An update:

An ALT4 choice has just been added by the subgroup on
single letter reserved names:

[ALT4]: Open auction model involving the release and
allocation of single letter ASCII domain names at the
second level and allocation of funds to benefit ICANN
stakeholder interests and reduce dependency on
Registry/Registrar contributions; provides funds to
assist in supporting capacity building in developing
countries, and on security issues. This open would
require further discussion of the allocation process.

http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-rn-wg/msg00287.html


--- Milton Mueller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> >>> Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]> 3/7/2007 11:23 PM >>>
> >> No one except full time lobbyists can keep up
> with them all,
> >not to make a big deal of it, but i am keeping up
> with them as a  
> >volunteer with my income coming from a totally
> different area of  
> 
> Avri, you may be missing my point. Sure, someone
> entirely dedicated to
> these efforts and as skillful and experienced as you
> at online process
> can keep up with a couple of these groups, maybe one
> or two more. 
> 
> My point, however, is that the uncontrolled
> proliferation of these
> groups can be used strategically -- and WILL be used
> strategically -- to
> become a defacto exclusion mechanism if the
> opportunity arises. 
> 
> This whole approach to policy development is simply
> not in the
> interests of the public and of our constituency. It
> effectively
> restricts participation to full time lobbyists.
> 
> A group (Reserved Names) that is a branch of one PDP
> is already so
> deeply embdeed in the process that only a tiny few
> are aware of its
> existence, much less able to participate in or track
> it. To say that
> this subgroup can then spin off multiple
> sub-subgroups at a moment's
> notice, and that these sub-subgroups can have a
> controlling interest in
> defining the policy options, is not something we
> want to encourage --
> especially when volunteer participation means that
> any given
> sub-subgroup can be really imbalanced. 
> 
> We need public, visible and representationally
> balanced processes,
> using known procedures and known schedules. 
> 



 
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