[governance] Fwd: [IGOVAP] GAC chair writes to icann board on .xxx

[Adam Peake (ajp@glocom.ac.jp)]

This is interesting.

Adam

>
>Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:57:12 +0530
>From: suresh at outblaze.com (Suresh Ramasubramanian)
>To: igovap at lists.apdip.net
>
>Seen on fergie's blog -
>
>> GAC Chairman urges ICANN Board to allow more time for comments on new .XXX
>> TLD 
>> Via the ICANN website.
>
>
>> From: Mohd Sharil Tarmizi
>> To: ICANN Board of Directors
>> Cc: Government Advisory Committee
>> Subject: Concerns about contract for approval of new top level domain
>> Date: Friday, August 12, 2005
>> 
>> Dear Colleagues,
>> 
>> As you know, the Board is scheduled to consider approval of a contract for a
>> new top level domain intended to be used for adult content. I am omitting the
>> specific TLD here because experience shows that some email systems filter out
>> anything containing the three letters associated with the TLD.
>> 
>> You may recall that during the session between the GAC and the Board in
>> Luxembourg that some countries had expressed strong positions to the Board on
>> this issue. In other GAC sessions, a number of other governments also
>> expressed some concern with the potential introduction of this TLD. The views
>> are diverse and wide ranging. Although not necessarily well articulated in
>> Luxembourg; as Chairman, I believe there remains a strong sense of discomfort
>> in the GAC about the TLD, notwithstanding the explanations to date.
>> 
>> I have been approached by some of these governments and I have advised them
>> that apart from the advice given in relation to the creation of new gTLDs in
>> the Luxembourg Communique that implicitly refers to the proposed TLD,
>> sovereign governments are also free to write directly to ICANN about their
>> specific concerns.
>> 
>> In this regard, I would like to bring to the Board's attention the
>> possibility that several governments will choose to take this course of
>> action. I would like to request that in any further debate that we may have
>> with regard to this TLD that we keep this background in mind.
>> 
>> Based on the foregoing, I believe the Board should allow time for additional
>> governmental and public policy concerns to be expressed before reaching a
>> final decision on this TLD.
>> 
>> Thanks and best regards,
>> 
>> Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi
>> Chairman, GAC
>> ICANN
>

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