[At-Large] GNSO new gTLD session next week

[Alan Greenberg]

Depends on how you define "possible". If there was a strong will to 
do it, it would probably be possible. But given that:
- this was not a GNSO recommendation nor has it been raised in other 
venues that I am aware of;
- that the current plan/estimate is that we call for proposals by October 2008;
- that staff are no doubt running as fast as they can to meet that deadline,

I find it hard to imagine that there is any possibility that this 
could happen short of a strong Board directive to make it so. And 
even then, it is not clear how much faster it will be than the 
generalized process.

Alan

At 06/04/2008 09:09 PM, Hong Xue wrote:
>I'd like to know if a fast-track IDN gTLD implementation could be
>possible. It could only include a few scripts from the language
>communities with the most pressing need for IDNs.
>
>Hong
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>On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 12:22 AM, Wendy Seltzer <wendy at seltzer.com> wrote:
> > Hi Alan,
> >
> > Will you be participating in the GNSO's new gTLD session in LA next
> > week?  <http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04906.html>
> >
> > Do you have the information you need from ALAC, including, I hope, our
> > strong endorsement of a simple, rapid process to unblock the addition of
> > new gTLDs?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --Wendy
> >
> > --
> > Wendy Seltzer -- wendy at seltzer.org
> > Visiting Professor, Northeastern University School of Law
> > Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
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