[ispcp] ICANN Establishes Forum on Allocation of One Letter or Number Domain Names

["Mark McFadden - ISPCP Secretariat" <mcfadden@xxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-16oct07.htm

 

 

ICANN Establishes Forum on Allocation Methods for Single-Letter and
Single-Digit Domain Names

 

16 October 2007 (Comment period extended 7 November 2007).

 

As recommended by the GNSO Council, ICANN is commencing a forum on potential
allocation methods for single-letter and single-digit domain names at the
second level in gTLD registries. Examples include a.com, i.info, 4.mobi,
8.org. Since revenue will result from this allocation, comments regarding
the potential uses for this revenue are also requested.

 

ICANN intends to synthesize responses to the forum and present proposed
methods for allocation of single-letter and single-digit domain names at the
second level for community consideration.

 

To be considered by ICANN, ideas on potential allocation methods should be
submitted to allocationmethods@xxxxxxxxx. Comments may be viewed at
http://forum.icann.org/lists/allocationmethods/. **ICANN is extending the
comment period until 23:59 UTC 15 December 2007 on the forum for potential
allocation methods for single-letter and single-digit domain names at the
second level in gTLD registries. There has been interest in providing
additional time so that members of the Internet community that have not
previously commented on ICANN topics may do so. 17 comments have been
provided to date.

 

The GNSO Council asked ICANN to initiate a forum on this issue after
considering a report of the Council's Reserved Names Working Group (RN-WG),
which recommended that "single letters and digits be released at the second
level in future gTLDs, and that those currently reserved in existing gTLDs
should be released. This release should be contingent upon the use of
appropriate allocation frameworks. More work may be needed. In future gTLDs
we recommend that single letters and single digits be available at the
second (and third level if applicable)." The GNSO is one of ICANN's primary
stakeholder-populated policy making bodies. The recommendations of the RN-WG
can be found at
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/final-report-rn-wg-23may07.pdf

[PDF, 713K].

 

 

Mark McFadden

Secretariat, ISPCP Constituency

mcfadden@xxxxxxxxxx