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GA-DIGEST             Friday, May 9 2003             Volume 01 : Number 1689

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Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 15:12:01 EDT
From: [email-masked]
Subject: [ga] Supporting Organization

Dear ALAC members,

I am sure that users world-wide are delighted to hear that "the Interim At 
Large Advisory Committee supports the idea of a Country Code Names Supporting 
Organization".

Would it trouble you too much to declare that "the Interim At Large Advisory 
Committee supports the idea of an At-Large Supporting Organization"   ... or, 
in your view, don't we warrant having a Supporting Organization as do these 
other special interest groups?
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Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 14:53:26 -0400
From: "Bernard Turcotte" <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] Montreal meeting - Update

Given recent events, I felt it would be appropriate to reassure everyone
coming to Montreal for the June ICANN meeting.

There are NO mandatory quarantine procedures for people landing in
Canada.   However, there are screening agents at airports who check
passenger arriving from high risk areas (such as the ones listed at
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/protection/warnings/sars/health_alert4.html).
It is at the discretion of the screening agents to quarantine passengers
showing SARS symptoms to protect the public.

There are NO SARS cases in Montréal and the entire province of Québec,
nor have there ever been any. In Canada, SARS cases have only been
reported in Vancouver and Toronto. Toronto is located 550 kilometres
(350 miles) west of Montreal.

The Province of Québec has taken pre-emptive measures by screening
potential victims and quarantining people who might have been in contact
with SARS patients.  As a result, NO cases whatsoever have been
confirmed in Montréal or the Province of Québec.

The World Health Organization has lifted its travel advisory to Toronto
as per www.who.int/mediacentre/notes/2003/np9/en.

The June 2003 ICANN meeting will be held in Montreal from June 22 to 26
as planned.  Additional information on is available at:
www.gouv.qc.ca/Informations/Urgence/Pneumonie_en.html
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/protection/warnings/sars/health_alert4.html
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/protection/warnings/sars/index.html
www.who.int/csr/sars/en
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars

We look forward to seeing in Montreal.

À la prochaine,

Bernard Turcotte
CIRA President

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Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 22:57:55 -0400
From: Sotiris Sotiropoulos <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] [Fwd: CIRA Important Changes to you Dot-ca Domain Name Agreement]

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Subject: CIRA Important Changes to you Dot-ca Domain Name Agreement
Date: 06 may 03 22:51:43
From: <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]

To all CIRA Registrants,

The purpose of this email is to notify you of some VERY IMPORTANT CHANGES to the 
Registrant Agreement. These changes will apply to you and your dot-ca domain name 
registrations as of June 5, 2003. 

If you would like to view this notice in French, 
please click on the following link: http://www.cira.ca/fr/q2.2003.html

You can view this notice on CIRA's website at: http://www.cira.ca/en/q2.2003.html

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is the corporation responsible 
for operating the dot-ca domain name registry. As a dot-ca domain name registrant, 
you entered into a Registrant Agreement (the "Agreement") with CIRA when you 
registered your first dot-ca domain name. The terms of this Agreement apply to all 
your current and future dot-ca domain name registrations. 

In the event of differences between the summary below and the text of the amended 
Agreement, the text of the Agreement will govern. 

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

1.	The Registrant Agreement allows CIRA to notify you of changes to the 
	Registrant Agreement that apply to domain name registrations by giving 
	you notice by email and posting the changes on CIRA's website. The changes 
	will not take effect until the later of least thirty (30) days of posting 
	the amendments on CIRA's website (currently at http://www.cira.ca) and 
	thirty (30) days after CIRA gives notice of such amendment to the Registrant 
	and the Registrant's Registrar. (See section 10.1 of the Agreement.) 
2.	The Agreement has been amended to include, for the sake of clarity, 
	definitions such as, "Account Information," "Activation," "Authorized 
	Signing Representative," "CIRA Elections," and "Meetings" (See section 1.2).  
3.	Certain obsolete language has been deleted and some grammatical and 
	typographical errors have been corrected throughout the document.
4.	You are no longer permitted to transfer the Domain Name registration to 
	another registrant or change your Registrar of Record for thirty (30) days 
	from the time that the registration was activated, as defined in the Agreement 
	(see section 2.2).
5.	The Agreement clarifies that your Registrar has the ability to change the 
	contact details for your administrative contact at any time, without having 
	to go through the Change of Critical Information process, as set out in 
	section 8.3 of the Registration Rules (http://www.cira.ca/en/doc_Registrar.html) 
	and as amended in the "General Registration Rules", PROVIDED you have consented 
	to this and granted this authority to your Registrar. (See section 2.6).
6.	Your Registrar may request CIRA to cancel your Domain Name registration within 
	seven (7) days of its activation, without your consent. 
	(See sections 2.6, 6.2 and document entitled "Cancelling a New Registration Request 
	Policy, Rules, and Procedures" (Version 1.0 - Effective Date: June 5, 2003)).
7.	Your Registrar may cancel a renewal term for your Domain Name registration, 
	if the renewal term has not yet commenced. (See section 2.6 and document entitled 
	"Cancellation of Renewal Request policy, Rules, and Procedures" 
	(Version 1.0 - Effective Date: June 5, 2003.)).   
8.	The Administrative Contact's role in relation to the Registrant has been clarified.  
	For example, the Agreement has been changed to state that all CIRA notices to you, 
	the Registrant, will ONLY be sent to your administrative contact email address, 
	as listed in the Registration Information for the respective Domain Name Registration. 
	(See section 2.7 and 2.8).
9.	Also, certain limits to the authority granted to your administrative contact have 	
	been imposed. For instance, your administrative contact is no longer permitted to 
	vote for you.  As an individual Registrant, only the individual is permitted to 
	vote at any CIRA elections and attend and vote at any CIRA members' meetings.  
	When a Registrant is not an individual, someone in the organization who is a 
	full-time employee and who has the authority to vote or has signing authority, 
	that is not limited to CIRA Elections or Meetings, may vote during a CIRA board 
	of director election or attend and vote at a CIRA members' meeting. 
	(See section 2.9)
10.	It has been now explicitly stated that it is your obligation to ensure that all 
	fees payable to the Registrant's Registrar have been paid when they are due. 
	Failure to pay the applicable fees to your current or former Registrar may result 
	in cancellation, by CIRA, of your Domain Name registration. 
	(See sections 3.1(n) and 6.4).
11.	Also, the Agreement makes it clear that you are now also subject to the terms and 
	conditions of the use of CIRA's website, as set out in the Legal Notice on CIRA's 
	website (www.cira.ca) (see section 3.1(o)).
12.	The Agreement has been modified to clarify what information can be used by CIRA on 
	the WHOIS search.  (See section 4.1).
13.	The Agreement now clarifies that CIRA has the right to restrict your use of your 
	Domain Name in accordance with applicable CIRA Policies, Rules, and Procedures 
	(see section 6.1).
14.	The Agreement has been amended to include situations where termination of the 
	Agreement may occur if you amalgamate, change your name, or ceased to exist as 
	the Person listed in the CIRA WHOIS database (see section 6.16(d)).
15.	The Registrant notification process for changes to the Registrant Agreement has changed 
	to indicate the CIRA is only required to send you notification that their have been 
	changes to the agreement and not provide a summary of those changes to you. Instead, 
	CIRA may send a notification to you that contains a link to a page on CIRA's website that 
	provides you with a summary of the changes and access to a copy of the amended Agreement.
16.	FOR A FULL TEXT OF THE AMENDED REGISTRANT AGREEMENT, (VERSION 1.4 - EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 5, 2003) 
	PLEASE SEE HTTP://WWW.CIRA.CA/EN/DOC_REGISTRAR.HTML. 

Thank you for your time and attention in this matter.

Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)

About CIRA

CIRA is the not-for-profit corporation mandated to operate the dot-ca top-level domain 
for all Canadians.  It is responsible for setting policy and managing the 335,000 
dot-ca domain name database as well as registering domain names through its network 
of certified registrars.  Additional information is available at www.cira.ca.

CIRA will host the June 2003 meeting of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), 
the world Internet governing body, from June 22 to 26, 2003, in Montreal.  
Visit www.icannmontreal.ca for more information.

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<pre>To all CIRA Registrants,

The purpose of this email is to notify you of some VERY IMPORTANT CHANGES to the 
Registrant Agreement. These changes will apply to you and your dot-ca domain name 
registrations as of June 5, 2003. 

If you would like to view this notice in French, 
please click on the following link: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cira.ca/fr/q2.2003.html">http://www.cira.ca/fr/q2.2003.html</a>

You can view this notice on CIRA's website at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cira.ca/en/q2.2003.html">http://www.cira.ca/en/q2.2003.html</a>

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is the corporation responsible 
for operating the dot-ca domain name registry. As a dot-ca domain name registrant, 
you entered into a Registrant Agreement (the "Agreement") with CIRA when you 
registered your first dot-ca domain name. The terms of this Agreement apply to all 
your current and future dot-ca domain name registrations. 

In the event of differences between the summary below and the text of the amended 
Agreement, the text of the Agreement will govern. 

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

1.	The Registrant Agreement allows CIRA to notify you of changes to the 
	Registrant Agreement that apply to domain name registrations by giving 
	you notice by email and posting the changes on CIRA's website. The changes 
	will not take effect until the later of least thirty (30) days of posting 
	the amendments on CIRA's website (currently at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cira.ca">http://www.cira.ca</a>) and 
	thirty (30) days after CIRA gives notice of such amendment to the Registrant 
	and the Registrant's Registrar. (See section 10.1 of the Agreement.) 
2.	The Agreement has been amended to include, for the sake of clarity, 
	definitions such as, "Account Information," "Activation," "Authorized 
	Signing Representative," "CIRA Elections," and "Meetings" (See section 1.2).  
3.	Certain obsolete language has been deleted and some grammatical and 
	typographical errors have been corrected throughout the document.
4.	You are no longer permitted to transfer the Domain Name registration to 
	another registrant or change your Registrar of Record for thirty (30) days 
	from the time that the registration was activated, as defined in the Agreement 
	(see section 2.2).
5.	The Agreement clarifies that your Registrar has the ability to change the 
	contact details for your administrative contact at any time, without having 
	to go through the Change of Critical Information process, as set out in 
	section 8.3 of the Registration Rules (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cira.ca/en/doc_Registrar.html">http://www.cira.ca/en/doc_Registrar.html</a>) 
	and as amended in the "General Registration Rules", PROVIDED you have consented 
	to this and granted this authority to your Registrar. (See section 2.6).
6.	Your Registrar may request CIRA to cancel your Domain Name registration within 
	seven (7) days of its activation, without your consent. 
	(See sections 2.6, 6.2 and document entitled "Cancelling a New Registration Request 
	Policy, Rules, and Procedures" (Version 1.0 - Effective Date: June 5, 2003)).
7.	Your Registrar may cancel a renewal term for your Domain Name registration, 
	if the renewal term has not yet commenced. (See section 2.6 and document entitled 
	"Cancellation of Renewal Request policy, Rules, and Procedures" 
	(Version 1.0 - Effective Date: June 5, 2003.)).   
8.	The Administrative Contact's role in relation to the Registrant has been clarified.  
	For example, the Agreement has been changed to state that all CIRA notices to you, 
	the Registrant, will ONLY be sent to your administrative contact email address, 
	as listed in the Registration Information for the respective Domain Name Registration. 
	(See section 2.7 and 2.8).
9.	Also, certain limits to the authority granted to your administrative contact have 	
	been imposed. For instance, your administrative contact is no longer permitted to 
	vote for you.  As an individual Registrant, only the individual is permitted to 
	vote at any CIRA elections and attend and vote at any CIRA members' meetings.  
	When a Registrant is not an individual, someone in the organization who is a 
	full-time employee and who has the authority to vote or has signing authority, 
	that is not limited to CIRA Elections or Meetings, may vote during a CIRA board 
	of director election or attend and vote at a CIRA members' meeting. 
	(See section 2.9)
10.	It has been now explicitly stated that it is your obligation to ensure that all 
	fees payable to the Registrant's Registrar have been paid when they are due. 
	Failure to pay the applicable fees to your current or former Registrar may result 
	in cancellation, by CIRA, of your Domain Name registration. 
	(See sections 3.1(n) and 6.4).
11.	Also, the Agreement makes it clear that you are now also subject to the terms and 
	conditions of the use of CIRA's website, as set out in the Legal Notice on CIRA's 
	website (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.cira.ca">www.cira.ca</a>) (see section 3.1(o)).
12.	The Agreement has been modified to clarify what information can be used by CIRA on 
	the WHOIS search.  (See section 4.1).
13.	The Agreement now clarifies that CIRA has the right to restrict your use of your 
	Domain Name in accordance with applicable CIRA Policies, Rules, and Procedures 
	(see section 6.1).
14.	The Agreement has been amended to include situations where termination of the 
	Agreement may occur if you amalgamate, change your name, or ceased to exist as 
	the Person listed in the CIRA WHOIS database (see section 6.16(d)).
15.	The Registrant notification process for changes to the Registrant Agreement has changed 
	to indicate the CIRA is only required to send you notification that their have been 
	changes to the agreement and not provide a summary of those changes to you. Instead, 
	CIRA may send a notification to you that contains a link to a page on CIRA's website that 
	provides you with a summary of the changes and access to a copy of the amended Agreement.
16.	FOR A FULL TEXT OF THE AMENDED REGISTRANT AGREEMENT, (VERSION 1.4 &#8211; EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 5, 2003) 
	PLEASE SEE <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="HTTP://WWW.CIRA.CA/EN/DOC_REGISTRAR.HTML">HTTP://WWW.CIRA.CA/EN/DOC_REGISTRAR.HTML</a>. 

Thank you for your time and attention in this matter.

Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)

About CIRA

CIRA is the not-for-profit corporation mandated to operate the dot-ca top-level domain 
for all Canadians.  It is responsible for setting policy and managing the 335,000 
dot-ca domain name database as well as registering domain names through its network 
of certified registrars.  Additional information is available at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.cira.ca">www.cira.ca</a>.

CIRA will host the June 2003 meeting of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), 
the world Internet governing body, from June 22 to 26, 2003, in Montreal.  
Visit <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.icannmontreal.ca">www.icannmontreal.ca</a> for more information.

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Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 15:54:36 -0500
From: "Jim Fleming" <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] 1:179     CA   (CANADA)...IN-ADDR.CA

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/unir.txt
1:179     CA   (CANADA)
http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space
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http://www.icann.org/montreal/
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Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 18:55:30 -0400
From: "L. Gallegos" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] ALAC on ccNSO 

On 7 May 2003 at 8:59, Vittorio Bertola wrote:

> But I still think that there are some interactions and
> interdependences between what ccTLDs do and what the other types of
> registries do, and this is why some interactions and discussions at
> the ICANN level between ccTLDs and the rest of the community are
> highly desirable. They should not end up in the production of top-down
> binding policies (except perhaps when the root is involved), but they
> should end up in building awareness and consensus around best practices
> that, being the best, will be naturally adopted by most ccTLDs.

I don't think that root policies should be mandated by affiliation to 
ICANN either.  If a ccTLD chooses to use their own root, for whatever 
reasons, they should be free to do so.  There are good reasons for having 
interaction among all ccTLDs and they can learn and grow with those 
interactions.  No policies should be binding on them, however.  Best 
practices can be developed, but even those should be a matter of choice 
and selection based on needs and local laws.  I would think that the 
purpose of having a community of cc's would be to develop understanding 
and cooperation, but leave policy making to their own jurisdictions.

Leah

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Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 01:16:03 +0200
From: "J-F C. (Jefsey)  Morfin" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] Supporting Organization

On 21:12 07/05/03, [email-masked] said:
>Dear ALAC members,
>I am sure that users world-wide are delighted to hear that "the Interim At
>Large Advisory Committee supports the idea of a Country Code Names Supporting
>Organization".
>Would it trouble you too much to declare that "the Interim At Large Advisory
>Committee supports the idea of an At-Large Supporting Organization"   ... or,
>in your view, don't we warrant having a Supporting Organization as do these
>other special interest groups?

You mean you want them to move from ALAC to ALAS?

Not much difference in dictionary:
- - alac(k): American Heritage: used to express sorrow, regret, or alarm:
   Webster: an exclamation expressive of sorrow (archaic - ie. fits ICANN)
- - alas: Webster: an exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension 
of evil.
   old writers could say "alas the day", "alas the white", "alas ICANN" ...
   WordNet, Pinceton: by bad luck. syn: unforntunately, unlucklily, 
regrettably.

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Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 23:39:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Karl Auerbach <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] Re: Even Handed Application of The Rules (Yes or No? - We shall see) (was Re: [ga] Posting rights of Jeff Williams suspended for 14 	days).

On Wed, 7 May 2003, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:

> It may be interesting also to read the attached Internet-Draft which
> is proposed ...

I am opposed to any formalized censorship.  I prefer personal ostracism 
- - that turns it into an individual choice and not something imposed by 
"the establishment".

In the kind of warm discussion that arises out of social and political
matters (as opposed to the calmer, less emotional discussions that occur
in the ietf regarding technical matters)  it is to be expected that a few
feelings will be hurt.

I'd rather spend a few moments hitting the "d" key than risk censoring 
someone who may be attempting to make a point but who may lack the skills 
to do so without offending everyone.

Censorship is not foreign to ICANN - ICANN has tried to censor me, for
example, by refusing to publish any of my papers on its web site, despite
the fact that they do so on a routine basis for other directors and
"staff" and despite my repeated requests.  ICANN's webmaster has been
utterly unresponsive.

		--karl--

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Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 18:45:22 +0200
From: Vittorio Bertola <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] ALAC comment on gTLDs

ALAC Comments to the GNSO's new gTLDs Committee
http://alac.icann.org/gtld/comments-06may03.htm

The At-Large Advisory Committee welcomes the opportunity to submit
comments on the two issues on the table regarding new gTLDs:

1. Criteria for introduction of a limited number of sponsored gTLDs as
part of the Board's "proof of concept" initial round of TLD additions 
2. Whether to structure the evolution of the generic top level
namespace in if so, how to do so. 

Introduction:

At-large Internet users are both domain name registrants and users of
the domain name system. As users, they are well served by TLDs that
are not confusingly similar, enabling them to differentiate the names
they encounter and minimize typographic or semantic mistakes; they are
also served by a namespace that is inclusive and provides access to a
wide variety of speakers and information sources. As registrants, the
"at large" are perhaps the most likely to be underserved by
community-defined, chartered gTLDs. Not all individuals are
necessarily a part of any of these communities, yet they will want
places to publicize their small businesses, engage in political
debate, discuss their interests, and host weblogs, to name a few.
Categorization and eligibility requirements will often act as barriers
to entry to such registrants. As a whole, at-large registrants are
most likely to be served by a range of TLD options available to all
potential registrants, including a variety of true generics for those
that do not fit in neat categories.

These interests are compatible; confusion can be minimized without
narrowly structuring registrations. They are also compatible with
ICANN's limited mandate. ICANN should not be setting itself up as
judge of the utility or fitness of business plans, but only as a
technical judge of what is likely to create confusion or interfere
with the functioning of the domain name system.

I. Criteria to Be Used in the Selection of New Sponsored Top-Level
Domains

References: ICANN Paper
<http://www.icann.org/riodejaneiro/stld-rfp-topic.htm>
Report on Compliance by Sponsored gTLDs with the Registration
Requirements of Their Charters
<http://www.icann.org/committees/ntepptf/stld-compliance-report-25feb03.htm>

Both the paper and report on existing sponsored TLDs err in focusing
primarily on exclusion: Do the sponsored gTLDs represent a limited
community and adhere to their charters by permitting registrants only
from within that community? The question more important to the
public's communicative goals, however, is the flip side: Are there
people or organizations who are left without logical places to
register domain names, or who are denied registration in a sponsored
TLD whose charter they fit? It is easy to make the error rate
arbitrarily low by asking questions that examine only one kind of
error -- gTLDs could block all cybersquatters simply by refusing any
registrations, but that would hardly serve the point of adding new
gTLDs.

Instead, the Board should look, in both the sponsored additions and in
the general question of "structure," to ensuring that all who want to
establish online presences can obtain domain names.

Financial qualifications and entry fees can be barriers to entry of
new and smaller gTLD participants, as well as to non-profits. While
fees may be necessary to discourage spurious applications and to
recover assessment costs, minimal criteria can help to minimize costs
and fees. ICANN should examine the possible introduction of a second,
lower fee scale for non-profit applicants.

II. Whether the Generic Top-Level Namespace Should Be Structured

References: Draft 3.1.2 of the ICANN GNSO Council gTLDS committee
report ("Draft")
<http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/gTLDS-committee-conclusions-v3-1.2.htm>

At this stage, there appears to be general consensus on the GNSO gTLDs
Committee to advise against "structure" in the first instance. As the
Draft states, "It was agreed that a future expansion of the gTLD name
space should take place in such a way that was demand-driven and
bottom-up and in a way that increased competition while avoiding net
user confusion and deception. To the extent that this report has a set
of recommendations, it would seem there is support for the idea that
the structure of the future gTLD namespace should be structured
determined in a number of ways primarily by the choices of suppliers
and end users in the market." The ALAC supports this recommendation.

Market participants, including both businesses and non-commercial
organizations, users and suppliers, are better positioned to indicate
where new TLDs are needed through demand and willingness to supply.
The ALAC supports the proposition that proposal of a name by a
competent registry/delegant/sponsor provides as much "differentiation"
as is necessary. (Draft para. 14) Every TLD has a natural monopoly in
the SLDs registered under it, but ICANN policy should not extend that
monopoly any further. Put slightly differently, a name should be
acceptable within any gTLD structure if users want it and it does no
harm to the domain name system.

In order for market determination to be successful, ICANN must enable
a genuine competitive market to develop. At present, there appears to
be some tension between market competition and desire to protect
registrants from the consequences of registry failure (Draft paras.
10-12). The intermediate road ICANN has taken, a heavily regulated
market (rather than free market or openly acknowledged planning),
tends to produce false assumptions and conclusions about what "the
market" will support (and thus to justify further planning). The ALAC
supports the Draft's recommendations that zone file escrow and
transfer arrangements be investigated as ways to mitigate registry
failure. The ALAC also recommends further examination of separation of
the policy and technical roles of new-TLD-registries, as suggested in
Ross Rader's proposal for distinct Delegants (policy) and Operators
(technical), see
<http://r.tucows.com/archives/2003/03/13/new_gtlds_part_ii.htm>

Consistent with openness to a variety of names and business models,
ALAC supports expansion that allows both sponsored and unsponsored
names. (Draft para 15) Along with Milton Mueller and Lee McKnight, "We
do not oppose and may often favor the creation of new TLDs that are
sponsored and restricted. But many users have no interest in or need
for authenticated and restricted domains. That is why there are
thousands of times more registrations in open domains than in
restricted domains." Mueller & Mc Knight, "The post-.COM Internet,"
<http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/NewTLDs-MM-LM.pdf>

IDNs: Any evaluation of IDNgTLDs (internationalized domain name
generic TLDs) should ensure participation in the linguistic review for
confusion by the language community that would primarily use and be
affected by the IDN policy. The ALAC plans to discuss IDNs in more
detail in a separate document.
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Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 09:29:56 -0500
From: Don Brown <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] Touton responds to Dotster

Wednesday, May 7, 2003, 1:00:09 AM, George Kirikos <[email-masked]> wrote:
GK> See:

GK> http://www.icann.org/correspondence/

GK> for the May 6 letter from Louis Touton to Kevin Brannon.

GK> It looks like June 26th's meeting in Montreal is now the date by which
GK> the results of the appeals will be available. Hopefully they'll do the
GK> right thing and give WLS a proper burial.

Well, don't hold your breath, George.

They board wouldn't have approved it in the first place, if there was
the slightest inclination toward doing the "right thing."  I predict
they will be true to form and continue to ignore the community.  After
all, V$ pays them a lot of money and they need to take care of their
payola buddies.

Thanks,

GK> Sincerely,

GK> George Kirikos
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