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Multilingual Internet Names Consortium -Secretariat Report-. Ranie Lee MINC Secretariat. Brief History. Root Idea from iDNS project: APNG,1998 preMINC meetings in APRICOT 2000 Launch in Seoul: 2000, Jun. Inaugural Board: 2000, Sep. 2001 May : MINC Inc. MINC People.
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Multilingual Internet Names Consortium-Secretariat Report- Ranie Lee MINC Secretariat
Brief History • Root Idea from iDNS project: APNG,1998 • preMINC meetings in APRICOT 2000 • Launch in Seoul: 2000, Jun. • Inaugural Board: 2000, Sep. • 2001 May : MINC Inc.
MINC People • Over 300 free individual members • 18 paid organisational members • four associate members • fourteen small/ medium/ large members • MINC Board members • The Secretariat
Mission • Facilitating Multilingualisation of Internet Names • Internationalisation of Internet Names Standards and Protocols • Realization of Real World Wide Web
Implementation • Awareness Raising Activities • Encouraging Discussion and Research on Multilingual Internet Names • Providing Cross-Country/Culture Communication and Cooperation • Watchdogging the Standardisation Process of Internet Domain Names
Major Focus of MINC Activities • Promotional Workshops/ Meetings • Coordination and Liaison with Other Bodies • Interoperability Testing WG Activities • Keyword WG Activities • Supporting Each Language Group Activities
Recent Workshops/Meetings • 2001.March:Melbourne Workshop • 2001.June :ISOC-MINC Joint Workshop • Stockholm, Sweden • 2001.August: London Meeting • Informal Keyword WG meeting • Coordination Meeting with Other Groups
Cooperation with Other Group • Presentation in China Internet Conference • July 11 Beijing, China • Urdu Internet Names System • July 28 Islamabad, Pakistan • Cairo AINC Meeting(invited) • September 17-18
Coordination with Other Group • MINC-IETF • Mutual coordination for the MINC meetings during IETF meetings • MINC-ISOC • two days’ Joint Workshop • MINC-ITU • Geneva, Dec. 6, 7 • Country Visit
S H Kyong : Chair Peter Batchelor Shigeki Goto Richard Lindsay David Conrad Tom Newell Kenny Huang Douglas Hawkins YJ Park 2000/2001 MINC Board
David Conrad Tom Newell Shigeki Goto Nicolas Popp Douglas Hawkins Nii Quaynor Dongman Lee Charles Shaban Richard Lindsay Tinwee Tan 2001/2002 Board Members CEO
Revenue Report • Membership Fee Revenue • First Round FY : USD 169,000 • 4 Associate • 1 Large, 5 Medium, 8 Small • Second Round FY(July 2001 – Present) : USD 31,000 • from Membership Renewal • 1 Associate, 1 Medium, 3 Small
Revenue Report • New Members Committed to Join • NEW.NET as a Small Member • RIIS as a Small Member
MINC Monthly Newsletter • Inaugural Issue : August 15 • Communication Channel Between MINC and Members
Website Redesign • By the Beginning of September: 70% complete • By the End of September: Complete • For two months afterward: Refining
Events Scheduled • Inauguration of Newly elected MINC Board Members • Montevideo, September [TBD] • LA meeting (Board Meeting & Workshop) • November 16-17, ISOC-MINC Joint Workshop • Salt Lake WG Meeting during 52th IETF Meeting in December 2001
Secretariat Update • Incorporation in May 2001 • Seoul Office Open : June 26th 2001 • New Staff in Secretariat: • Ranie Lee, From July 1st 2001
Issues and Proposals • Long Distance Communication • Time Difference • Email Delay • Miscommunication • Unestablished Organisational Procedure