<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com" target="_blank">ocl@gih.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><br>
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On 23/09/2015 16:18, Seun Ojedeji wrote:<br>
> That said, there is also merit in reserving the corresponding alpha-3<br>
> letter of each country and then opening up to the Gs. The advantage in<br>
> that is that some level of consistency will be ensured so the registry<br>
> managing for instance .ng will also manage .ngr<br>
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</span>If .NG is under ccNSO and .NGR under GNSO there is no guarantee that<br>
this would be the case. Could .NGR be run by a Registry based outside<br>
Nigeria? Would this introduce competition to the local ccTLD? Would this<br>
siphon money out of Nigeria rather than keeping it in the local economy?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>While there are still a few ccTLDs that is still being run by registries based outside the region, I think that decision making process should remain with the respective countries. So such situation described above is a bottleneck that needs to be avoided at ICANN level; .NGR for instance should not be run under the GNSO. If the 3 letter TLD is to be opened as gTLD then it would be preferred to reserve the corresponding country codes for ccTLDs. I would expect that necessary processes will be put in place to ensure that the alpha-3 reserved in the 3 letter TLDs are operated in similar manner used by the alpha-2 (both at operation and policy level).<br><br></div><div>That said, there is still the question of whether current ccTLD registries will be willing to maintain an extra tld. Nevertheless, i think it should be done in the interest of avoiding ambiguity, ensuring clarity and proper structure; It will be good for ICANN to ensure that a country alpha-3 code does not get delegated to an "unauthorised" registry. I fear the future politics within ICANN will be more complicated than we know it if that is not done. <br><br></div><div>Regards<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Kind regards, </blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Olivier<br>
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