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
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[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