Question 3: Issues over the next years

[Milton L Mueller]

Very comprehensive but concise answer, Wendy! 

> -----Original Message-----
> On 09/30/2011 03:20 AM, Avri Doria wrote:
> > Question 3: What do you foresee as the most important issue for the NCSG
> during the next year.  2 years?
> 
> New gTLDs will consume much of everyone's time and attention. Critical
> for NCSG will be to assure that the final roll-out matches the consensus
> points on which we fought hard: keeping censorship out of the root-entry
> process; assuring fairness for applicants and for would-be registrants;
> making sure that trademark protections are balanced with protections for
> the registrants of non-infringing strings; assuring access for a diverse
> range of applicants (building on the work of the JAS group); and stable
> operation of the process; watching where the money goes from auctions.
> We'll also want to stay involved in the early evaluations to ensure that
> definitions of "choice" and "competition" are used and applied accurately.
> 
> In new and old gTLDs, I think we need to continue to push for privacy
> protection.  Individual and non-commercial registrants shouldn't be
> forced to trade privacy for a stable location for online speech.
> 
> At a procedural level, NCSG will want to stay vigilant that ICANN remain
> responsive to ALL its stakeholders.
> 
> --Wendy
> --
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> Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
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