[ga] [Fwd: Re: [At-Large] my submissions to new gTLD statement]

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

  As an FYI

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Subject: Re: [At-Large] my submissions to new gTLD statement
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:58:31 -0800
From: "Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Organization: IDNS and Spokesman for INEGroup
To: At-Large Worldwide <at-large@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"Brendler,
Beau" <Brenbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: "gtld-wg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
<gtld-wg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"ICANN Admin supp. Manager Karen
Lettner" <karen.lettner@xxxxxxxxx>,icann board
<icann-board@xxxxxxxxx>,ICANN Dan Halloran <halloran@xxxxxxxxx>,ICANN
Kim Davies <kim.davies@xxxxxxxxx>,ICANN Marc Salvatierra
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Dengate Thrush <barrister@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"Karl E. Peters"
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Beau and all,

  Be very clear that YOUR submission doesn't in any way reflect
our members position in any way...

"Brendler, Beau" wrote:

> greetings...
>
> attached are two draft statements for the ALAC response to the new gTLD 
> workbook and process.
>
> I have given up trying to upload these to the wiki, thought I knew how but I 
> guess I don't.
>
> I will be leaving town for a few days' vacation returning the evening of 
> Weds. Jan. 7. I could possibly answer questions then but will not really be 
> available between now and then. Unless I am mistaken,though, there have been 
> no submissions on new gTLDs since the last phone conference).
>
> Attached are two documents: some suggested overview statements that ALAC 
> might want to make, and then a line-by-line specific document, which 
> generally though not completely follows the guide that was sent around. In it 
> I addres modules 2, 3 and 4 only, with "consumer issues" only. These were 
> written in conjunction with or in mind of some of the NCUC's statements and 
> the two U.S. government letters to ICANN in December.
>
> Some of the elements really need some discussion! Like auctions and so forth. 
> I'm not sure everyone on ALAC will be comfortable with some of these 
> statements but here they are from my perspective as a member of NA RALO..
>
> I hope also that we have taken note of the fairly big controversy the new 
> gTLD application has created, though this was perhaps not a surprise.
>
> Beau Brendler
> ________________________________________
> From: Brendler, Beau
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:55 AM
> To: gtld-wg-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; At-Large Worldwide
> Cc: Atlarge Staff
> Subject: Guide to creating response to new gTLD workbook
>
> Greetings.
>
> Several people worked on this since Cairo, so rather than holding on to it 
> any longer I wanted to send it out to a broad group. It's a sort of guide to 
> creating a draft document response to the new gTLD workbook. Only a guide! 
> It's meant to be read in conjunction with the document itself to suggest 
> areas in which the user community might want to elaborate (or not). For it to 
> be most useful you still need the workbook document handy. For instance, 
> there are things we've since discussed on various lists that aren't in this 
> guide, for instance, from Danny:
>
> "Working one's way through module 2 (the Applicant Information Form section), 
> there is one question that is glaringly missing:
> "Indicate whether (i) the applicant or any of its (ii) officers, (iii) 
> directors, or (iv) managers:
> a. within the past ten years, has been convicted of a felony or of a 
> misdemeanor related to financial activities, or has been judged by a court to 
> have committed fraud or breach of fiduciary duty, or has been the subject of 
> a judicial determination that is similar or related to any of these;
> b. within the past ten years, has been disciplined by the government of its, 
> her, or his domicile for conduct involving dishonesty or misuse of funds of 
> others;
> c. is currently involved in any judicial or regulatory proceeding that could 
> result in a conviction, judgment, determination, or discipline of the type 
> specified in (a) or (b); or
> d. is the subject of a disqualification imposed by ICANN and in effect at the 
> time of this application.
>
> So, for instance, we should decide where we want to put that in.
>
> In addition to some of the NCUC comments I have sent out over the last 24 
> hours or so, here are some URLs of others' perspectives on new gTLDs.
>
> International Olympic Committee: 
> http://forum.icann.org/lists/gtld-guide/pdf2Skbh839Jy.pdf
> Registry Constituency: 
> http://forum.icann.org/lists/gtld-guide/docnZV8Xn1mmo.doc
> IDN Comment: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gtld-guide/msg00055.html
> Robin Gross: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gtld-guide/msg00034.html
> Wendy Chan: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gtld-guide/msg00043.html
> Unicode Technical Committee: 
> http://forum.icann.org/lists/gtld-guide/msg00021.html
> Ron Andruff: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gtld-string/msg00001.html
>
> After the call on Friday, I would like to propose a time for the working 
> group to meet and discuss its responses to the attached document, to the 
> discussion on the lists, and other matters, so that we can work up a 
> statement by the deadline, which I believe has now been extended to Jan. 7 
> (we will clarify this in Friday's meeting).
>
> Staff, may I ask that you translate this message into French and Spanish and 
> distribute it so that we can get maximum community involvement.
>
> Thanks
>
> Beau Brendler
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