[gnso-sl-wg] Request to technical experts regarding the recommendations discussed on 4/23
Dear Steve and Mark I am writing at the request of Greg Shatan, chair of the Sub Group on Single and Two letter names of the Reserved Names Working Group. We need your assistance in helping us to accurately convey your views as technical experts, in the report that the Sub Group is preparing on the use of single and two characters at the top and second levels in domain names. You will recall that you participated in an interactive conference call consultation on April 23 regarding some questions around the recommendations that the sub group is proposing on the status of certain characters (numbers, letters, symbols) in gTLDs. The specific purpose of the discussion was to focus in on four categories under discussion. There are some other categories under discussion at the full RN WG, such as IDNs, but those were not the purpose of our consultation with you. We did do a transcription of the call, but the quality is pretty poor, and in some cases, the content of the discussion was not captured by the transcriptions, thus, we cannot count on it as an accurate record. In addition, we believe that we should verify your comments with you, to ensure that we are accurate. Please note that we are sending you the full report, and asking that you in particular review the sections/recommendations that were discussed with you last week. You will find them on pages 13 - 19, items 1.4 through 1.7. For all four categories, we ask that you each review these sections and send us back an email, copied to the sub group list, noting your agreement [or if applicable: disagreement/concern/issues] to the recommendation(s). both sections 1.4 and 1.5 are receiving a further review and there may be a few small changes in those two write ups, but you should receive any changes by tomorrow. Recommendations 1.6 and 1.7 are largely complete; 1.7 has two questions for you both, which are noted in the body of the recommendation. Of course, we welcome any clarifications that you might provide to the existing text that you think is needed. To make it similar for you, and for us, can we ask that you send a separate email with your comments, rather than marking up the draft report? That would be much appreciated. Can you also advise us of RFCs that you think are relevant that we may have omitted? We greatly appreciate your time and expertise. In order to meet our deadline of finalizing the full WG report by next Tuesday, we are asking that you provide your comments as quickly as possible, and at the latest by mid day Monday. We apologize for the short turn around. Please feel free to email me or the chair, Greg Shatan, with questions or clarifications. I have also copied Patrick Jones, ICANN staff, who is supporting the Working Group. You can also call me at 202 360 1196. Again, we apologize for the short turn around, but greatly appreciate your assistance. Best regards, Marilyn Cade Attachment:
sub group report for consultation.doc |