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

[Lee W McKnight]

Hi,

If I may, I suggest in the IGC letter we recommend:

1) Open and transparent decision-making

2) IF initial ICANN staff/committee review finds that there may be a risk of 'significant confusion' between strings

3) THEN: polls in both possibly affected linguistic communities/nations  are to be undertaken, to validate, or not, the 'experts' concern, before any action is recommended or taken.

Lee





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From: governance at lists.cpsr.org [governance at lists.cpsr.org] on behalf of Carlos A. Afonso [ca at cafonso.ca]
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 7:49 AM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Ian Peter
Cc: Avri Doria
Subject: Re: [governance] Is really Bulgarian Cyrillic .бг (.bg) similar to other Latin ccTLDs?

If we had a concrete proposal which takes the discussion away from the
case-by-case situations and establishes clear rules, instead of just
asking them to work it out by themselves, would be much better...

--c.a.

On 11/05/2011 02:07 AM, Ian Peter wrote:
> Avri wrote:
>
>> Well there is a new Board now, with a new chair.
>> All they need to do is recognize the mistake and tell the staff to fix it.
>> Takes a little courage, but a lot of people on that Board have courage.
>
> Perhaps a carefully drafted letter from this Caucus would be useful in this
> regard?
>
>
>
>
>> From: Avri Doria <avri at psg.com>
>> Reply-To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>, Avri Doria <avri at psg.com>
>> Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 21:58:57 -0400
>> To: IGC <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
>> Subject: Re: [governance] Is really Bulgarian Cyrillic .бг (.bg) similar to
>> other Latin ccTLDs?
>>
>> Well there is a new Board now, with a new chair.
>> All they need to do is recognize the mistake and tell the staff to fix it.
>> Takes a little courage, but a lot of people on that Board have courage.
>>
>> avri
>>
>> On 4 Nov 2011, at 03:16, Daniel Kalchev wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 03.11.11 18:31, Paul Lehto wrote:
>>>> It would seem that there either is, or should be, a process to "call the
>>>> question" as they say in parliamentary procedure.  If not, a motion can be
>>>> made for a decision, or a letter sent citing undue delay and calling for a
>>>> decision (with or without additional clarifying expertise appended to it). A
>>>> person familiar with whatever exists in terms of procedure can recommend the
>>>> best format or vehicle for forcing a decision.
>>>>
>>>
>>> There is no formal process to question the outcome of the IDN Fast Track
>>> applications. By definition, the only possible communication is between ICANN
>>> "staff" (whatever that means) and the original applicant. Ironically, even
>>> that country's Government does not have formal way to communicate with ICANN
>>> on the matter.
>>>
>>> Nevertheless, we are exploring every available possibility for some 18 months
>>> now, to understand why this situation continues to persist. ICANN staff are
>>> very wary of any such discussions and I perfectly understand their position.
>>> More so, that the principal that handled this case, Tina Dam, is no longer
>>> with ICANN.
>>> My understanding is that ICANN now recognizes they made a mistake. But they
>>> not only made the mistake to accept blindli this "expert opinion". They also
>>> made the mistake to make several statements already to the effect that "this
>>> is it, accept it or go away". Therefore, the problem at the moment is how
>>> ICANN admits their mistake and how they go out of the rising political
>>> problem.
>>> I have made many proposals on how to address this, but this has been slow
>>> process.. Nobody has given up anyway and it now seems inevitable things will
>>> go on a more global and more politicized forums.
>>>
>>> Daniel
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