[IDN-WG] response on VIP Project plan
Edmon Chung
edmon at registry.asia
Sat Mar 10 20:23:00 UTC 2012
Hi Everyone,
Here is a very brief skeleton for discussion of our response to the VIP Project Plan (http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/idn-vip-proposed-project-plan-20feb12-en.pdf):
1. General ALAC Position
- reiterate our support for IDN and IDN Variants
- reiterate IDN's importance on multilingualism, etc.
- reiterate our concerns for continued delay on the implementation of IDN Variant TLDs
- ...
2. Budget & Process
- Previous ALAC comment from FY13 https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/31166974/ALAC+Statement+on+the+Framework+for+the+FY+13+Budget.pdf?version=2&modificationDate=1331327978359
- transparency of process for which the budget for VIP was developed
- explanation on consultants vs. volunteers (was the original VIP results not satisfactory?)
- ...
3. ALAC Concerns
- lack of clarity or clear need on some projects (project 3)
- theoretic/grandiose approach (projects 1&2) versus practical implementation (spirit of the Internet)
- need to better distinguish issues not specific to IDN Variant TLDs (project 4)
- out of scope for ICANN (project 5)
- cart before the horse (project 6)
4. ALAC Advice
- concentrate efforts to implement IDN Variant TLDs for communities who are ready
- leverage already available expertise and experience from the community
- direct funding to other IDN communities to support the bottom-up development of IDN policies from the language community
- refocus on ICANN Scope (projects 7 & 8)
- ...
Feel free to start the discussion on this mailing list and we will continue at our meeting on Monday (http://costarica43.icann.org/node/29525)
Edmon
PS. If it is agreeable, would also like to invite the VIP team to our discussion
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