<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Dear Colleagues, <br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The Task Force on Arabic Script IDNs (TF-AIDN) is requesting feedback on the Arabic Script Generation Panel Proposal for the Root Zone (<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="line-height:1.42857"><span style="line-height:1.42857"><a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/43976436/Arabic%20Script%20Generation%20Panel%20Document.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1390426534000&api=v2">Proposal for Generation Panel for Arabic Script Label Generation Ruleset for the Root Zone</a></span></span><span style="line-height:1.42857"><strong></strong></span></span>). Please send comments to<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="line-height:1.42857"> </span><span style="line-height:1.42857"><a href="mailto:ArabicGP@icann.org" class="" rel="nofollow">ArabicGP@icann.org</a></span><span style="line-height:1.42857"> by 12 February 2014. <br>
<br></span></span>The Task Force invites comments on the proposal and
welcomes new members. Interested parties can apply to join the Task
Force by emailing a CV and Statement of Interest to
<a href="mailto:tf-aidn-admin@meswg.org">tf-aidn-admin@meswg.org</a>.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>Heads-Up: The At-Large IDN Working Group Meeting in March 2014 (during ICANN's 49th Public Meeting in Singapore) will include an update and discussion with the Task Force (and possibly other Generation Panels) and will also touch on the topic of universal acceptance of IDNs. <br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><u>Brief Background</u><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The Arabic script is used for writing a diverse set of languages spoken across the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, West Asia and East Asia. The languages include Arabic, Malay, Pashto, Persian, Punjabi, Sindhi, Seraiki, Torwa and Urdu.<br>
The Task Force was established as a response to ICANN's call for interested language communities to form Generation Panels that work on developing proposals on Label Generation Rules (LGR) for the Root Zone pertaining to specific scripts. <br>
The status of ICANN's Root Zone Label Generation Rules Project can be
found here:
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/croscomlgrprocedure/Project+Status+Updates">https://community.icann.org/display/croscomlgrprocedure/Project+Status+Updates</a>. <br>Other language communities currently working on forming Generation Panels include the Han script community (Chinese, Japanese, Korean), Neo-Brahmi and Cyrillic. <br>
</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Best regards,<br><br>Rinalia Abdul Rahim<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">
Vice Chair, ICANN At-Large IDN Working Group <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Executive Council Member, ISOC Malaysia Chapter<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br><br>
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