[registrars] Representative for the Presidents Advisory Committee for IDN

[Thomas Barrett - EnCirca]

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Barrett - EnCirca [mailto:tbarrett at encirca.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 1:59 PM
To: 'James M Woods'; 'Bhavin Turakhia'
Cc: 'Registrars Constituency'
Subject: RE: [registrars] Representative for the Presidents Advisory
Committee for IDN

 I would endorse James for this role. His broad background in application
development based on DNS, such as hosting and email would bring a
much-needed holistic perspective to this effort. 

Regards,

Tom Barrett
EnCirca



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of James M Woods
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 1:30 PM
To: Bhavin Turakhia
Cc: 'Registrars Constituency'
Subject: Re: [registrars] Representative for the Presidents Advisory
Committee for IDN

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
>
>