[ga] Deja Vu

[Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>]

The GNSO council in the early part of 2002 invoked a
committee of the whole (just as they have now) to
address the question:  "whether to structure the
evolution of the generic top level namespace and, if
so, how to do so."  

It seems like we're going around in circles, again.

The GNSO Council new gTLDs draft final committee
report can be read here: 
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20030509.gTLDs-committee-conclusions-v4.html

The report lists a set of criteria that have as a goal
a consistent and common set of safeguards for
consumers and users in the introduction of new names:

1.  Future expansion should increase the level of
competition.

2.  Future expansion should avoid names that are
confusingly similar so as to avoid confusing net
users.

3.  Future expansion should avoid names that might
deceive or defraud net users.

4.  An easily understood relationship must exist
between a new gTLD and its stated purpose.

5.  Future names should be both for commercial and
non-commercial purposes.

6.  Future names should add-value to the domain name
system. The purpose of introducing new names is to
make the domain name system more useful and more
accessible to broader communities of interest and to
more end users.

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