[At-Large] [NA-Discuss] CALL FOR MEMBERS: EPDP ON IDNs At-Large Members Deadline 11 June

Fri Jun 4 18:27:23 UTC 2021

Thank you Jeff. An interesting change to the normal composition of EPDPs
but more inclusive of the diversity of this topic. Much appreciate the
clarification.

Maureen

On Sat, 5 Jun 2021, 6:18 am Jeff Neuman, <jeff at jjnsolutions.com> wrote:

> All,
>
>
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> I know this wasn’t as clear as it could have been in the announcement, but
> this IDN Working Group is an OPEN/Representative group meaning that anyone
> who wants to participate can.  However, the At-Large can have up to 3
> official At-Large representatives.  Those up to 3 “Members” must represent
> the interests of the At-large.  All other Participants can represent
> themselves as in an open GNSO Working Group.
>
>
>
> The only difference between “Members” and “Participants” is for purposes
> of the Consensus Call at the end of the process, or at any time the Working
> Group leadership seeks the official views (if any) of the Cs, SGs, SOs and
> ACs.
>
>
>
> Hope that makes sense.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> Jeffrey J. Neuman
>
> Founder & CEO
>
> JJN Solutions, LLC
>
> p: +1.202.549.5079
>
> E: jeff at jjnsolutions.com
>
> http://jjnsolutions.com
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>
>
>
>
> *From:* NA-Discuss <na-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org> *On
> Behalf Of *ICANN At-Large Staff via NA-Discuss
> *Sent:* Friday, June 4, 2021 12:46 PM
> *To:* na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> *Cc:* Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* [NA-Discuss] CALL FOR MEMBERS: EPDP ON IDNs At-Large Members
> Deadline 11 June
>
>
>
> Dear All,
>
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>
> On behalf of Maureen Hilyard, ALAC Chair, please see below a call for
> At-Large representatives to the expedited policy development process (EPDP)
> on the Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs).
>
>
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> The ALAC is requested to identify up to *three members* to represent them
> in the EPDP on IDNs.
>
>
>
> If you are interested and meet the membership criteria, please send an
> expression of interest to Maureen and staff by *23:59 UTC on 11 June 2021*.
>
>
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> The ALAC Appointee Selection Committee will review the applications
> received.
>
>
>
> **
>
>
>
> The GNSO Council has initiated
> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions/2021#202105> an expedited
> policy development process (EPDP) on the Internationalized Domain Names
> (IDNs) and subsequently adopted the related EPDP Team Charter
> <https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2021/presentation/CharterGNSOIDNsEPDPWorkingGroup20May21.pdf> during
> its 20 May 2021 meeting.
>
>
>
> This EPDP is expected to provide the GNSO Council with policy
> recommendations on:
>
>    1. i) the definition of all gTLDs and the management of variant labels
>    to facilitate the delegation of variant gTLDs in the root zone while
>    achieving the security and usability goal of variant labels in a stable
>    manner; and
>    2. ii) how the IDN Implementation Guidelines, which Contracted Parties
>    are required to comply with, should be updated in the future.
>
>
>
> With that context, the GNSO Council invites the ALAC to participate in
> this expedited policy development process. To ensure timely commencement of
> the EPDP, *we ask that you identify up to 3 Members to join this EPDP
> Team no later than Monday, 28 June 2021*. While you may appoint up to 3
> Members, you may choose to appoint fewer.
>
>
>
> We also request that you take into account the following membership
> criteria that the GNSO Council considers to be important for this EPDP:
>
>
>
> Collectively as a group, Members *MUST* possess:
>
>    - Technical knowledge of IDNs, including but not limited to: IDN
>    related SubPro PDP recommendations, RZ-LGR, IDN variant definition and
>    management, IDN tables, IDN implementation guidelines, SSAC advices as they
>    relate to IDNs, and other policy efforts listed in the Annex B
>    <https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/idn-scoping-team-final-report-17jan20-en.pdf#page=18> of
>    the GNSO Council IDN Scoping Team Final Report; direct experiences in
>    ICANN’s IDN policy efforts is strongly preferred;
>    - Technical, legal, and/or operational knowledge of ICANN policies and
>    procedures as they relate to IDNs, including but not limited to: processes
>    and procedures created for the 2012 New gTLD program, registration dispute
>    resolution procedures and trademark protection mechanisms;
>    - Technical knowledge of registry/registrar services and domain name
>    life cycle as they relate to IDNs;
>    - Familiarity with GNSO policy development processes; direct
>    experience is strongly preferred;
>    - Commitment to participating in EPDP Team meetings on a regular and
>    ongoing basis;
>    - Highly effective oral, written, and interpersonal communication
>    skills (in simple, comprehensible English);
>    - Ability to create factual, relevant and easily understandable
>    messages, and able to succinctly deliver them to the EPDP Team;
>    - Research skills with the ability to discern factual, factually
>    relevant, and persuasive details and sources;
>    - Commitment to manage a diverse workload, while collaborating with a
>    team of individuals with different backgrounds and interests in driving
>    objectives;
>    - Knowledge of EPDP Team discussions, actions taken at meetings, and
>    deliverables;
>    - Understanding of the perspectives and interests of the Members’ own
>    stakeholder group or constituency;
>    - Understanding of what consensus means and how consensus-building
>    process works;
>    - Commitment to facilitate consensus by listening, explaining,
>    mediating, proposing clear actions, and helping other Members;
>    - Commitment to avoid blocking consensus by looking beyond the
>    stakeholder group or constituency affiliation of other EPDP Team Members
>    and judging proposals/positions on their merits;
>    - Commitment to avoid re-litigating closed issues or deliberate
>    obfuscation;
>    - Commitment to review the Consensus Playbook
>    <https://go.icann.org/consensus> and attend potential training related
>    to the Playbook, facilitate consensus building by employing the tools and
>    techniques as detailed in the playbook;
>    - Maintain high personal levels of ethical conduct and integrity,
>    including transparency of affiliation in the Statement of Interest (SOI),
>    in treatment of others and respecting the professional reputation of all in
>    the ICANN community.
>
>
>
> All Members and Participants are required to commit from the outset of the
> work effort to a Statement of Participation as outlined in Annex A. In
> addition, all Members, Participants, and Liaisons must complete and
> maintain an up-to-date Statement of Interest on the GNSO wiki.
>
>
>
> **
>
>
>
> Kind  regards,
>
> At-Large staff
>
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>
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