<div dir="ltr">I would never disagree, but let us go back into history and specifically to the ICANN San Francisco meeting when .xxx was approved against the advise of the GAC. While the GAC <a href="http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/03/17/gac-statement-dot-xxx">made a statement</a> part of which was "THERE IS NO ACTIVE SUPPORT OF THE GAC FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE DOT XXX TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN", the board never listened. It was circulated that the board approved .xxx against the advise of the GAC to push the New gTLD program forward.<br>
<br>Statistics state that 4 of the industry's biggest players have a say - in total - more than 80% of the New gTLD applications. If the GAC opposes to several applications for each, will they agree and give those applications easily? After all, they are the same players who invest heavily in setting up posh booths at ICANN meetings.<br>
<br>So who will prevail, GAC advise or the big guns?<br><br>In general, this is where ICANN has been failing; i.e. working in the best public interest. While some saw .xxx as yet another TLD, many rejected it for various reasons.<br>
<br>Fahd<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 2:00 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:suresh@hserus.net" target="_blank">suresh@hserus.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto"><div>Sorry? GAC is part and parcel of the icann process.<br><br>--srs (iPad)</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On 21-Nov-2012, at 1:19, "Fahd A. Batayneh" <<a href="mailto:fahd.batayneh@gmail.com" target="_blank">fahd.batayneh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20407906" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20407906</a><br><br>Kurt Pritz's resignations last week, and now this is sending the New gTLD program to unknown destinations. I wonder if common sense or lobbying by the big guns will prevail in the end.<br>
<br>Fahd<br></div>
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