[gnso-contactinfo-pdp-wg] T&T activities over the next couple of weeks

["Dillon, Chris" <c.dillon@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear colleagues,

Happy New Year!

As there have been no public comments so far, I would like to cancel our 
meetings tomorrow (Jan. 8) and on Jan. 15, and have a webinar on Monday 19th at 
15:00 UTC (tentative date/time).
The current agenda for the webinar is at the bottom of this email. You are most 
welcome to make suggestions for improving it by 23:59 UTC tomorrow Jan. 8.

Two other things:
1. Face-to-face meeting in Singapore
The current intention is to have a closed meeting, use Doodle to maximize 
attendance and invite people from outside the WG.

2. Charter question 2
Especially if our main recommendation were to change to pro-mandatory 
transformation, we would need a detailed answer to the second question in our 
charter:
"Who should decide who should bear the burden [of] translating contact 
information to a single common language or transliterating contact information 
to a single common script."
Answers that have come up during our discussions have included:
- Registrants, registrars and/or registries
- Whoever benefits from the provision of a transformation service
More detailed suggestions are welcome and would be likely to strengthen the 
case for mandatory transformation.

With all good wishes for 2015,

Regards,

Chris.

Draft webinar agenda
1. Welcome
2. Background to the WG
3. Discussion in the Group
a. SO/AC outreach and feedback
b. Gathering of arguments
c. Straw man
d. Initial Report without consensus call
4. Recommendations
a. #1-#6
b. Pertinence of Charter question 2
5. Next steps
a. Public Comment Period
b. Face-to-face meeting in Singapore
c. Time line for Final Report
6. AOB
a. WG open to everybody
b. Confirmation of next call
c. Q&A

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