[At-Large] GNSO new gTLD session next week

[Hong Xue]

I, personally, am not a fan of any fast-track. I can tell how messy
the fast-track at ccNSO is. However, quite a few raised in many venues
as far as I'm aware of the "unfairness" of letting ccTLDs go first on
IDNs. The term "fast-track" was truthfully used.

GTLDs might not really need another track but it's got to be really
fast. Given that we cannot even see a reliable timetable of
implementation so far (first June 2008 at IGF 2007 and then October
2008 at ICANN New Delhi), I doubt whether ICANN is running as fast as
it can to meet any deadline. But, of course, after so long time, I
have been long disillusioned. I guess no matter I raise this or that,
I'm only talking to myself.

Hong




On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Alan Greenberg
<alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca> wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> > > http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html
> > > http://www.chillingeffects.org/
> > > https://www.torproject.org/
> > >
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