If we take the narrowest gloss on our mandate, things simplify enormously. Basically, we have two broad cases:Case 1) those who have already registered an ASCII gTLD, and wish to also have the same letters but with one or more diacritics added,Case 2) those who do not currently have an ASCII gTLD. For Case 1), simply say that they can have one (1) additional gTLD (at no charge), provided it uses exactly the same Latin letters, albeit with some diacritics. Doesn't matter what the diacritics are. Doesn't matter whether the diacritic version has ever been used in a known language (and who has time to research that anyway?). But you only get one diacritic version. So choose carefully. For Case 2) we break it down a bit. -- If an applicant wants both an ASCII version and a diacritic version, and nobody else is applying for a gTLD with diacritics which would have the same ASCII version, treat this the same as Case 1). -- If two applicants want to register diacritic versions which reduce to the same ASCII version, neither gets it. With the caveat that, if the two diacritic gTLDs are variants of each other, whoever wins out to register theirs can also get the ASCII version. Perhaps there are other cases that we need to consider. But those are the major ones I can see. Bill Jouris On Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 03:11:29 PM PST, Mark W. Datysgeld via Gnso-latin-diacritics <gnso-latin-diacritics@icann.org> wrote: It's good that we are being able to get some initial thoughts in on the list, so that the conversation from our upcoming initial meeting can be more focused. At least to me, it's helpful to understand where the other members are before we carry out the general consultation. Best, On 24 Feb 2025 16:46, Saewon Lee via Gnso-latin-diacritics wrote: #yiv0189681968 filtered {}#yiv0189681968 filtered {}#yiv0189681968 filtered {}#yiv0189681968 p.yiv0189681968MsoNormal, #yiv0189681968 li.yiv0189681968MsoNormal, #yiv0189681968 div.yiv0189681968MsoNormal {margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos", sans-serif;}#yiv0189681968 a:link, #yiv0189681968 span.yiv0189681968MsoHyperlink {color:#467886;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv0189681968 .yiv0189681968MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;}#yiv0189681968 div.yiv0189681968WordSection1 {} Dear LSD PDP WG, In accordance with the GNSO’s PDP requirements, the first step of the process after the WG is formed is to seek an input from each Supporting Organization, Advisory Committee, and GNSO’s Stakeholder Group/Constituency on the topics within the WG Charter. As we prepare for the Kick-off meeting, please share any concerns/suggested edits through sidebar comments within the google doc. by Wednesday, 05 March, at 23:59 UTC. Any substantive concerns/comments will be addressed during Kick-off (08 March). Subsequently, the finalized message will be sent out to SO/AC/SG/Cs by mid-end of March. Kind regards, Saewon Saewon Lee Policy Development Support Manager for GNSO Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Mobile: +1 (310) 463-5541 Email: saewon.lee@icann.org Skype: saewon.lee.icann Website: www.icann.org _______________________________________________ Gnso-latin-diacritics mailing list -- gnso-latin-diacritics@icann.org To unsubscribe send an email to gnso-latin-diacritics-leave@icann.org -- Mark W. Datysgeld Director at Governance Primer [governanceprimer.com] Project Lead Developer at ICANNWiki [icannwiki.org] _______________________________________________ Gnso-latin-diacritics mailing list -- gnso-latin-diacritics@icann.org To unsubscribe send an email to gnso-latin-diacritics-leave@icann.org