Begin forwarded message: > From: "[log in to unmask]" > <[log in to unmask]> > Date: January 27, 2008 3:38:18 PM PST > To: liaison6c <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [liaison6c] Extension input period Issue Report IDN ccPDP > > > [To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org] > [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] > [To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org] > > Please note that the public comment period has been extended to 22 > February 2008 for input to the Issues Report IDN ccPDP > http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-22jan08.htm > > Dear all, > > At its meeting on 2 October 2007 the ccNSO Council requested the > creation of an Issue Report as a first step in launching a ccPDP. To > identify matters that are potentially relevant to the Issues Report, a > comment period was opened on 19 December 2007 and would remain open > until 25 January 2008. > > In the Issue Report the following needs to be considered: > 1. Whether Article IX of the ICANN bylaws applies to IDN ccTLDs > associated with the ISO 3166-1 two letter codes, and if it does not > then > to establish if Article IX should apply. > 2. Whether the ccNSO should launch a PDP to develop the policy for the > selection and delegation of IDN ccTLDs associated with the ISO 3166-1 > two-letter codes. > > As you may have noted both the GNSO Council and ccNSO Council have > send > a letter to the ICANN Board relating to core elements of the IDN > ccPDP. > It is anticipated the ccNSO and GNSO Council will meet during the > ICANN > meeting in New Delhi to explain and discuss the background of the > views > expressed in the letters. It is my view as Issue Manager of the ccPDP > that the outcome of such a meeting, if it will be convened, is > significant as input for the Issues Report. Therefore the period to > provide input into the Issues Report is extended from 25 January until > 22 February 2008. > > According to the ICANN by laws the creation of the Issue Report is the > second step in launching the IDN ccPDP. The first step was the request > of the ccNSO Council on 2 October 2007 to create an Issue Report. The > final step is the decision of the ccNSO Council to initiate the ccPDP > (see ICANN by laws Annex B, section 2). > > Kind regards, > Bart Boswinkel > Issue Manager IDN ccPDP > > > -- > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat - ICANN > gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org > http://gnso.icann.org > >