[At-Large] [GTLD-WG] [ALAC-Announce] CALL FOR COMMENTS: ALAC Statement on the Preliminary Issue Report on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures

Wed Sep 23 14:36:54 UTC 2015

Olivier

Speaking in my purely personal capacity … 
Just to clarify - not ALL contracted parties are going to be pushing as hard for a next round as others .. 

I’m not saying that we are opposed to a new round - a lot of registrars obviously aren’t - but not all of us are going to be as motivated for a new round as others

I’m on the record as saying that quite a few things from the current round need to be reviewed.

Just picking a $random example .. 
Prior to this round there was an assumption that there would be a high level of interest both from IP holders and potential infringers, so a lot of time energy and effort went into RPMs. Looking at what’s happened over the past 18 months you’d have to wonder how much of this was really necessary .. 

Regards

Michele (in my totally personal capacity)

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On 23/09/2015 15:23, "Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond" <ocl at gih.com> wrote:

>[ I've modified the distribution & added both new gTLD WG list & ALAC
>list - when you reply, you might get a bounce from the new gTLD list if
>you're not in the WG but staff will do the magic to unlock you message ]
>
>Just a few notes:
>- the Preliminary Issues Report is long (147 pages) but needs to be read
>thoroughly.
>- the draft ALAC Statement addresses only those points which Carlton and
>I felt were important to address. If you see anything else in the
>Preliminary Issues Report that requires our attention, please flag it as
>soon as possible so we can add it.
>- I know that some in our community are saying: "no more new gTLDs / ban
>on new gTLD rounds", or "no more new gTLDs until we see a demonstration
>that the first round has served the public interest".
>Please note that the current issues report says that the default is that
>the program *will continue with a next round*. Having spent time on the
>gNSO council participating in the discussions, it is clear that there is
>a very strong pressure from Contracted Parties and some parts of the
>Non-Contracted parties (some of whom might be interested in being part
>of the next application round) that *want* a next round to take place
>*as soon as possible*. Unless you are ready to enter a trench war with
>the GNSO, I would not recommend that we ask for an outright indefinite
>ban on new gTLDs -- because since the working group will be a GNSO
>working group, we'll all end up being completely ignored from day 1.
>Carlton and I have therefore taken the stance that if there is going to
>be another round, *all* the issues identified in the issues report, and
>other issues we have pointed out, need to be both studied and resolved.
>Even that is going to be a very hard point to defend, but it is
>absolutely worth defending - if/when the working group gets under way,
>please take part in the WG.
>- If the At-Large Community would like next round of new gTLDs promoting
>applicants from developing economies, the ALAC might need to support a
>next round sooner rather than later.
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Olivier
>
>On 23/09/2015 14:07, ICANN At-Large Staff wrote:
>> Dear All, 
>>
>> On behalf of the ALAC, Olivier Crepin-Leblond and Carlton Samuels have
>> developed the first draft ALAC Statement in response to the Public
>> Comment on the Preliminary Issue Report on New gTLD Subsequent
>> Procedures <https://community.icann.org/x/zIdYAw>. The draft, as well
>> as pertinent resources for the Public Comment, can be found in its
>> wiki workspace here: https://community.icann.org/x/zIdYAw. All
>> At-Large members are welcome to comment on this draft. 
>>
>> Please take a moment to review this draft and if you have input,
>> please submit it in the wiki workspace using the comment function by
>> *30 September 2015*. You will need to log in to the wiki to use the
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>> the wiki, kindly contact staff at atlarge.icann.org
>> <mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org>. 
>>
>> Inputs submitted in this mailing list will be transferred to the wiki
>> workspace for the penholder(s) to keep track of the community comments
>> and take them into consideration when finalizing the draft. 
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie
>> Peregrine and Terri Agnew
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