Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Re: On "bundling" (was: comment on the Andruff Bundling Letter)

[Alain Berranger <alain.berranger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Colleagues, I agree and would add that it would be highly desirable
that an "outsider" language recovery and/or language preservation consultant
or institution have some degree of formal support from within the language
community (ies)...

Alain

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Andrew Mack <amack@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Eric,
> Thanks for a helpful contribution.  I think some rules may be useful.  My
> concern is that the language preservation/recovery function does not need to
> be performed only/strictly by a "language recovery or language preservation
> institution".
>
> Three reasons why come to mind:
>
> 1) because there may not always be such a specifically chartered
> institution in all places where it could be useful, or that institution may
> not have the capacity to get the job done
>
> 2) because the kinds of institutions that might be tasked with this
> responsibility (e.g. government or academic institutions) may be politically
> captured -- here I'm thinking about the existing divisions in the Amharic
> diaspora community that is about 100% at odds with the government of
> Ethiopia
>
> 3) because I see some real value in having more than one group involved in
> language preservation, as this may actually get more of the outcome we want
> -- to your point about serving both the diaspora and in-country voices,
> which often have different needs and interests, and in the recognition that
> even in language preservation, language/ethnic communities often don't agree
> on what to do.
>
> Cheers, Andrew
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:36 AM, <ebw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> Tijani,
>>
>> I plan to speak with Ron Andruff today to see what he and I can agree on
>> that
>> will meet our mutual goals of lowering the barrier for applications for
>> labels
>> intended to serve users of minority languages which must have a string in
>> Latin script and a string in a non-Latin script, and meet our mutual
>> concern
>> that incumbent operators, and others, will attempt to reduce their cost of
>> market entry by any means, which may includ exploiting assistance offered
>> to meet regional, economic, jurisdictional and cultural diversity goals.
>>
>> I think a "rule" that may be useful is if the non-Latin script is the
>> subject
>> of a language recovery or language preservation effort or similar, and the
>> application is made by a language recovery or preservation institution,
>> and
>> the use of the Latin script label space is subject to periodic review to
>> measure the correlation between the labels in the non-Latin script of the
>> language subject to the recovery or preservation program, and where there
>> is
>> little correlation, the two gTLDs are subject to retroactive
>> reconsideration
>> of any assistance received.
>>
>> Example 1: Cherokee Language Recovery, Latin and Cherokee Syllabics
>>
>> Example 2: Cree, etc., Language Preservation,  Latin and Unified Canadian
>> Aboriginal Syllabics (UCAS)
>>
>> Examples 3/4/... : Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, etc., Languages Preservation in
>> the
>> Diaspora, Latin and Arabic scripts
>>
>> I don't intend this as a distraction from JAS work, and my next activity
>> for
>> the day is redlining the MR3 draft, but if you or anyone else who is a JAS
>> contributor, or observer, can suggest example cases to test the ideas of
>> public service, and exploit limiting, please write me a note.
>>
>> Eric
>>
>
>
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