Milton, I read with interest your blog “ccTLDs and multinational names”. I too am alarmed at the fast track pace ICANN seems poised to give to ccTLDs for their IDN equivalent(s). I cannot argue with your logic or arguments, save in one paragraph: "Should the registry for .org get a free gift of the equivalent of the term "organization" in Cyrillic or Chinese?” I would argue “Yes”!! There are very good reasons for letting all gTLD registries have equivalent names in other scripts. We like other gTLDs will rightfully argue that handing out IDNs to new and un-established registries will neither help security and stability, nor will it ameliorate consumer confusion which will happen when multiple registries run the “same” TLD depending on where you are. BUT please remember we (.org) are hardly a monopoly. We have a little over 6 million domain names globally, hardly the stuff of monopolies when you consider the domain market is over140 million names. Furthermore, we are a Not-For-Profit with correspondingly different aims than a publicly traded corporation such as VeriSign. And lastly, as you yourself mention, it will cost us a lot of money to apply for, defend and then (assuming it all works out) establish and service the IDN TLDs properly. The ratio of cost to revenue to an organization such as .org is vastly greater than say to a corporation such as VeriSign. For these reasons, if for nothing else, .org deserves to be considered as a stand alone. Alexa Raad CEO .org Registry