Re: [ga] DC hearing on new TLDs at 10 am today (September 23rd)

[Antony Van Couvering <avc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here at the meeting -- Doug Brent's testimony solid and respectful.   
Heath of INTA says that trademark holders care about consumers, and  
wants another economic study (presumably until they get the results  
they want).
Paul Stahura of eNom quotes Henry Ford, "If I asked my customers what  
they wanted, they would have said -- 'a faster horse.' ".   Makes a  
lot of sense about competition.
Del Bianco of NetChoice tries to drive a wedge between IDNs and Roman- 
character gTLDs.   Quite a showman, very slick, trying to get laughs  
with Mark Twain quotes.
Questions from members.

Chairman Johnson - is ICANN going to implement IRT recommendations?

Brent - new DAG will include at least two recommendations -- thick  
Whois and post-delegation review.
Sent from my handheld.

On Sep 23, 2009, at 9:18, George Kirikos <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Just a reminder that the hearing in DC on new TLDs starts in less than
> an hour (at 10 am Eastern time).
>
> One can watch the webcast live via the September 23rd link at:
>
> http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/calendar.html
>
> and read the prepared statements at:
>
> http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_090923.html
>
> As an experiment, I've created a little free chatroom via TinyChat.com
> if some others in the ICANN community might want to text chat during  
> the hearing. See:
> http://tinychat.com/newtlds
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> http://www.leap.com/