From: vunzndi@vfemail.net
Date: Mon Dec 29 2008 - 03:54:26 CST
Quoting "Erkki I. Kolehmainen" <eik@iki.fi>:
> I'm looking forward to seeing positive results coming out of this well
> before the next WG2 meeting in Dublin.
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> On the issue of Zhuang Han, I don't think that the statement on the IRG and
> SC2 and its WG2 is correct.
>
I certainly hope the progress is quicker, though I fear they are close
to the truth.
BTW that was 3 years for WG2 and SG2 placed together.
John
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> <vunzndi at vfemail dot net> wrote:
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>> The [Zhuang Han] proposal first has to go though a national approval
>> process, this involves a number of department and takes several years.
>> Submission is then to the IRG, approval here may well take 7 years,
>> then 3 or more years to go get through WG2 and SG2.
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> This took me by surprise too. Is it typical for the IRG to spend 7
> years to process a proposal that is being actively pursued?
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> I'm aware that some proposals have taken 10 or more years, such as Old
> Hungarian and Egyptian hieroglyphics, but usually these are proposals
> that have sat around for a significant percentage of that time, waiting
> for additional information, interest, or funding. No proposal that is
> well defined and actively supported should take 10 years.
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