Regional Initiative in the New gTLD Process

["Choon Sai LIM (IDA)" <LIM_Choon_Sai@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We write in support of the comments from Edmon Chung, Baasansuren Burmaa, Kenny 
Huang and Hiro Hotta.



The current version of the Applicant Guidebook (Module 2 Para 2.2.1.4.2) states 
that an applicant for a regional TLD needs to garner documentation of support 
from at least 60% of the respective national governments in the region.



We are of the view that an arbitrary figure of 60% is not practical nor 
feasible for implementation as:

i)    Most government agencies and/or statutory boards need to maintain

impartiality and will find it difficult to provide a written statement of 
support to a private commercial entity in such a situation, even if these 
governments agencies and/or statutory boards in essence do not object to the 
application.

ii)   One region may be home to numerous different languages and cultures,

with one country's official language differing from another's. It is unfair and 
inappropriate to ask for a government to support an application for a language 
that is not analogous to its own official language.





LIM Choon Sai

SGNIC