Depends on how you define "possible". If there was a strong will to do it, it would probably be possible. But given that: - this was not a GNSO recommendation nor has it been raised in other venues that I am aware of; - that the current plan/estimate is that we call for proposals by October 2008; - that staff are no doubt running as fast as they can to meet that deadline, I find it hard to imagine that there is any possibility that this could happen short of a strong Board directive to make it so. And even then, it is not clear how much faster it will be than the generalized process. Alan At 06/04/2008 09:09 PM, Hong Xue wrote:
I'd like to know if a fast-track IDN gTLD implementation could be possible. It could only include a few scripts from the language communities with the most pressing need for IDNs.
Hong
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 12:22 AM, Wendy Seltzer <wendy@seltzer.com> wrote:
Hi Alan,
Will you be participating in the GNSO's new gTLD session in LA next week? <http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04906.html>
Do you have the information you need from ALAC, including, I hope, our strong endorsement of a simple, rapid process to unblock the addition of new gTLDs?
Thanks, --Wendy
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