[governance] Help create the .nyc Internet space for New York and New Yorkers

[Michael Leibrandt]

Sylvia,

Don't let anybody tell you that you're the only one putting questions marks behind certain aspects of the GeoTLD concept. For obvious reasons, potential suppliers have usually better means to make themselfs heard (especially if there are strong investors in the background). "Sponsored" opinion surveys, expert evaluations etc. are part of the game, which is fine as long as people don't take them too serious. It should give the impression that everybody who knows the subject and doesn't have bad intentions is by definition pro GeoTLD. Nonsense, of course.

I think there is no clear “yes” or “no” regarding the GeoTLD question. As usual in life, it depends. The weakness of the current GeoTLD discussion is that it usually tries to answer three questions at the same time: a) What should the string look like? b) What is the appropriate legal framework? c) Who are the people we can trust? For example, a CityTLD using a placeholder string and run by a pristine not-for-profit organisation with support from all parts of the relevant community including the public authorities would deserve a different answer than a CityTLD using the full geographical name and being offered by commercial entities against the clear will of significant parts of the local community. Looking at specific concepts on the whole gives potential users a good impression if something is mainly about serving the community at-large or cashing in by using a famous geographic name. It’s good that we have a variety of concepts on the ICANN table, so there is a helpful competition of concepts going on. To accept one GeoTLD string doesn’t mean that other proposals have to be accepted as well, if the underlying concepts and the local conditions (history, mentality, legal setting etc.) are different. 

Michael

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