as soon as
possible. As such, may I suggest that the Council finalize its decision via
this email list no later than a week from today i.e. Tuesday 25 August?

As noted previously, the original suggested number of three GNSO experts was
based on the composition of prior community teams that worked on the
Guidelines. The Council may therefore wish to endorse more than three for
this new effort if it believes this to be appropriate.

I have cc¹d Sarmad Hussain, who you all know and who is leading the effort,
on this email so that he can see any questions you may have about the
process or the necessary qualifications for the work that is to be done.
I¹ll be sure to post any responses or further information from him as well.

Thanks and cheers
Mary

Mary Wong
Senior Policy Director
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
Telephone: +1 603 574 4889
Email: mary.wong at icann.org



From:  Mary Wong <mary.wong at icann.org>
Date:  Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 12:25
To:  <council at gnso.icann.org>
Cc:  Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain at icann.org>
Subject:  Request for GNSO Council to appoint/endorse GNSO experts to the
new IDN Guidelines Working Group

> Dear Councilors,
> 
> I write to follow up on the note below, to request that the Council discuss
> and decide on candidates it wishes to endorse, on behalf of the GNSO, to join
> the new Working Group that will revise the 2011 IDN Implementation Guidelines.
> So far the following nominations have been made:
> * Chris Dillon (NCSG)
> * Christian Dawson (ISPCPC)
> * Jian Zhang (RySG)
> * Dennis Tan (RySG)
> * Edmon Chung (RySG)
> * Kal Feher (RySG)
> ICANN staff supporting this new Working Group has confirmed that the original
> number of three GNSO representatives to the Working Group was suggested based
> on the composition of earlier groups that reviewed the Guidelines, so the
> Council may endorse additional appointees if necessary. However, it is
> important that all GNSO-endorsed appointees have relevant expertise in the
> following areas, as relevant for the second level of the DNS:
> * DNS and IDNA protocols
> * IDN language or script tables, including variants and label level rules
> * IDN policy
> * IDN implementation
> * IDN label registration process and registration data
> * IDN related SSR issues, including string similarity
> * IDN usability challenges and universal acceptance
> Three of the four RySG nominees have already kindly provided staff with their
> resumes/qualifications.
> 
> As the IDN Program staff would like to proceed with the formation of the
> Working Group (which will also have representatives from the ccNSO, ALAC and
> SSAC), it will be very much appreciated if the Council can reach a decision
> soon. Given that the next Council meeting will not take place till September,
> you may wish to consider email discussions as sufficient. You may wish also to
> request that the other candidates send in their resumes/qualifications ­
> either to Sarmad (cc¹d here) or me ­ and we can compile them into a packet for
> your review by next week. Please let us know if you have objections to this
> suggested approach.
> 
> For your easy reference, the Call for Community Experts and their necessary
> qualifications can be found here:
> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en.
> 
> Thanks and cheers
> Mary
> 
> Mary Wong
> Senior Policy Director
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
> Telephone: +1 603 574 4889
> Email: mary.wong at icann.org
> 
> 
> From:  Mary Wong <mary.wong at icann.org>
> Date:  Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 22:11
> To:  <council at gnso.icann.org>
> Cc:  Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain at icann.org>
> Subject:  For your action: GNSO appointees to the new IDN Guidelines Working
> Group
> 
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> Following from the discussion with Sarmad Hussein at the Buenos Aires
>> meeting, please be informed that the IDN project team has now issued a Call
>> for Experts to join the new Working Group to review the IDN Guidelines: see
>> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en. They are asking for
>> three GNSO members to the WG, which must be endorsed by their respective
>> SO/ACs ­ and ideally applications should be sent in by 3 August.
>> 
>> I¹d be happy to bring this up during AOB on the Council call this week, but
>> in the meantime it would be good if you and your respective SG/Cs could think
>> about who the GNSO could appoint. As I explained in Buenos Aires, this WG was
>> supposed to build on a list of issues identified by the GNSO and the ccNSO;
>> unfortunately, although a small group of community volunteers was formed in
>> February, there has been no discussion or input provided by that group (which
>> has been dormant).
>> 
>> Nevertheless, one possibility is of course to endorse those volunteers from
>> that small group should they indicate interest. Given the importance of this
>> issue, we hope that the Council will give the matter due and timely
>> consideration. 
>> 
>> Thanks and cheers
>> Mary
>> 
>> Mary Wong
>> Senior Policy Director
>> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
>> Telephone: +1 603 574 4889
>> Email: mary.wong at icann.org
>> 
>> 


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