Re: [gnso-idn-wg] Chair of GNSO IDN working group

[Mawaki Chango <ki_chango@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all,

It seems to me that as far as ICANN is concerned, most if not all the IDN 
discussion has been led and even limited to the President's Advisory Committee 
on IDNs and other groups which it has coopted. And that mainly includes 
technical experts and participants in the DNS business. Thus, the comparative 
advantage of the GNSO council would be to bring in a genuinely policy 
perspective, with attention to the needs and views of a broader range of 
constituencies and stakeholders in the Internet community.

To that effect and to chair the GNSO IDN Working Group, I'd like to nominate 
Sophia Bekele whom, as you know, has demonstrated an early interest and a 
handle on those broader policy issues of IDNs. 

Regards,

Mawaki

----- Original Message ----
From: Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: gnso-idn-wg@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 4:43:04 AM
Subject: [gnso-idn-wg] Chair of GNSO IDN working group

Hello All,

The GNSO Council at its last meeting decided to re-instate the GNSO IDN
working group to track the IDN activities within ICANN, and also
identify tasks for the GNSO.   I have also discussed with the ccNSO
chair the idea of having a joint meeting between the GNSO IDN working
group and the ccNSO IDN working group in Sao Paulo (probably on the
Sunday morning at the beginning of the ICANN week - e.g breakfast).

I originally chaired this working group as it had a relatively
short-term focus on reviewing the IDN issues report, and identifying the
next steps with respect to a PDP.

I would now like to hand over the role of chair to another member of the
GNSO IDN working group.

I have given this a bit of thought and would like to nominate Ram Mohan,
Vice President of Business Operations at Afilias.   Ram is a member of
the SSAC committee, and the President's Advisory Committee on IDNs.  Ram
has bee involved in the roll-out of IDNs at the second level of .info,
and has also been closely involved with .in (India).   I think Ram
brings the right blend of experience in implementing IDNs and an
understanding of the needs of countries that use scripts other than the
Latin script.

I would like to open the topic up for other members of the working group
to express an interest in the role of chair, or other members of the
committee who may wish to nominate another person.

I am also interested in hearing from others that would like to second
Ram's nomination.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin