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The following decisions were taken in this regard:

1- Urdu Internet Tools: There was a realization that while all efforts should be made for incorporating Urdu names on the Internet and devising appropriate systems, the Urdu Internet community was up against more basic problems. There were no public domain tools (based on the accepted standards) for email, web (HTML) editing, word-processing and conversion from non-standard legacy word-processors. The participants were of a unanimous view that concerted efforts be undertaken to make such tools available to the public at large. Professor Dr. Mohammad Afzal of the Fauji Foundation Institute of Management and Computer Sciences, Rawalpindi, was appointed as the coordinator for this initiative. He would work towards having these tools created - either through software competitions or incentives provided to the potential developers by the government of Pakistan. SDNP would help disseminate information about these packages and to make them available through the Internet.

2- Work on Urdu Internet Names System: Since a group on Internet and email already existed, it was decided not to create a new group, but all those who were interested in this area and willing to volunteer, may join it. Mr. Zaheer Aziz of the Islamic International University, Islamabad, would continue to be the Convenor of this group and would try to reactivate it. The group has already developed a transliteration system from Urdu into English and vice versa that can take care of Internet names and addresses.

3- Working with AINC: The Arabic Internet Names Consortium (AINC) has invited the Urdu and Farsi Internet communities to form a larger consortium of languages that use Arabic script. While there was some controversy regarding the exact relationship of Urdu with Arabic, for instance, it was mentioned that Urdu was an Indo-Aryan language, there was a consensus that there was no harm in working with the Arabic group as long as the peculiar needs of Urdu were not compromised. In fact, it was pointed out that since the Arabic consortium was fairly advanced in implementing its names systems and applications, it would be a good learning opportunity for the Urdu Working Group.

4- Liaison with MINC: There was a consensus among the participants that the Urdu community should not only maintain its contacts with MINC but try to strengthen this relationship. Till the time that organizational membership of MINC becomes possible for the National Language Authority and other relevant organizations in Pakistan, individual memberships - at least for a few key persons - should be maintained. Mr. Sabahat Saeed Khan of the Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP), Pakistan, who was instrumental in establishing the initial contact with MINC would continue to liaise with it and keep the other members of the group informed about it.

5- Reaching out to other stakeholders: There was a realization that representatives of some important stakeholders like Computer Society of Pakistan (CSP) and Pakistan Software Houses Association (PASHA) were not part of the deliberations and there was a need to bring them on board. SDNP was asked to approach all such organizations, and if possible, to hold similar workshops in other major cities of Pakistan.