On 12/6/07, Danny Younger <dannyyounger@yahoo.com> wrote:
ALAC Statement:
"Given that non-ASCII users have been waiting too long
for IDN deployment, it is suggested to adopt a
fast-track experimental solution in the short term.
Under this short-term solution, the Internet community
in each ccTLD territory may choose only one IDN script
for deployment."
Here's a question for you: "why are non-ASCII users
"entitled" to 250 new ccTLDs but are not "entitled" to
any IDN gTLDs?" Has the ALAC deliberately chosen to
discriminate against the gTLD registry community?
The statement you quoted was made on IDN ccTLD issues only according to the request from the Board. ALAC's comments on IDN gTLDs may be reflected in overall comments on the gTLD process.
To talk about discrimination, it is discriminative to force non-English speakers to discuss IDNs in English. For those ASCII users, it is, of course, difficult to understand the urgency and necessity to implement the IDNs. We all know who the IDN audience is.
In the gTLD registry Statement (6 June 2007) it was
noted that "There is strong possibility of significant
impact on gTLD registries if IDN versions of existing
ASCII gTLDs are introduced by registries different
than the ASCII gTLD registries. Not only could there
be user confusion in both email and web applications,
but dispute resolution processes could be greatly
complicated."
http://www.gtldregistries.org/news/2007/2007-06-07-01.pdf
Did anyone in the ALAC even discuss this
consideration?
Did you know Chunk has recently set up an IDN WG in gNSO and it is right time for ALAC to comment on this, rather than blaming anyone?
I am rapidly reaching the view that the ALAC hasn't
fully considered the implications of their Statement,
that the ALAC hasn't taken the time to fully examine
the issue, and that "unanimous statements" issued by
this body are no more than idle pontifications bereft
of any substantive consideration.
Other bodies will spend months and years examining a
particular issue. The ALAC, on the other hand, always
seems to be in a rush to churn out a Statement after
having received no more than a handful of comments
over a very short time frame. You need to find a more
considered way to arrive at recommendations.
The comments are very creative. ALAC's timely submission of the comments is now deemed a problem. We had so many rounds of public consultations and opened so many channels for the IDN users to participate. I cannot accept that it is completed "in a rush".