Re: [council] Summary for New gTLDs Workshop at ICANN LA Meeting

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

On 11 okt 2007, at 11.10, Denise Michel wrote:

> <New gtlds workshop document.doc>

I want to point out that this document contains a recommendation, on  
page 13  #20.c, by the staff that there may need to be sub-rounds as  
part of the new GTLD process.
As far as my memory goes, this is _not_ in any way a part of the GNSO  
recommendation or implementation guidelines.  And while I admit I do  
not understand how such a sub-round would work it think it runs  
counter to the notion of a round as was defined by the Council.
In my understanding, within a round, while all applications would be  
treated as simultaneous in regards to name contention, for all other  
purposes applications would be processed individually on a first come  
first served basis.  While this means that the first aspects of  
processing, that is determining validity and checking on name  
conflicts would be done during the initial part of the process in  
what could be called a batch mode, once the open call for  
applications was closed and processing began in earnest on valid  
applications for which there was no name contention, they would be  
done on a first come first served, and first completed first deployed  
basis.
I do not understand how the notion of sub-rounds would work within  
such a construct.
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