[ICANN-EU] New gTLD application procedure vs NSI network gouvernance

[Jefsey Morfin <jefsey@wanadoo.fr>]

To all the candidates,

the ICANN released on Aug. 15th an important set of documents
concerning new gTLD application procedures.(cf http://ican.org).

Today NSI released an announcement about its official support
of i-DNS a company providing domain names in different character
sets and languages. This announcement makes no reference to
the DNSO and only quote the ICANN as having approved the 61
registrars which may now sell more domain names.
This annoucement is attached.

As an applicant for two new TLDs based on technical grounds,
(".sys" for the protected registration of domain names according
to a preregistered format and ".wiz" for new addressing semantic)
I consider the NSI initiative as the disguised endorsement of
*scores of de facto new TLDs* (the Chinese users entering a
big5 domain name will most probably not understand it falls
under the occidental ".com"). When comparing with the $100.000
fee the ICANN is asking me to simply *study* our new gTLD
applications I am puzzled, bitterly dismayed and ready to formally
complain.

I am also puzzled by the way NSI acted independently without
informing nor coordinating with us (I suppose this mailing list is
a good sample of what a reasonably well educated and behaved
"us" may be: people involved in ICANN, DNSO, ISOC mailing
lists and assemblies...).

I a few months from now one of us could be among the people
receiving that complaint and having to respond or to act upon it.
I would like to have your feelings about
-  the ICANN application procedure complexity and pertinence
-  the NSI attitude in response
-  the interest of investing $100.000 into new TLDs under such
    circumstances.
knowing that your opinions will certainly be considered as in
part representative of the European concerned people.

Thank you for your response.
Jefsey Morfin

MultilingualSOD.doc