RE: [ga] this is ICANN's legacy

["Roberto Gaetano" <ploki_xyz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

Actually the Board never said that "there is absolutely no demand for new 
TLDs". If you claim it has taken little concrete action to address the 
issue, this is true.
The real problem, the way I see it, that is risking to paralyse the Board is 
not the "if", but the "how". You have witnessed the problems that just a 
limited introduction of supposedly less critical TLDs, like the "sponsored" 
ones, has created, and the need for Board's time and resources that this has 
implied.
For me, the only sensible way to deal with the issue, is to have a set of 
rules that the Board can almost mechanically follow to delegate new TLDs. 
And personally I strongly believe that this can come only from a PDP 
developed by the GNSO.
Just my 2c.

Cheers,
Roberto


> From: "kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ga] this is ICANN's legacy
> Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 21:08:12 -0400
>
> http://www.cheaphostingdirectory.com/news-domain-name-firm-launches-high-end-domain-name-auction-2057.html
>
> "The ever increasing demand for high quality business domain names, coupled 
> with a very limited supply, has driven up the values of the best domains to 
> the point of being called ''internet gold'' by many."
>
> But according to ICANN there is absolutely no demand for new TLDs.
>
> Does anyone on the ICANN Board read the news? Can any of them actually 
> read? Yes and that includes you Vint. I have defended you many times when 
> people unfairly accuse you of things, however, if you are turning a blind 
> eye to the need to open up the creation of TLDs, then you are in bed with 
> the coprporations that want to keep this articficial shortage going.
>
> go to http://www.dotworlds.com This may not be it, but at some point the 
> ICANN Board is going to make itself obsolete because they move like a 
> turtle with snail's disease.
>
>
>
> Chris McElroy
> http://www.thingsthatjustpissmeoff.com