[APAC-Discuss] Regional Advice on .HEALTH Objection

[Alan Greenberg]

That message from Garth was just posted a few minutes ago, so the 
replies have not yet arrived.

See 
http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/na-discuss/2013-March/date.html 
as they come in.

Alan

At 05/03/2013 06:52 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:
>Thanks Cheryl. This was useful reading.
>
>Kind Regards,
>Sala
>
>On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Cheryl Langdon-Orr 
><langdonorr at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > FYI...  from the sister NA discuss list copied here as I suspect not all of
> > you subscribe to all lists...
> > *Cheryl Langdon-Orr ...  **(CLO)*
> >  http://about.me/cheryl.LangdonOrr
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Garth Bruen <gbruen at knujon.com>
> > Date: 6 March 2013 10:33
> > Subject: [NA-Discuss] Regional Advice on .HEALTH Objection
> > To: na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> >
> >
> > Dear NARALO'ers (-ites?),
> >
> > The region must answer a series of questions (one for each applicant) in
> > response to the .HEALTH objection:
> >
> > 
> https://community.icann.org/display/newgtldrg/Advice+from+the+RALOs+to+the+A
> > LAC+regarding+the+objection+statements
> >
> > My recommendation is to answer "NO" or to abstain in ALL FIVE cases and I
> > will explain why.
> >
> > Some members of the region believed the system had been "gamed" in the
> > denial of the .AMAZON, .PATAGOINA, etc. objections. Well, I am concerned
> > also about gaming but from a different direction. My first and foremost
> > concern is the integrity of At-Large, and I believe that answering "Yes" to
> > these objection questions may result in a misuse of our authority in this
> > portion of the objection process. I have two concerns: one specific and one
> > general.
> >
> > First, one of the objections is to a Chinese IDN string application. This
> > IDN was bundled in the objection with the four Latin-script/English
> > Language
> > "HEALTH" strings. However, the IDN is variously translated as "HEALTHY" as
> > well as "HEALTH." In our Review Group discussions I made the point that
> > "HEALTH" is an industry and "HEALTHY" is a general state. In further review
> > of the application for the IDN string the applicant marked the translation
> > as "HEALTHY" and even more broadly described it as "WELLNESS." The
> > objection
> > to the .HEALTH applications firmly frames its concerns as the
> > medical-industry use of the word "HEALTH." The application for the Chinese
> > IDN concerns a much more general category and as such is not factually
> > covered by the objection. I lobbied unsuccessfully within the Review Group
> > to drop this objection from the list as it does not fit the situation and
> > the passing of this objection may appear to be a mistake by members of the
> > community who actually speak Chinese.
> >
> > Second, I am opposed to the other four objections regardless of the
> > specific
> > problems with the Chinese IDN objection. My opposition stems from the fact
> > that this does not appear to be a true community objection. While the
> > objector has healthcare related credentials I have significant doubts about
> > the sincerity objection. The objection makes the case that .HEALTH needs
> > special protections to keep consumers from being abused in terms of
> > potentially fraudulent medical websites. While I would agree, the objector
> > did not file similar objections to .MEDICAL, .HEALTHCARE, .DENTIST,
> > .DENTAL,
> > .DOCTOR, .HOSPITAL, .SURGERY or .MED. When the objector was asked why,  his
> > answer only confirmed my suspicion of his specific objection to the
> > "HEALTH"
> > string and not new gTLDs potentially impacting the medical or health
> > communities. Further, this objection appears in large part to be backed and
> > supported by the World Health Organization. While the WHO represents global
> > health interests it is my personal belief the objection to this string
> > represents a narrow interest in the string itself and not the meaning. It
> > is
> > my opinion that this objection, if supported by At-Large, in fact
> > represents
> > a more serious threat to the public interest than deployment of the string
> > itself.
> >
> > Anyone should feel free to disagree or engage in discussion.
> >
> > Thank you, Garth
> >
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> >
> > Garth Bruen
> > gbruen at knujon.com
> >
> >
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