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

["Griffini Giorgio" <grigio@mediapoint.it>]

You wrote
> 
> 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
> 
Here are my answers:

-  the ICANN application procedure complexity and pertinence

If a company is allowed to make money by managing a gTLD I think we all 
agree this will be  _huge_  business.  Also I think that is indeed a 
questionable pratice to allow again to some people to walk around the world 
seeking for an unconnected isle (and which have his own sovereignity) and 
proposing them to manage their - yet to exist - ccTLD.( it is another way to 
put hands on a gTLD since it is easy to 'convert' a ccTLD to a gTLD by just 
dropping  restrictions). This has been done in real and there were no way to 
put almost financial stability trust controls in place.   
The procedure may seems complex and big but it is not dissimilar to public 
contest for providing a service (any kind of service and _big_ in terms of 
involved money) as I think you know are being handled in Europe.

-  the NSI attitude in response

Market leaders dislike to lose their market positions and usually act in order 
to regain their positions if they feel they were losing it.
I have no wonder they will try to stay on the band-wagon on every possibile 
opportunity.

-  the interest of investing $100.000 into new TLDs under such
   circumstances.

>From the 'accounting'  point of view I think this amount is quite negligible 
respect the whole business one.
It is more appropriate to think it as a way to keep out 'noise' from the 'public 
contest'  rather  than a 'call for investment' .
And this is another common pratice for _big_ businesses contests.

Best Regards
Giorgio Griffini