Re: [ga] s and g TLDs.

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

 sTLD's are a good idea, if the concept is not abused or used as
platform
for SIG's, either commercial or non-commercial in nature.  However when
you look over the accepted applicants, it would appear that there is
some gamesmanship afoot here...  Can you say, "Musical Chairs"???

  ICANN's definition of "independent panel" is one that would not
be familiar to most whom are familiar with a normally excepted
definition...

Hugh Dierker wrote:

>    I remember back when there was a little flack over the use from
> generic to global TLDs. And I just started getting a handle on new
> definitions of gTLDs and with the good work of global teachers I get
> ccTLDs (special thanks to our late P. Le Blanc). And I guess I just
> failed to get excorcised over the use of s for a definition of
> sponsored TLDs which really just seems to be a name without a
> difference - don't worry I understand the stated difference.
>
> Normally I just reference like this;
> http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-27oct04.htm
> However this is so absent any citations or referenced to sources or
> links that I thought I should republish here. And oh yea now I have to
> relearn the definition of "independent panel" - man there is a lot of
> word engineering going on here.
>
> "
> ---------------------------------
>
> ICANN Moves Forward in First Phase Commercial & Technical Negotiations
> with Two sTLD Applicants
>
> 27 October 2004
>
>
> As the process for selecting new sponsored top-level domain (sTLDs)
> from a pool of ten applications moves forward, ICANN has entered into
> commercial and technical negotiations with two of the candidate
> registries, .post and .travel. No limit was set on the number of sTLDs
> to be designated and the status of the additional eight applicants is
> still pending.
>
> ICANN is pleased that the independent evaluation process, which began
> earlier this year, has already provided the basis to now enter into
> commercial and technical negotiations with these two registry
> applicants.
>
> Until recently, all of the applications have progressed in a uniform
> manner; now that the findings of the independent review panel have
> been presented to ICANN, the process moving forward will be dictated
> by the issues surrounding each application and the responsiveness of
> the applicant.
>
> The independent review process, headed by an independent project
> manager, consisted of three panels of experts to measure the
> applications against the criteria posted in the RFP. Those three
> panels tested the applications against the criteria in the areas of:
> technical competence; business and financial sufficiency; and whether
> the TLD belonged to a sponsored community. During the evaluation
> process, each of the three panels submitted a set of clarifying
> questions to the applicants. Those questions were passed to the
> applicants through the project manager in order to maintain the
> anonymity and independence of the panelists.
>
> Each panel submitted a report determining whether each applicant met
> the criteria and describing the reasoning behind the conclusion. These
> reports were forwarded to each applicant. In cases where the applicant
> had not met all three sets of criteria, the reports were accompanied
> by an offer to the applicant to respond in writing to the findings of
> the independent panels.
>
> At this stage in the process many of the applicants have now responded
> and the path each applicant now takes varies according to which sets
> of criteria were or were not met.
>
> An update on the status and progress of the additional applicants will
> be made as they proceed further through the process. "
>
>

Regards,

--
Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 134k members/stakeholders strong!)
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