Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Draft replacement proposal for bundling

[Evan Leibovitch <evan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andrew,

If this proposal is to offer a discount to everyone, doesn't it really fall
outside the scope of this WG? Aren't we here to develop criteria to
determine who may qualify for *special* consideration, and then determine
what that consideration should be?

If there's a proposal that offers (for lack in my mind of a more delicate
term) a "bulk discount" on the same string being offered in multiple IDN
scripts, and offers it to everyone, is it really a part of our mandate in
this WG? Andrew, you and I have privately debated this particular point
before and I don't know if it significantly changes in the current wording.

The suggestion has plenty of merit, but I'm concerned that including it in
our scope blurs the primary message that some applicants are more
disadvantaged than others. Your proposal broadens the playing field but
doesn't do anything to balance it. IMO.

- Evan


On 12 September 2010 13:45, Andrew Mack <amack@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Avri,
>
> Happy to do my best to clarify.
>
> Yes, our recommendation (Richard, mine, but I think it fits with
> conversations I've had with Alex, Tijani, Carlos and others) was to leave
> this discount open to anyone, as our goal is to get the scripts out there --
> a potential benefit to all script users -- while avoiding incentives for
> gaming.
>