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<div>Dear members,</div><div><br></div>Like I mentioned in our May NCSG policy call, the GNSO Council initiated an expedited policy development process (EPDP) on the Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and subsequently adopted the related EPDP Team Charter during its 20 May 2021 meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>The charter of the EPDP requires us to appoint <u><b>up to 3 members</b></u> to the EPDP. As a result, this is a call to members interested in
Internationalized Domain Names to please apply to represent NCSG in this policy development process.<br></div><div><div><br>Your
application should include all relevant details to demonstrate your knowledge in IDNs, the GNSO policy development process and any other relevant
information for the NCSG Policy Committee’s consideration. Please also consider
the below criteria which the GNSO Council considers to be important and a MUST for the group members to possess collectively:<br><div><br></div><div><ul><li>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 of the GNSO Council IDN Scoping Team Final Report; direct experiences in ICANN’s IDN policy efforts is strongly preferred;</li><li>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;</li><li>Technical knowledge of registry/registrar services and domain name life cycle as they relate to IDNs;</li><li>Familiarity with GNSO policy development processes; direct experience is strongly preferred;</li><li>Commitment to participating in EPDP Team meetings on a regular and ongoing basis;</li><li>Highly effective oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills (in simple, comprehensible English);</li><li>Ability to create factual, relevant and easily understandable messages, and able to succinctly deliver them to the EPDP Team;</li><li>Research skills with the ability to discern factual, factually relevant, and persuasive details and sources;</li><li>Commitment to manage a diverse workload, while collaborating with a team of individuals with different backgrounds and interests in driving objectives;</li><li>Knowledge of EPDP Team discussions, actions taken at meetings, and deliverables;</li><li>Understanding of the perspectives and interests of the Members’ own stakeholder group or constituency;</li><li>Understanding of what consensus means and how consensus-building process works;</li><li>Commitment to facilitate consensus by listening, explaining, mediating, proposing clear actions, and helping other Members;</li><li>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;</li><li>Commitment to avoid re-litigating closed issues or deliberate obfuscation;</li><li>Commitment to review the Consensus Playbook and attend potential training related to the Playbook, facilitate consensus building by employing the tools and techniques as detailed in the playbook;</li><li>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.</li></ul></div><div></div><div><br></div><div>Members interested in volunteering for this PDP should please send their application to the Chair of the NCSG Policy Committee (<a href="mailto:mesumbeslin@gmail.com" target="_blank">mesumbeslin@gmail.com</a>), copy (<a href="mailto:bruna.mrtns@gmail.com" target="_blank">bruna.mrtns@gmail.com</a>) and (<a href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org" target="_blank">maryam.bakoshi@icann.org</a>) by 14th June 2021.</div>
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