Brainstorming on an answer to the gTLDs imbroglio...

[carlos a. afonso]

Thanks, Kathy, for your prompt response. The idea is precisely to build
a far more solid ground to open up the possibility of creating many
global TLDs without this artificial scarcity with consuing rules (if
there are really rules at all) imposed by the current process which ends
up benefitting some privileged companies.

To the contrary, I am in favor of creating as many as needed -- but let
us study carefully and listening to the opinion of far more people and
organizations than just our small NCUC constituency or GNSO, so the
ground for approving many more will be fool-proof, so to speak. We ought
to find ways to contain the incredible bunders made by ICANN recently on
this, which if anything will continue unless something significant is
done to stop it.

I know this, if made effective, would scare the socks out of several
businesses getting ready to propose new TLDs. Well, sorry for them,
society needs this discussion (as much as Icann also does, even if the
Board does not recognize it).

The way things are being done now is like running a train and trying to
fix its wheels and brakes on the run... this is not going to work, and,
look, a curved bridge is coming fast... ;)

fraternal rgds

--c.a.

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Carlos A. Afonso
diretor de planejamento
Rede de Informações para o Terceiro Setor - Rits
Rua Guilhermina Guinle, 272 - sexto andar
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http://www.rits.org.br
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-----Original Message-----
From: KathrynKL at AOL.COM
To: NCUC-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:09:48 EDT
Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Brainstorming on an answer to the gTLDs
imbroglio...

>  
> Carlos:
> We have fought so hard for the creation of new gTLDs.  From a
> "freedom  of 
> expression" perspective, it is critical to keep opening up new gTLDs
> so there  
> are places that noncommercial organizations, individuals and
> entrepreneurs can  
> register domain names for basic words like "sun" and "tide" and not
> be in  
> conflict with the trademark owners.
>  
> I can see how your plan could be used to expand the range of input 
> coming in 
> to ICANN.  I think it could certainly help inform and provide  some
> sense of 
> guidance to the way new gTLDs are created.
>  
> But why declare a moratorium until then?  I thought that as a 
> Constituency 
> we liked the idea of lots of new gTLDs.  Why not keep the  ICANN
> process, and 
> then replace it when there is a plan to replace it  with?
>  
> Regards,
> Kathy
>  
>  
> 
> 
> - An  immediate moratorium should be declared on  the
> creation/delegation/redelegation of  g/sTLDs.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>