Hi Amr,
These are very good comments, very timely and very we important for
NCSG to submit. 

I agree completely with the cost issue. Who pays? The IP and LE
probably won't, so it might be worth bolstering the argument of the
the cost to Registrars. Here we finally have the promise of IDNs
coming to fruition, and hopefully many new Registrars coming online in
Africa and other regions who need them. To burden these new Registrars
with additional cost (of translation or transliteration) seems not
only burdensome and potentially quite destructive?  Won't it be
anticompetitive - to burden Registrars working with IDNs with higher
operating costs then English-oriented Registrars?

Best and tx!
Kathy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Amr Elsadr" 
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Sent:Wed, 5 Mar 2014 16:32:09 +0100
Subject:[NCSG-Discuss] NCSG Response to the Translation &
Transliteration of Contact Information PDP WG

 Hi,

 Here is yet another PDP WG requiring feedback from the ICANN
community on its charter questions. This one is the translation and
transliteration of contact information PDP WG. We have a relatively
large number of NCSG members on this WG, so I hope to get some
feedback on the responses I’ve provided.

 We have a relatively large number of NCSG members on this working
group. I find that appropriate considering the globally distributed
nature of the NCSG membership. This PDP should should especially be
one of importance to registrants coming from countries where the
language used is not based on Latin script, but it is still one of
importance to all registrants.

 I am personally not a fan of this PDP going through to becoming
policy, and haven’t been since first joining the charter drafting
team, but I am under the impression that there may be opinions in the
NCSG opposed to mine. To what extent this is true, I can’t be sure.
However, if there are, I’d be especially grateful to hear them now.

 Thanks.

 Amr