[At-Large] Affecting ICANN policy on new gTLDs

[Joly MacFie]

I don't know that I can add much at policy rewrite level but I am happy to
proofread.

j


On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Hong Xue <hongxueipr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, I'm in, though still jetlagged.
>
> Hong
>
>
>
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> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh <devtee at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Count me in -
> >
> > Dev Anand Teelucksingh
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org> wrote:
> > > Hello everyone.
> > >
> > > ICANN has not yet started accepting applications for new gTLDs. To its
> > > credit, at its meeting in Cartagena the ICANN Board has been convinced
> of
> > > the seriousness of certain remaining issues enough to delay the launch
> of
> > > the new round despite severe pressure from potential applicants and
> > ICANN's
> > > own contracted parties.
> > >
> > > However, the onus is now back upon us and others who took issue with
> the
> > > proposed creation procedures. We have made it clear what we did not
> like,
> > in
> > > issues such as the Independent Objector (IO), the Dispute Resolution
> > Service
> > > Provider (DRSP), and the regressive changes to in trademark-related
> > takedown
> > > notices. Now we need to propose what we *do* want, simply and directly.
> > >
> > > This means, specifically, that we need to create specific wording
> changes
> > to
> > > the new TLD Applicant Guidebook. The goal is to offer to the Board a
> > > ready-made set of changes that have:
> > >
> > >   - Community approval as broad as possible
> > >   - Wording that modifies the existing DAG as little as possible while
> > >   still accomplishing our goals
> > >   - Full consistency with existing GNSO policy and existing CWG
> consensus
> > >   (on both Rec6 and applicant support)
> > >
> > > If we are able to do this, we will have presented both a vision for our
> > > approach to new gTLDs and a fully-charted method of execution. Doing so
> > will
> > > enable us to take initiative, providing a constructive way forward for
> > the
> > > Board to speed TLD introduction.
> > >
> > > This is a significant task. Without enough people to share the load
> this
> > > can't happen ... and if it doesn't, we will have nobody to blame but
> > > ourselves for missing this opportunity to get our policy goals across.
> > >
> > > If you are interested in helping with the background research or the
> > > 'wordsmithing' of changes to the Applicant Guidebook, please let me
> know
> > as
> > > soon as possible.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Evan Leibovitch
> > > Chair, At-Large gTLD Working Group
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> --
> Dr. Hong Xue
> Professor of Law
> Director of Institute for the Internet Policy & Law (IIPL)
> Beijing Normal University
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