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[ga] Dot-XXX and the Feb 12 ICANN Board meeting
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- Subject: [ga] Dot-XXX and the Feb 12 ICANN Board meeting
- From: George Kirikos <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:45:56 -0800 (PST)
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Hi folks,
The preliminary report/minutes of the Feb 12 ICANN Board meeting have
been posted:
http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-12feb07.htm
I think the following needs to be explored further:
" Kurt Pritz said that in relation to the issue of establishing whether
there was support for domain creation amongst a sponsorship community
that ICM had provided extensive evidence for a sponsorsed community and
that documentation of this could be found in the application. Kurt also
pointed out that, at the Board's request, additional information had
been presented to them during ICANN's Mar del Plata Meeting."
To my knowledge, this "extensive evidence" provided by ICM has never
been made public, and ICANN's staff and Board are not fulfilling their
mission of transparency if they are considering "secret" supporters.
Amongst those who've made public comments, it is undeniable that a
strong majority oppose .XXX, even amongst the adult webmaster
community.
The notes go on further and state:
"Kurt Pritz said that the last time ICANN had asked ICM to demonstrate
support from the adult online community they had provided written
support from about 24 major suppliers of adult online content."
I'd like to see that list posted.
The final resolution stated:
"Whereas, a majority of the Board has serious concerns about whether
the proposed .XXX domain has the support of a clearly-defined sponsored
community as per the criteria for sponsored TLDs;
Whereas, a minority of the Board believed that the self described
community of sponsorship made known by the proponent of the .XXX
domain, ICM Registry, was sufficient to meet the criteria for an sTLD.
Resolved (07.08) that:
i) the revised version of Appendix S be exposed to a public comment
period of no less than 21 days; and
ii) ICANN Staff consult with ICM and provide further information to the
Board prior to its next meeting, so as to inform a decision by the
Board about whether sponsorship criteria is met for the creation of a
new .XXX sTLD.
Sincerely,
George Kirikos
416-588-0269
www.LOFFS.com
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