IDN Committee  
 
Whereas, the ICANN Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Committee has
completed work on a set of policy papers relating to the potential
introduction of non-ASCII characters to the DNS, including most
recently its discussion papers on Non-ASCII Top- Level Domain Policy
Issues and Registry Selection Considerations for Non-ASCII Top-
Level Domains; 
 
Whereas the IDN Committee has submitted to the Board a Final Report
on its activities, meeting its anticipated deadline of 30 June 2002;

 
Whereas the IDN Committee's documents have generated and benefited
from significant substantive feedback from various interested
organizations, experts, and users; 
 
Whereas the Board has begun consideration of the substance and
implications of the IDN Committee's papers and final report, but is
not yet prepared to determine its next steps in this area; 
 
It is: 
            
Resolved [__.02] that the Board conveys its sincere thanks to the
members of the ICANN IDN Committee for their diligent work and
valuable contributions: Masanobu Katoh (Chair), Mouhamet Diop,
Patrik Fältström, Qiheng Hu, John Klensin, Sang-Hyon Kyong, Stuart
Lynn, Elisabeth Porteneuve, Mohd Sharil Tarmizi, and Vincent
Wen-Sung Chen, and 
 
Resolved [__.02] that the Board asks the members of the IDN
Committee to delay the Committee's formal termination until the
conclusion of the October ICANN meeting in Shanghai, so that the
committee can continue to monitor developments in the IETF, review
further community feedback on its discussion papers and Final
Report, and be available to advise the Board as needed in the area
of internationalized domain names.