[ALAC] .berlin Letter on Batching - Help to protect the Global Public Interest

[Carlton Samuels]

Um, so this digital archery business, I looked a the website and I'm not
sure how this affect the price of butter.

So, guidance, please.  Are these fellas saying they have prior/early access
to all the applicant data? And the process for working applicant
evaluations?  If so, on what authority?

- Carlton

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On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>wrote:

> Dear Dirk,
>
> thank you for your kind email which raises very valid points.
> I am CC'ing the ALAC working list for discussion.
> Warmest regards,
>
> Olivier Crépin-Leblond
> ALAC Chair
>
> On 19/04/2012 14:54, Dirk Krischenowski wrote :
> > Dear Olivier,
> >
> > we write to you to express our serious concern regarding the proposed
> > batching procedure, known as digital archery.
> >
> > Taking the recent activities of domain industry players into account, we
> > expect that the first and second batch will be populated with generic
> .com
> > clone standard applications such as .web, .shop, .wine, .beach or .horse.
> >
> > Most of the applicants outside the US, especially small language and
> culture
> > communities will be pushed aside to a much later batch. Also Geographic
> and
> > Community gTLD applicants with public interest support of governments and
> > communities will be pushed aside and will suffer serious economic
> > disadvantages.
> >
> > We urgently ask you to not sit back and watch how your achievements and
> > safeguards for Geographic gTLDs, the Applicant Support Program and other
> > public interest provisions in the Applicant Guidebook are watered down
> by a
> > crude digital archery system which clearly privileges a few "clever"
> domain
> > investors from the developed world.
> >
> > Some ideas have already been circulated, such as the one giving
> applicants
> > with a single application preference over those who apply for up to 50
> > strings with the same entity. Another approach could be to incorporate
> the
> > different categories of applications in a fairly balanced manner in the
> > global public interest.
> >
> > Please put this topic on the ALAC agenda with urgency to ensure equal
> > opportunities to all applicants!
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Dirk Krischenowski
> > Founder and Managing Director
> > _______________________
> > dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG
> > Akazienstrasse 2
> > 10823 Berlin
> > Germany
> > Tel +49 30 49782354
> > Fax +49 30 49782356
> > Mobile +49 173 2339156
> > E-Mail krischenowski at dotberlin.de
> > Skype "krischenowski"
> > Web www.dotberlin.com
> >
>
> --
> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
> http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
>
>
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