Re: [ga] New gTLD Evaluation Report - please publish

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard and all former DNSO GA members or other interested
stakeholders/users,

  I second Richards request...

  There is no reason that is valid why the stakeholders/users have not
had a reasonable opportunity to comment/remark upon this report which
still cannot be found on the ICANN web site.

Richard Henderson wrote:

>   In mid-July Miriam Sapiro and Summit Strategies International
> submitted a report "Evaluation of the New gTLDs: Policy and Legal
> Issues". This report was part of the New gTLD evaluation process,
> overseen by Sebastien Bachollet.
>
> Have the ICANN staff and Board published this report anywhere on the
> ICANN website? Is it in the public domain? For the sake of openness
> and transparency (and to benefit informed participation by all
> constituencies) is it going to be published?
>
> According to the presentation given in Kuala Lumpur on 22nd July 2004,
> the report had already been submitted to ICANN and included (among
> others) these findings:
>
> http://www.icann.org/presentations/sapiro-forum-kl-22jul04.pdf
>
> The Start-Up periods of registries like .info and .biz were reported
> as "raising concerns". "The Sunrise period, without screening or
> verification, led to serious abuses." It added that "the landrush
> allocation methods enabled gaming of the system".
>
> "Interviews raised questions about enforcement" in implementing
> registration restrictions in .biz. And data sampling brought to light
> "questionable registrations" in relation to the restrictions that were
> supposed to be in place.
>
> "The Registries indicated there had been no major lawsuits" or legal
> or regulatory problems "that had not been considered at the outset".
> (I find this statement quite surprising in the context of .biz)
>
> Please could we have access to Miriam Sapiro's report?
>
> Yrs,
>
> Richard Henderson
>

Regards,

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