Very comprehensive but concise answer, Wendy! > -----Original Message----- > On 09/30/2011 03:20 AM, Avri Doria wrote: > > Question 3: What do you foresee as the most important issue for the NCSG > during the next year. 2 years? > > New gTLDs will consume much of everyone's time and attention. Critical > for NCSG will be to assure that the final roll-out matches the consensus > points on which we fought hard: keeping censorship out of the root-entry > process; assuring fairness for applicants and for would-be registrants; > making sure that trademark protections are balanced with protections for > the registrants of non-infringing strings; assuring access for a diverse > range of applicants (building on the work of the JAS group); and stable > operation of the process; watching where the money goes from auctions. > We'll also want to stay involved in the early evaluations to ensure that > definitions of "choice" and "competition" are used and applied accurately. > > In new and old gTLDs, I think we need to continue to push for privacy > protection. Individual and non-commercial registrants shouldn't be > forced to trade privacy for a stable location for online speech. > > At a procedural level, NCSG will want to stay vigilant that ICANN remain > responsive to ALL its stakeholders. > > --Wendy > -- > Wendy Seltzer -- [log in to unmask] +1 914-374-0613 > Fellow, Yale Law School Information Society Project > Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University > http://wendy.seltzer.org/ > https://www.chillingeffects.org/ > https://www.torproject.org/ > http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/