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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Shiva wrote:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><BR>I wish to request a summary from IETF
for the purpose of reporting to ALAC and to the at-Large structures through
the RALOs about the status of completion of technical tasks related to IDN
implementation. IETF has done exhaustive work in this area and at-Large has
been informed about the recent internet drafts <A
href="https://st.icann.org/idn-policy/index.cgi?at_large_idn_policy">https://st.icann.org/idn-policy/index.cgi?at_large_idn_policy</A><BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Could I just emphasize Shiva's point and urge for
some kind of summary to be drafted if possible ? Apart from a select number of
people at ICANN who follow the IETF process first-hand, very few are aware of
the great progress that has been made. In the last ICANN Sydney conference,
questions were asked at the GNSO but also at the GAC and nobody had
authoritative answers. The response was more among the lines of "we'll put
together a working group to find that out" rather than a direct pointer to a
document. Time consuming, but also frustrating, to say the least...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Is this something that's workable?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Kind regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Olivier</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>(ISOC England, but also EURALO Board :-)
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>-- <BR>Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD<BR><A
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