[At-Large] outcomes from the gTLD Review Group re: drafting of possible objections to new gTLD applications

Alan Greenberg alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca
Sat Feb 16 21:57:36 UTC 2013


Dev, without commenting on the substance of these recommendations, I 
really want to commend you on the effort and care you have put into 
this process.

Alan

At 16/02/2013 04:30 PM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh wrote:
>Members of the new gTLD Review Group (gTLD RG) considered the comments
>from the At-Large community as of February 8 2013 regarding the
>applications for
>
>.amazon (https://community.icann.org/x/dAFlAg),
>.patagonia (https://community.icann.org/x/fgFlAg)
>.health (https://community.icann.org/x/0wZlAg)
>.nyc (https://community.icann.org/x/CYJEAg)
>
>None of the applications raised any limited public interest concerns
>(https://community.icann.org/x/QAkQAg)
>
>gTLD RG members ranked each factor of the four tests for community
>objection grounds ((https://community.icann.org/x/QgkQAg)
>based on the comments and discussions. Based on these rankings, the
>following are the decisions by the gTLD RG:
>
>Re: .amazon (https://community.icann.org/x/dAFlAg):
>There will be no drafting of an objection statement on community
>grounds  for the application for .amazon
>given that the "detriment" test for community objection grounds was 
>not passed.
>
>Re: .patagonia (https://community.icann.org/x/fgFlAg)
>There will be no drafting of an objection statement on community
>grounds for the application for .patagonia given that
>the "targeting" and "detriment" tests for community objection grounds
>were not passed.
>
>Re: .health (https://community.icann.org/x/0wZlAg)
>Objection statements on community grounds will be drafted for the
>applications for .health given that the four tests for community
>objection
>grounds were passed. The gTLD RG will attempt to put together the
>objection statements to the applications for .health in time
>for RALO review around 22 February 2013.
>
>Re: .nyc
>There will be no drafting of an objection statement on community
>grounds for the application for .nyc given the comments received as on
>February 8 2013 indicated that the initial objection concerns raised
>were being addressed.
>A late comment sent to the gTLD RG on 11 February 2013 was treated by
>the gTLD RG as being submitted too late for consideration.
>
>
>Kind Regards,
>
>Dev Anand Teelucksingh
>gTLD RG chair
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