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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Adam says: “Makes the process Avri and others are involved with find ways to support developing country applicants for new gTLDs even more important: diversity in location of administration is clearly essential.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Apropos, see </span><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/SO-AC++New+gTLD+Applicant+Support+Working+Group">https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/SO-AC++New+gTLD+Applicant+Support+Working+Group</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>We are seeking inputs for developing a criteria to qualify applicants for support, to define a mechanism to deliver that support as well as consideration for funding and fund-raising. Inputs from interested parties of this list would be welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Carlton Samuels<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Co-Chair of the WG </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> governance-request@lists.cpsr.org [mailto:governance-request@lists.cpsr.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Adam Peake<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 02, 2011 6:32 AM<br><b>To:</b> governance@lists.cpsr.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] Re: Why the unilateral US control over generic TLD is dangerous<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>My bad memory -- I thought the earlier seizures had been made via the<br>registrars, not registries. Were a number of Cuban businesses caught<br>via their registrars, not the more recent ICE cases, doesn't matter<br>this is bad. And I was wrong.<br><br>Makes the process Avri and others are involved with find ways to<br>support developing country applicants for new gTLDs even more<br>important: diversity in location of administration is clearly<br>essential.<br><br>Would be helpful if members of PIR's Advisory Council<br><<a href="http://www.pir.org/about/council">http://www.pir.org/about/council</a>> active in the IGC (Khaled, Milton)<br>could find out what's going on. Suggest the Advisory Council<br>recommend to PIR that it move its registered office to Geneva, with<br>ISOC. And it would be good to get a reaction from ISOC. When is the<br>re-bid for the .NET and .ORG contract coming up, let's make it an<br>issue.<br><br>Perhaps Bill would like to see what the GNSO Council thinks and what<br>amendments necessary the new TLD process to try and protect against<br>similar actions by governments in the future. And we all have GAC<br>representatives, write to them. There's a meeting of GAC and Board<br>coming up on new TLDs, this is an issue very relevant to that<br>process. Ask our GAC representatives to raise it. Who can contact<br>Spain?<br><br>Adam<br><br>(BTW - as we're all subscribed to the list could we not cc everyone<br>on every reply, just the list will do.)<br><br><br><br>>On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro<br>><salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com> wrote:<br>>> Check out the second paragraph of the article in this link:<br>>><br>>><a href="http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2011/02/01/us-seizes-domain-spainbased-sports-linking-site-rojadirecta">http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2011/02/01/us-seizes-domain-spainbased-sports-linking-site-rojadirecta</a><br>><br>>I am surprised that PIR caved in so quickly...Baptism by fire for<br>>Brian Cute. If, as it seems regitries/registrars are going to abide by<br>>these seizure orders, it seems they would abide by them if they had HQ<br>>in any country.<br>><br>>What is the solution then? A treaty is not going to fly, no country is<br>>going to give up their sovereignty over ccTLDs or com0panies<br>>(registries/registrars) that run in their country.<br>><br>>--<br>>Cheers,<br>><br>>McTim<br>>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A<br>>route indicates how we get there." 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