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

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

Kim and all,

  To answer your question Kim, yes there is.  That being several models that
have now long ago been articulated one of which is open registration of TLD's
on a first come, first serve basis with no fee's associated from ICANN for the
submissions.  After all ICANN is "Supposed" to be a 501 (c3) right?  Why would
it need fees for such activity if it is a public benifit corporation that is 
tax exempt
and a non-profit?  Could it be that the public are not forthcoming with 
donations
because of ICANN's long standing lack of consideration of public input?  Me 
thinks
this is at least one of many reasons.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Kim Davies <kim.davies@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sep 23, 2009 10:34 AM
>To: George Kirikos <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx>, GNSO GA Mailing List 
><ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [ga] DC hearing on new TLDs at 10 am today (September 23rd)
>
>
>On 23/09/09 8:06 AM, "George Kirikos" <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> New TLD advocates want everyone else to subsidize
>> their 50,000 seat palaces (that subsidy being the consumer confusion,
>> abuse, etc. via externalities) so that they can auction off those 100
>> seats. That¹s not a business model that works in the real world, nor
>> should it work in ICANN¹s fantasy world."
>
>Lets assume I agree with your supposition, I would want to know if there is
>a way to address it. In your view, is there a way these externalities could
>be priced into the models of new TLDs so there is no subsidisation?
>
>If a factory wants to manufacture something some people want, but it has
>externalities like an environmental impact, usually the remedy is to get
>them to mitigate the problem, not shut down the factory and prohibit
>manufacture of the item.
>
>kim
>
>

Regards,

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