<div dir="auto"><div>I'm fine with this comment. </div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#000000">Caleb Ogundele</font></b><div><font color="#000000">Email: <a href="mailto:muyiwacaleb@gmail.com" target="_blank">muyiwacaleb@gmail.com</a></font></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 10:36 AM Tapani Tarvainen via NCSG-PC <<a href="mailto:ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is">ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Looks good to me. I would like to suggest one minor change:<br>
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in III 2., after "particularly those from the Global South"<br>
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add " and speakers of small minority languages".<br>
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Not critical, I would support it either way, but I'm hoping<br>
to get some Sámi people interested...<br>
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Tapani<br>
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On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 10:23:11AM -0500, farzaneh badii via NCSG-PC (<a href="mailto:ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is</a>) wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Here is what our penholders have drafted:<br>
> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hxr_WoU0tidEu6dgdZ0mbcgwEVrsIcYHud9ZgfeXui0/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hxr_WoU0tidEu6dgdZ0mbcgwEVrsIcYHud9ZgfeXui0/edit?usp=sharing</a><br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Submitting it in a few hours.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Farzaneh<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 12:32 AM farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> > Hi<br>
> ><br>
> > We are late but we have drafted a one paragraph which we need to submit<br>
> > tomorrow in response to a call for public comment on spec 14.<br>
> > Yao has come up with an excellent system for NPOC which we can use.(have<br>
> > to check with him)<br>
> > If you have other comments let me know.<br>
> ><br>
> > Specification 14 - Variant TLDs: Registrant Choice and Bundling Concerns<br>
> > NCSG is concerned that Section 2.15’s mandatory bundling of variant<br>
> > second-level domain names across TLD Sets inadequately considers registrant<br>
> > autonomy in multilingual contexts. While we understand the technical<br>
> > rationale for preventing confusion through unified allocation, requiring<br>
> > that “all second-level domain names, and any allocatable variants thereof,<br>
> > under the TLD Set is either allocated to the same registrant, or else<br>
> > withheld for possible allocation only to that registrant” creates a forced<br>
> > bundling mechanism that could increase costs and reduce flexibility for<br>
> > community organizations, civil society groups, and individual registrants<br>
> > operating across multiple scripts and languages. This is particularly<br>
> > problematic for communities where different organizations may legitimately<br>
> > represent the same concept or entity in different linguistic or cultural<br>
> > contexts. We recommend that ICANN develop clearer guidance on how<br>
> > registrants can decline variant bundles they do not need, ensure pricing<br>
> > structures do not penalize those required to hold variants they have no use<br>
> > for, and consider whether exceptions should be available for demonstrated<br>
> > community need where different parties have legitimate claims to variants<br>
> > in different scripts. The specification should explicitly preserve<br>
> > registrant choice rather than defaulting to mandatory acquisition models<br>
> > that primarily serve registry operator administrative<br>
> > convenience.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Farzaneh<br>
> ><br>
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