[ncdnhc-discuss] Proposed Resolution: TLD ADDITION PROCEDURE

[Adam Peake]

If seconds are required, I second this.

Add some words to say that application fees should be cost based, 
costs involved in any evaluation transparent.

Thanks,

Adam

Adam Peake
GLOCOM Tokyo



>RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A UNIFORM,
>FIXED PROCEDURE FOR ADDING TOP-LEVEL
>DOMAINS TO THE DNS ROOT
>
>1. Whereas ICANN's primary duty in the administration of
>DNS is to coordinate a root-level registry and to determine
>the contents of the root-level zone file; and
>
>2. Whereas there is now, and will be for the foreseeable
>future, legitimate demands to add new TLD names
>and to permit the entry of new registry operators into
>the domain name services market, and
>
>3. Whereas ICANN has to date established no fixed,
>uniform and predictable procedure for responding to
>those demands; and
>
>4. Whereas, success or failure in the marketplace,
>not the predictions of central planners, should
>determine which TLDs exist and who operates
>them; and
>
>4. Whereas ICANN's ad hoc methods for considering
>new TLD additions creates uncertainty in the marketplace,
>increases the costs of entering the market, restricts
>competition, harms consumers and users, and contributes to
>arbitrary decisionmaking and the corruption of ICANN
>processes:
>
>BE IT RESOLVED, THAT
>
>1. ICANN should call upon the Internet Engineering
>Task Force to form a working group to determine how
>many TLDs can be safely added to the DNS root each
>year;
>
>2. ICANN should initiate efforts to specify a set
>of minimal technical requirements for the operation of a
>TLD, these requirements to be ready within six months
>of the end of the Shanghai meeting;
>
>3. Once the IETF has defined the safe number
>of TLD additions per year, ICANN staff should define a
>routine procedure for applying for, qualifying, and
>awarding TLDs to applicants on an annual or semi-annual
>basis. This procedure should NOT involve evaluations of the
>business plans or social worth of the applications, but simply
>their ability to operate a registry without imposing noticeable
>technical externalities upon other users/suppliers of the DNS.
>
>4. ICANN should use non-discretionary methods,
>such as auctions, lotteries or some other objective method,
>to resolve incompatible applications for TLDs.
>
>5. A transition plan should be defined allowing
>registries operating under legacy contracts to be
>operated on the same lightweight contractsl as new
>entrants.
>
>6. Economic and conduct regulation of TLD
>registries should be considered out of ICANN's scope
>as a technical coordinator, and devolved to national
>governments
>
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