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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear Neo-Brahmi GP members, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The Bangla LGR proposal has been published for <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/lgr-proposal-bangla-script-2020-03-02-en">Public Comment</a>. Thank you all for the hard work to make this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>May we request you to share the announcement with others relevant, a public comment process with wide community participation is an important part of the LGR development process.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thank you for supporting and enabling multi-lingual internet for all. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Pitinan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;background:white'><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;border:none;padding:0in'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Proposal for Bangla Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules<o:p></o:p></span></h1></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=750 style='width:562.5pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-spacing: 0px;margin:1rem auto 15px;min-height: 0.01%'><tr style='box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)'><td valign=top style='border:solid black 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Open Date:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid black 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>2 March 2020</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid black 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Close Date:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid black 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>23 April 2020</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)'><td valign=top style='border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#ECF0F1;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Originating Organization:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td><td colspan=3 valign=top style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;background:#ECF0F1;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Global Domains Division</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)'><td valign=top style='border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Categories/Tags:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td><td colspan=3 valign=top style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Top-Level Domains</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)'><td valign=top style='border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#ECF0F1;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Brief Overview:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td><td colspan=3 valign=top style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;background:#ECF0F1;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>The Neo-Brahmi Script Generation Panel (NBGP) was formed by nine communities that use scripts derived from the Brahmi script. The NBGP is developing Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) for Bangla, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Tamil and Telugu scripts. Of these, eight script LGRs have been finalized and integrated into the Root Zone LGR version 3 (<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/root-zone-lgr-2015-06-21-en"><span style='color:#0098D5'>RZ-LGR-3</span></a>). The remaining Bangla script LGR has now been developed (<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposal-bengali-lgr-02mar20-en.xml"><span style='color:#0098D5'>proposal</span></a> and <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposal-bangla-lgr-02mar20-en.pdf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>supporting document</span></a>). As per the <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>LGR procedure</span></a>, the Bangla script proposal is being posted for Public Comment to allow those who have not participated in the NBGP to make their views known. Based on feedback received, the NBGP will finalize the proposal for its evaluation and integration into the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone.</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)'><td valign=top style='border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Link:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td><td colspan=3 valign=top style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.75rem'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/lgr-proposal-bangla-script-2020-03-02-en"><span style='color:#0098D5'>https://www.icann.org/public-comments/lgr-proposal-bangla-script-2020-03-02-en</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>