Re: [ga] Re: On new TLDs

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

Danny only offers part of the question/problem and therefore only
answers or requests part of the answer.  As a matter of policy
strategy is almost always involved to one degree or another.

A freeze on new TLD's is not evolution of any kind, nor is
arbitrarily limiting the timing or number of new TLD's to be
made available.  That is a market driven decision.

So it seems that Danny missed a very important part of Karls
statements which are directly related to the requirements of
ICANN and it's BoD/staff.

Therefore I submit in like with Karl, new TLD's should be offered
when they are requested without arbitrary delay.  The number or
type of TLD should be of little consideration as to it's addition
of timing of same.

Danny Younger wrote:

> Karl makes a good point.  He writes:  "Are you, or
> ICANN, prepared to demonstrate with clear and
> convincing evidence that the effective freeze on new
> TLDs is necessary to protect the
> public from specific and identifiable harms?"
>
> I think that we need to differentiate between "policy"
> and "strategy".  A freeze on new TLDs, or the details
> of the timing of the introduction of new TLDs, is a
> strategic issue rather than a policy issue.
>
> The only policy issue that we are being asked to
> address in the first point of the GNSO Terms of
> Reference is:  "whether there should there be new
> TLDs?"  Not when, or what type, but in its simplest
> form:  new TLDs -- yes or no?
>
> To answer this question, we should take guidance from
> ICANN's stated mission, a part of which states,
> "Coordinates the operation and evolution of the DNS
> root name server system".
>
> The word "evolution" is not in there by accident.
> Things change.  It's the nature of the world.  When we
> consider the evolution of other media we note that
> when publishers/printers first got started with
> typesetting there were only a couple of books being
> produced.  Now there are billions.
>
> When radio first got started there were only a limited
> number of active frequencies; today the radio dial is
> replete with choices.
>
> In the early days of TV there were only a few
> channels; now there are hundreds.
>
> Evolution leads to the proliferation of choice.
>
> So yes, there should be new TLDs because if ICANN
> re-invents its mission and doesn't continue to offer
> choices, consumers will route around ICANN to take
> advantage of the choices offered elsewhere in the
> market.  The recent IDN workshop in Vancouver pointed
> to IDN offerings available through either plug-ins or
> via the ISP community that have already been selected
> by up to 85 million people.  The route-around and
> balkanization of the Internet has already started.
>
> As a matter of policy ICANN should offer new TLDs.
>
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Regards,

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