No wonder people did not attend. Only after I read the message twice in
the three languages was that I realized that the activity had something
to do with multilingualism on the Internet.
Still don't know if IDN stands for International Domain Names and is
only about url's with special characters or goes beyond that - I guess
I'll find out on my own when I go on-line...
Often we get so lost in our technicalities that assume everyone
understands what we are talking about and forget to explain in plain
words -not acronyms- what it is and its relevance.
We are all quite busy all the time and it is good courtesy to properly
inform the people you are addressing on the topic you are referring to,
preferably in the first few lines, rather than just complain.

I don't mean to be nasty or make fun, but look at the subject line:
"CARDICIS: MP3 of Users Forum on IDNs"
Out of 5 words, 3 are acronyms...

The first 2 sentences are of no help either...
The ALAC Users Forum on IDNs... huh, Association of Liberals and
Communists? ;-)
"very little input on IDNs from the LAC region"... continue the acronyms...

I felt I was being reprimanded for something I didn't even have a clue
what it was about...

Of course, I'm writing this from a crappy hotel in Kingston with no
wireless Internet access (hence the "crappy" label, regardless the
quality of the service and the huge room I'm in).
I guess if I had been on-line, I would have had googled IDN and would
have quickly replied that I was so sorry I missed the forum and promised
to participate in the future...
;-)

Cheers...

Jacqueline Morris wrote:
> -----------> ENGLISH (ORIGINAL MESSAGE)
>
> The ALAC Users Forum on IDNs was very well attended. I was a bit
> disappointed to see that there was very little input on IDNs (if any
> at all) from the LAC region. Given that this group is focused on
> multilingualism (wrt the Internet) I would have expected that some
> sort of input wold have come from CARDICIS. The IDN discussion is
> moving ahead with focus on the Asian and Arab scripts, with very
> little input on the languages that are ours - french, spanish, dutch,
> creole, etc.
> If I'm wrong, please send links to the submissions so that I can pass
> along to others.
> Anyway - here's a link to the mp3 from the session.
> http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/3/27/1845496.html
>
> --
> Jacqueline Morris
> www.carnivalondenet.com
> T&T Music and videos online
>
>
>
>
> -----------> ESPAÑOL (ATENCION: LA SIGUIENTE ES UNA TRADUCCION AUTOMATICA
> NO REVISADA DEL ORIGINAL EN INGLES)
>
> El foro de usuarios de ALAC en IDNs estaba muy bien atendido. Era un
> pedacito decepcionado para ver que había entrada muy pequeña en IDNs
> (si cualquiera en todos) de la región de la LACA. Dado que este grupo
> está centrado en el multilingualismo (WRT el Internet) contaba con
> que una cierta clase de wold de la entrada viniera de CARDICIS. La
> discusión de IDN se está moviendo a continuación con el foco en las
> escrituras asiáticas y árabes, con la entrada muy pequeña en las
> idiomas que son las nuestras - francesas, españolas, holandesas,
> criollas, el etc. Si soy incorrecto, envíe por favor los
> acoplamientos a las sumisiones de modo que pueda pasar adelante a
> otros. De todas formas - aquí está un acoplamiento al mp3 de la
> sesión http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/3/27/1845496.html
>
> -- Música y videos de Jacqueline Morris
> www.carnivalondenet.com T&T en línea
>
>
> -----------> FRANCAIS (ATTENTION: CECI EST UNE TRADUCTION AUTOMATIQUE NON
> REVISEE DE L'ORIGINAL EN ANGLAIS)
>
> Le forum des utilisateurs d'ALAC sur IDNs a été très bien occupé.
> J'étais un peu déçu pour voir qu'il y avait entrée très petite
> sur IDNs (si quel du tout) de la région de LAQUE. Étant donné que
> ce groupe est concentré sur le multilinguisme (WRT l'Internet)
> j'aurais compté qu'une certaine sorte de wold d'entrée sont venues
> de CARDICIS. La discussion d'IDN se déplace en avant avec le foyer
> sur les manuscrits asiatiques et arabes, avec l'entrée très petite
> sur les langues qui sont à nous - françaises, espagnoles,
> hollandaises, créoles, etc... Si j'ai tort, envoyez svp les liens aux
> soumissions de sorte que je puisse passer le long à d'autres. De
> toute façon - voici un lien au mp3 de la session
> http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/3/27/1845496.html
>
> -- Musique et videos de Jacqueline Morris
> www.carnivalondenet.com T&T en ligne
>
>
>
>

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