Re: [ga] this is ICANN's legacy

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Exactly. ICANN created the need for all of this review and expense in
approving new TLDs and now they use that as the reason they can't introduce
a lot of new TLDs. It's a game they play.

Chris McElroy
http://www.thingsthatjustpissmeoff.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "elliot noss" <enoss@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Roberto Gaetano" <ploki_xyz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] this is ICANN's legacy


> one point that must be added explicitly, although I believe roberto
> implies it, is that it is much simpler for ICANN to allow the
> introduction of lots of tlds than it is to introduce only a limited
> amount. it is the constraining and limiting that create the complexity.
>
> On 18-May-06, at 1:35 PM, Roberto Gaetano wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> >
>