Thanks, Kathy, for your prompt response. The idea is precisely to build a far more solid ground to open up the possibility of creating many global TLDs without this artificial scarcity with consuing rules (if there are really rules at all) imposed by the current process which ends up benefitting some privileged companies. To the contrary, I am in favor of creating as many as needed -- but let us study carefully and listening to the opinion of far more people and organizations than just our small NCUC constituency or GNSO, so the ground for approving many more will be fool-proof, so to speak. We ought to find ways to contain the incredible bunders made by ICANN recently on this, which if anything will continue unless something significant is done to stop it. I know this, if made effective, would scare the socks out of several businesses getting ready to propose new TLDs. Well, sorry for them, society needs this discussion (as much as Icann also does, even if the Board does not recognize it). The way things are being done now is like running a train and trying to fix its wheels and brakes on the run... this is not going to work, and, look, a curved bridge is coming fast... ;) fraternal rgds --c.a. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Carlos A. Afonso diretor de planejamento Rede de Informações para o Terceiro Setor - Rits Rua Guilhermina Guinle, 272 - sexto andar 22270-060 Rio de Janeiro Brasil tel +55-21-2527-5494 fax +55-21-2527-5460 http://www.rits.org.br ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:09:48 EDT Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Brainstorming on an answer to the gTLDs imbroglio... > > Carlos: > We have fought so hard for the creation of new gTLDs. From a > "freedom of > expression" perspective, it is critical to keep opening up new gTLDs > so there > are places that noncommercial organizations, individuals and > entrepreneurs can > register domain names for basic words like "sun" and "tide" and not > be in > conflict with the trademark owners. > > I can see how your plan could be used to expand the range of input > coming in > to ICANN. I think it could certainly help inform and provide some > sense of > guidance to the way new gTLDs are created. > > But why declare a moratorium until then? I thought that as a > Constituency > we liked the idea of lots of new gTLDs. Why not keep the ICANN > process, and > then replace it when there is a plan to replace it with? > > Regards, > Kathy > > > > > - An immediate moratorium should be declared on the > creation/delegation/redelegation of g/sTLDs. > > > > >