RE: [registrars] RE: PDP Dec 05: Reserved Names Working Group: response needed

[Tim Ruiz <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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There are currently numerous ccTLDs that register at the third level
from .com.ccTLD, .net.ccTLD, and .org.ccTLD. There are no known/documented adverse affects that I am aware of.</div>
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Currently every two letter ASCII&nbsp;country code is registered at the
second level&nbsp;in .com. A large number, if not all,&nbsp;are&nbsp;currently in&nbsp;use. In fact, CentralNIC has made a thriving business of registering third level names off of .us.com, .uk.com, and many others. There are no known/documented adverse affects that I am aware of.</div>
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Info.com, biz.com, travel.com, museum.com, jobs.com,&nbsp;and aero.com
(as examples) are all currently registered with no known/documented adverse affects that I am aware of. In fact, all&nbsp;have been registered and in use long before the corresponding gTLDs were even applied for and that didn't seem to deter the subsequent applicants for those gTLD strings.</div>
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With the upcoming introduction of possibly dozens of new gTLDs, many
composed of generic strings, the number of legacy second level registrations of these proposed gTLD strings in numerous other TLDs is only going to grow. I am not aware of any documented evidence that it will create adverse affects.</div>
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If the rule of&nbsp;reserving gTLD strings from&nbsp;registration at the
second level is maintained the list of reserved names will become unmanageable and needlessly restrict valuable and useful names from registration further restricting the name space. It will also create a growing&nbsp;imbalance in the way various gTLDs are treated with regard to the names they are allowed to accept registrations for.</div>
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I would suggest that this reserved name requirement be dropped for all
new gTLDs, and that&nbsp;existing gTLDs be allowed to request these strings to be unreserved and that ICANN would not unreasonably deny such requests.<BR></div>
<div><BR>Tim Ruiz<BR>The Go Daddy Group, Inc.<BR><BR></div>
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Subject: [registrars] RE: PDP Dec 05: &nbsp;Reserved Names Working
Group: <BR>response needed<BR>From: "Nevett, Jonathon" &lt;jnevett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&gt;<BR>Date: Thu, April 26, 2007 8:09 am<BR>
To: "Liz Williams" &lt;liz.williams@xxxxxxxxx&gt;, "Registrar
Constituency"<BR>&lt;registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx&gt;<BR>Cc: "Ray Fassett" &lt;rfassett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&gt;<BR><BR><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PersonName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Registrars:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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Please see the following note from Liz Williams with the ICANN
staff.&nbsp; Please provide any comments on this issue to Liz, Ray, and the list.&nbsp; It doesn&rsquo;t make sense to try to get a formal constituency position in less than a week.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Jon<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Liz Williams [mailto:liz.williams@xxxxxxxxx] <BR>Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:56 AM<BR>To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Nevett, Jonathon</st1:PersonName>
; Tony Holmes; David W. Maher; Philip Sheppard; Kristina Rosette; Milton
Mueller<BR>Cc: Ray Fassett<BR>Subject: PDP Dec 05: Reserved Names Working Group: response needed</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hello everyone<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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Ray Fassett is chairing a subgroup of the Reserved Names Working&nbsp;
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Group and he's asked me to assist with getting some additional&nbsp;
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information from Constituencies.&nbsp; Could you please respond to
Ray&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">directly?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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"A sub group of the GNSO Reserved Names Working group is examining&nbsp;
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the current practice that requires Registry Operators to reserve
from&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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registration gTLD strings at the second level (and third level
where&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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applicable).&nbsp; The purpose of this work is to advance the progress
of&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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PDP 05, new TLD&rsquo;s.&nbsp; At this time, we would like to request
your&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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feedback to a possible recommendation that would allow for&nbsp;
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registration gTLD strings at the second level.&nbsp; For example,
the&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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current practice is that the .jobs Registry Operator requires&nbsp;
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">permission from ICANN to unreserve travel.jobs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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If this reservation and ICANN approval requirement did not exist
for&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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new TLD&rsquo;s, what adverse effects, if any, would this have upon
the&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">members of your constituency?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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Due the short time line the sub-group is working within to be of&nbsp;
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beneficial service to the work of PDP 05, we respectfully request&nbsp;
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feedback from your constituency no later than end of business day,&nbsp;
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Tuesday May 1, 2007."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Many thanks.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Liz<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Liz Williams<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Senior Policy Counselor<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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