Sirs, i would like to comment on the Draft Middle East and Adjoining Countries Strategy document section 5.2 domain name market place metrics should include: 1- the metrics should reflect the number of domain names registered in the Middle East 2- the metrics should reflect the number of IDN Arabic domains names registered globally 3- the metrics should reflect the number of IDN Arabic domain names registered in the Middle East 4- the metrics should reflect the number of domain names disputes in the middle east 5- the metrics should reflect the number of IDN Arabic TLDs in the first and second round. Section 5.3 ICANNs roles metrics section should include 1- evaluation of social media comments and press comments on ICANNs role. This is key as the current impression of icann role should be monitored and improved regularly . 2- comments on ICANNs and press releases related to ICANN coming out from Telecom regulatory authorities and government bodies -- --------------------------- Wael Nasr SVP - TLDVIilla LLC http://icannwiki.com/Wael_Nasr http://www.linkedin.com/in/nasrwael US Office : +1 209 682 5144. Bahrain mobile :+973 393 16891