Please consider in this that there are communities (organized) but not recognized. What will happen with this? I refer to the Turkish part of Cyprus that can be considered as a community but not as a recognized state. If they apply and fail under the state provision will they be able to apply as a community? KK On 27/10/2009 03:11, "Carlos A. Afonso" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > These are my scant notes on what I see are serious issues in the current > Draft Application Guidebook version, besides the trademark ones. I > just talked about these in our meeting here in Seoul. > > According to the DAG, failing to comply with deadlines has no > consequences for Icann, only for the applicant. UDRP in the delegation > process will be outsourced only, at additional cost. Not only $$$, but > window of opportunity and other costs should be taken into account in > accruing responsibilities for delays. > > String contention: what exactly is "community priority (comparative) > evaluation"? What are the precise criteria for deciding on auction of > this evaluation to resolve string contention? > > Regarding the TLD Application System (TAS), the DAG v.3 says "ICANN will > take commercially reasonable steps to protect all applicant data > submitted from unauthorized access, but cannot warrant against the > malicious acts of third parties who may, through system corruption or > other means, gain unauthorized access to such data." E.g, what would be > the refund policy (besides other penalties) if data violation occurs and > Icann is found responsible? The way this is formulated in DAG v.3, Icann > takes very little (if any) responsbility for eventual misuse of > applicants' data. > > What is precisely a "clearly delineated community"? > > Pre-delegation technical tests: the DAG v.3 says "Following execution of > a registry agreement, the prospective registry operator must complete > technical setup and show satisfactory performance on a set of technical > tests before delegation of the gTLD into the root zone may be > initiated." What are these tests? Icann relegates dispute resolution to > third parties (UDR service providers). Are these technical tests also > delegated? What are the qualifications/certifications for the group in > charge of these tests and concluding reports? > > Etc etc etc... > > --c.a. -- Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis, Lecturer in Law, GigaNet Membership Chair, University of Strathclyde, The Lord Hope Building, 141 St. James Road, Glasgow, G4 0LT, UK tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306 email: [log in to unmask]