[NA-Discuss] Notice of Motion: update to ALAC advice on gTLDs

Houle Louis Louis.Houle at oricom.ca
Tue Dec 20 01:14:16 UTC 2011


I second!

It's important for NARALO to interveine to express the point of view of 
public interest.
We would like the ICANN to focus first on Country Code (ccTLD), Regions, 
Cities, Linguistic and Cultural before Brandnames. I would like ICANN to 
be more consistent with it's public interest duties, but WE will need 
more competition in the gTLD actual narrow wardrobe!

Louis Houle
Président
La Société Internet du Québec (ISOC Québec)
Louis.Houle at isocquebec.org


Le 2011-12-19 06:47, Wendy Seltzer a écrit :
> I would oppose the motion.
> I support the new gTLD program, warts and all, over continued stalling.
> I believe it is in the public interest to have more options (character
> sets, strings, jurisdictions, registries) and more competition in gTLD
> space.
>
> --Wendy
>
> On 12/18/2011 11:14 PM, RJ Glass wrote:
>> 2nd to your motion
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>   From: Evan Leibovitch<evan at telly.org>
>> To: NARALO Discussion List<na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 1:34 PM
>> Subject: [NA-Discuss] Notice of Motion: update to ALAC advice on gTLDs
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> This message is to announce my intention to move this motion at the
>> *JANUARY* ALAC meeting.
>>
>> This is being done in order to enable discussion to take place -- within
>> ALAC, its gTLD working group, and the RALOs -- to determine the response to
>> this issue which has been IMO simmering throughout the At-Large community.
>>
>> We are told by many (and officially by ICANN) that the program is set and
>> we should stop complaining, But to refuse to express the point of view of
>> the public interest within ICANN -- even if it is contrary to the
>> predominant wisdom -- if to fail at the very basics of At-Large's
>> bylaw-mandated role.
>>
>> As one of the ALAC representatives for North America it is important for me
>> to know the NARALO sentiment. As the proposer of this motion I guess my own
>> point of view is laid bare; but if the region is mostly against it  I will
>> act accordingly.
>>
>> - Evan
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> WHEREAS end-users and governments have only been invited to participate in
>> the new gTLD program long after its foundation principles were determined;
>>
>> WHEREAS most of the problems identified by the ALAC in its Mexico City
>> Summit declaration related to the new-gTLD program have not been
>> satisfactorily addressed and indeed some have worsened;
>>
>> WHEREAS numerous complaints from governments, intergovernmental
>> organizations and other bodies have indicated that law enforcement and
>> public-protection measures in the current design of the gTLD program are
>> insufficient;
>>
>> WHEREAS the ICANN Board, without explanation, has refused the
>> cross-community endorsement of the Joint Applicant Support Working Group
>> recommendations to reduce costs of new gTLD in developing economies
>> independent of any fixed fund;
>>
>> WHEREAS the absence of a staggered release schedule or a fixed timetable
>> for future rounds severely inhibits ICANN's ability to correct mistakes in
>> the proposed application round;
>>
>> and
>>
>> WHEREAS ICANN has still not convincingly demonstrated the end-user need or
>> benefit of a simultaneous launch of hundreds of new TLDs;
>>
>> RESOLVED THAT the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) convey to the ICANN
>> Board and community the dissatisfaction of At-Large with the new gTLD
>> program in its current form, and explicitly advises that its implementation
>> would be harmful to the public interest. We request that implementation of
>> the program be suspended until necessary public-interest modifications are
>> implemented.
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