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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi Bertrand,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I agree very much with your observation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What would be interesting to explore however, in the case that we recognize that we do not have consensus on certain areas for the full new gTLD program, is to ask if we can live with the solutions for the same issues for IDN gTLDs. Because the cost-benefit balance for IDN gTLDs may be very different, we may find different answers... and not because IDN gTLD is any special category of new gTLD.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Of course, I believe that the top priority is to have the full new gTLD process launched.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Edmon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US 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>Bertrand de La Chapelle<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 24, 2011 10:52 PM<br><b>To:</b> governance@lists.cpsr.org; Roland Perry<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] A workable, gTLDs process, now<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I was initially very much in favor of some sort of taxonomy, but ended up accepting that the TLD "categories" would progressively emerge rather than be pre-determined. This is what has actually happened as the respective rules for geoTLDs, brandTLDs, and communiTLDs were developed, and I have no doubt that grouping of registries of a similar type will spontaneously form after the launch.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>As for duplicates, I never understood why a .cambridge could not be used jointly by the various Cambridges in the world, ideally as a joint coordinated effort, but even if uncoordinated (after all, the .la - the ccTLD for Laos - is de facto used as a proxy for Los Angeles). Likewise for many types of names. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bertrand<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Roland Perry <<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In message <<a href="mailto:4D6589D7.40400@communisphere.com" target="_blank">4D6589D7.40400@communisphere.com</a>>, at 17:27:35 on Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Thomas Lowenhaupt <<a href="mailto:toml@communisphere.com" target="_blank">toml@communisphere.com</a>> writes<o:p></o:p></p><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1. Both city-TLDs and linguistic/cultural TLDs are long overdue. Had the Net's inventors known the scope the Net would take, they'd certainly have taken greater care in issuing a more robust DNS taxonomy. But with cities being the hope for a sustainable future (if you believe in that sort of stuff) I suggest they get first priority<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Issues with the DNS taxonomy have been evident for a very long time (it was one of the things some colleagues and I struggled with when we set up an ISP in 1994).<br><br>But adding on extra layer only solves some of the problems, because even for cities there are duplicates (eg "Lincoln" is a regional capital in both UK and USA, "Cambridge" is a well known University and regional capital in the UK, as well as a university town in USA).<br><span style='color:#888888'>-- <br>Roland Perry<br>____________________________________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a><br>To be removed from the list, visit:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</a><br><br>For all other list information and functions, see:<br> <a href="http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance" target="_blank">http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance</a><br>To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a><br><br>Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t" target="_blank">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><br>-- <br>____________________<br>Bertrand de La Chapelle<br>Tel : +33 (0)6 11 88 33 32<br><br>"Le plus beau métier des hommes, c'est d'unir les hommes" Antoine de Saint Exupéry<br>("there is no greater mission for humans than uniting humans")<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>