https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/New+SOIs Hope this helps. - Evan On 26 February 2013 18:04, Kristina Macaulay <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Robin, > > The SOI are for those only on the GNSO. > Somehow I've not been issued one, nor is there instructions how to receive > one. > As you can not complete the form without a SOI, please advise. > > Warmly, > > Kristina Macaulay > > On 26 Feb 2013, at 03:05, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > It is great to see robust debate on this list on a pending policy matter. > And I'd like to encourage those members who have an opinion in this debate > to consider working on a public comment to file to ICANN on the matter. > > A reminder however, that those NCSG members wishing to submit pubic > comments or otherwise advocate positions in the arena should fill-out > ICANN's standard "Statement of Interest" Form<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/New+SOIs> and > disclose any commercial interest one may have on the commented issue. > These "SOI's" are also required to be filled-out by anyone participating > in an ICANN Working Group or other policy debate as part of ICANN's > commitment to transparency. > > Thanks! > Robin > > > > On Feb 25, 2013, at 6:15 PM, Nicolas Adam wrote: > > > They should try co.caine > > or the obvious .blow > > or .patente (than it'd be the flour mills that would panic) > > or cocaine.com, cocaine.co, cocaine.pe, cocaine.snifs, cocaine.whiffs, > cocaine.goodforyou, .... . > > I am quite against colonizing/enclosing generic words and languages within > closed legal system, and I frequently oppose IP's settling attempt into > languages here in the dns, but I also *trust* languages/signs to evolve and > be diverse and strong. > > That is, of course, if we let it be strong and not say, say, that co.caine > is too similar to .cocaine .... > > So my humble suggestion, let a thousand [saussurian] signifier bloom. > > > Nicolas > > > > On 2/25/2013 4:56 PM, Alex Gakuru wrote: > > And wonder if the US southerly neighbours successfully registered .cocaine > (if they had a chance in hell) whether big pharma would be told, "where > were you late when it was registered? Just go on and register . > benzoylmethylecgonine ?" rules/arguments would be "adjusted"? > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Nicolas Adam <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> On 2/24/2013 12:44 PM, Avri Doria wrote: >> >>> hi, >>> >>> In which case, if I really wanted honey for some reason I would apply >>> for .miele or .דבש or .asali >>> >>> or register honey.shop or honey.coop or honey.ri.us or honey.eat or >>> honey.farm or honey.food or ..... >>> >> >> Yes, yes, and yes. Otherwise, it's just one big free public trust of >> strings, whose use needs to be planned and centralized, entailing endless >> (and random) specific adjudication. >> >> As for generic word capture: language(s) is (are) big. Many ways to talk >> about miel. >> >> >> >>> I do not see the point of arguing about what content someone allows in >>> their gTLD. And to me this largely comes down to a content issue. We are >>> saying that everyone has a right to put content under the TLD .honey. And >>> I just don't see it. >>> >>> I also see it as an association issue. Why does ICANN have authority to >>> tell a gTLD owner who they must associate with, i.e who they must allow to >>> use the gTLD they have been allocated. >>> >>> As I said, I think the gulf between the two positions is quite wide. >>> >>> avri >>> >>> >>> On 24 Feb 2013, at 18:12, Alex Gakuru wrote: >>> >>> But Avri, >>>> >>>> Let's take honey, for example. Someone registers the word to the >>>> exclusion of everyone else in the domain name space. Surely honey is >>>> harvested at many places around the world, therefore *all* somewhere.honey >>>> equally deserve registration with whomever rushed to grab the word. Else >>>> would mean advocating for English to be now considered as a proprietary >>>> language. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Alex >>>> >>> > > > > > > IP JUSTICE > Robin Gross, Executive Director > 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA > p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 > w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask] > > > > > -- Evan Leibovitch Toronto Canada Em: evan at telly dot org Sk: evanleibovitch Tw: el56