[governance] It's Time to Stop ICANN's Top-Level Domain (TLD)

[Mawaki Chango]

Avri,

Could you please point to some more information, eg the genesis, of that WG?
How was it formed and who are the members? I would have loved to join had I
known about it - assuming I was eligible.
Thanks,

Mawaki

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Avri Doria <avri at psg.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The point about exorbitant fees is quite another topic altogether and it is
> something several of us are very involved in trying to get mitigated or
> reduced.  That is partly what I mean by Internet Governance issues related
> to the distribution of these names.
>
> Don't know if we will have any luck, but a WG that has been focusing on
> just this problem will be releasing its recommendations real soon now.  I
> hope that the IGC will consider those recommendations and will see fit to
> send in comments on them.
>
> Once the report is released, in 6 languages I think, I will notify the IGC
> of its whereabouts and of the comment period.
>
> a.
>
> On 5 Nov 2010, at 16:01, Ian Peter wrote:
>
> > Avri wrote
> >
> >
> >> It is all well and
> >> good that you have a preference for maintaining the current restricted
> >> incumbent market,
> >
> >
> > Not at all, and IDNs are a case in point where expansion makes sense for
> as
> > long as domain names maintain usefulness - but any attachment of
> exorbitant
> > fees to IDNs to allow them to be established would be ridiculous.
> >
> > I'm simply pointing out, as others are, that endless expansion of domain
> > name suffixes does nothing to aid resource discovery or improve internet
> > governance.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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