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

[Alf Hansen <aha@uninett.no>]

Jefsey,

You asked a question to the candidates, and I will put my head on the
block as the first one...

> -  the ICANN application procedure complexity and pertinence
> -  the NSI attitude in response
> -  the interest of investing $100.000 into new TLDs under such
>     circumstances.

It is of overall importance for the stability of the Internet to have
clear criteria on how new gTLDs should be established. The current
procedure is complex, but probably neccessary.

NSI is is not ICANN, but a Registry with an agreement with ICANN. I do
not think NSI has broken any parts of the agreement by doing what you
describe. My opinion is that it is wise for Registries (including NSI)
to wait for the IETF to solve the multi-charset domain name problem
before introducing the possibility to register such domain names.
Special solutions not according to the IETF standards will lead to
"domain-islands" with no global connectivity. The goal for a Registry
should not be to sell as many names as possible, but to maitain a
high-quality namespace for the benefit of the Internet community.

I leave it to others to judge how many US $ they will invest in a new
TLD. It is not clear to me (either) how the investors will get their
money back. 

Best regards,
-- 
Alf Hansen           Mail address:
                        UNINETT FAS A/S
                        N-7465 Trondheim, Norway
aha@uninett.no       Phone: +47 73 55 79 00
                     Fax:   +47 73 55 79 01



Jefsey Morfin wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                           Name: MultilingualSOD.doc
>    MultilingualSOD.doc    Type: Microsoft Word Document (application/msword)
>                       Encoding: base64

-- 
Alf Hansen           Mail address:
                        UNINETT FAS A/S
                        N-7465 Trondheim, Norway
aha@uninett.no       Phone: +47 73 55 79 00
                     Fax:   +47 73 55 79 01