[ALAC] FW: European Commission comments - ICANN Auction Rules in the new gTLD program

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

Dear Carlton,

I was also confused by this - although the way they said it might be the
way they mean it.
Kind regards,

Olivier

On 05/02/2014 16:15, Carlton Samuels wrote:
> ...um, maybe I'm misreading but if the content is exactly what was
> released, the EC endorsed the ALAC's position but seems to have
> attributed it to the GAC in the very next sentence!  
>
> *3.       **ALAC -- Community applications statement*
>
> It is important to make a specific reference to the At-Large Community
> (ALAC) statement of 9.08.2013 on preferential treatment for community
> applications in string contention; ALAC stressed that some of the new
> gTLD applications that are intended for communities and have wide public
> support were not submitted as community applications; those applications
> are currently in contention with others not designed for the benefit of
> specific communities and driven purely by commercial considerations. In
> this regard the European Commission (consistent with its position in the
> GAC) fully endorses the GAC view that community applications and
> applications with community support should be given preferential
> treatment in the new gTLD string contention resolution process, and
> remind the clear above mentioned GAC Beijing and Durban Communiques. 
>
> -Carlton
>
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