[governance] Is really Bulgarian Cyrillic .?? (.bg) similar to other Latin ccTLDs?

[Daniel Kalchev]

On Nov 5, 2011, at 11:55 AM, CW Mail wrote:

> Good morning:
> 
> Although the broad outline of this issue is by now fairly clear, before writing a IGC letter, someone would have to do some fairly thorough research to ascertain the actual scope of the problem, particularly among the ccTLD "Fast Track" IDN domains. Also, since the principals are governments, some may welcome such support; others may feel that they can look after themselves …
> 

This research is certainly necessary, but not strictly required: as far as I understand, the idea is to express the concern that the case was not dealt with properly. There are enough opinions voiced to support this -- and no satisfactory response on part of ICANN. This applies to both the Bulgarian and the Greek cases, especially because the Geek case happened a year after that of Bulgaria -- but had very similar treatment.

On the topic of government involvement: strictly speaking the IDN Fast Track process does not require in any way Government participation in the application as such. The Government is requested to express support for the proposed TLD string and to ascertain that the language and script are official in that particular country. In some circumstances (documented in the Fast Track Implementation Plan), even this is not necessary if the 'proof' is readily available in international databases.

In the Bulgarian case, I believe the Government decided to get involved, because of several factors: first, they were told they have to 'control this', second, they were a brand new government, just after successful elections and determined to clean up bad legacy from previous governments -- I could suspect they just did not trust anyone at that time, third, I believe they underestimated the seriousness of such application and the necessary expertise and knowledge of the process -- and as we now know, the numerous traps and pitfalls that were buried in the IDN Fast Track process.

Back then in 2009 we suggested to our Government that they should charge another party, either the BG registry or someone else with the application task. That, besides access to better expertise, would let them in an case of dispute between the applicant and ICANN -- to use their weight as the country's Government to intervene and have the application taken more seriously by ICANN.

We have gone trough various stages with our Government, including "we will do this all alone" -- but the current thinking is, that any help is welcome. I will know more in few days, as we have changes in that part of the Government, new people to work with and possibly they have some new ideas.


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