[registrars] Representative for the Presidents Advisory Committee for IDN

[James M Woods]

Hi Bhavin,

I would love to volunteer for this spot. I've been involved with  
IDN's from both a technical  & policy standpoint since the initial  
testbed in 2000. Since that time I have watched the space move  
forward at a steady pace with much interest. I am myself  
multilingual  and feel that I would represent the RC well on this  
committee given my technical, policy and social understanding of the  
IDN namespace.

Cheers,

James

James M Woods
Product Manager - Domains
Tucows Inc.
www.tucows.com
416.538.5453


On 28-Sep-05, at 12:35 PM, Bhavin Turakhia wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> We need someone to volunteer for the Presidents Advisory Committee  
> on IDN.
> This is a committee being formed pursuant to an ICANN Board  
> Resolution.
>
> The scope and responsibility of the Committee is to provide the  
> Board and
> ICANN community with advice on issues that relate to IDN policies, in
> particular issues that impact the implementation of IDN especially  
> at the
> top level.
>
> More specifically the committee will -
>
> * Ensure discussions on IDN within ICANN contributes to the  
> development of
> the name space.
>
> * Ensure discussions promote the use of languages on the Internet in a
> manner that ensures the Internet's continued stability and  
> interoperability.
>
> * Strengthen inclusion, coordination and collaboration of all  
> organizations
> involved in IDN discussions and the developing implementation of
> multilingual domain name solutions.
>
> * Ensure discussions between the different organizations and  
> stakeholders
> (technical, political, government, private sector) on challenges in  
> the
> successful implementation of IDNs in ICANN's area of responsibility,
> including the DNS.
>
> * Contribute towards the ongoing discussions, and identification of
> challenges, in the successful implementation of IDNs.
>
> Paul Twomey has specifically asked for someone from the Registrars  
> to take
> part in this committee. The representative will not be a formal
> representative from the Registrars constituency, but would  
> essentially bring
> in the view points of Registrars to the group.
>
> I would like to have someone who is well aware of IDN related  
> issues and
> aspects volunteer for this.
>
> If any of you wish to volunteer or know of someone we should  
> nominate for
> this please mail me
>
> Thanks
> Bhavin
>
>