I agree with Carlos with respect to. Patagonia and. Amazons.
Several Internet users organizations have opposed the approval of these two
NGTLD. I´m sending attached documentation on the subject.
Kind Regards


2013/5/9 Carlos A. Afonso <[log in to unmask]>

> While I agree with most of the doc, I do not agree (along with many civil
> society orgs & movements) with the arguments in the paragraph mentioning
> .amazon and .patagonia. Please leave these arguments to the commercial
> interest groups.
>
> fraternal regards
>
> --c.a.
>
> sent from a dumbphone
>
> On 9 May 2013, at 14:18, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I agree.  These are solid comments and NCSG should endorse them.
>
> Thanks very much, Milton, for the difficult work of drafting and
> re-drafting to incorporate the views of others.
>
> Best,
> Robin
>
>
> On May 9, 2013, at 10:49 AM, McTim wrote:
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Milton L Mueller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Today in domain incite the writer starts his blog post with:
>> " For the last few weeks I've been attempting to write a sensible
>> analysis of the Governmental Advisory Committee's advice on new gTLDs
>> without resorting to incredulity, hyperbole or sarcasm"
>>
>> Exactly what I felt when I took on the task!!
>>
>> So it took him a few weeks to work it out of his system. Can you all
>> forgive me - or perhaps respect me - for taking only one week?
>>
>> I have revised the GAC comments. They are tamer. They eliminated one
>> mistake that Kathy pointed out to me. the bow to division within NCSG
>> regarding closed generics. But they still drive home what are absolutely
>> essential points that MUST be made, and made strongly, in this important
>> comment period. Please take a fresh look.
>>
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d6GT0zqLjU6e7Js-TE2Gjlm_-B5xvhE5CrRPZSV3oV4/edit?usp=sharing
>
>
>
> I am happy with the re-write in terms of tone and substance.
>
> It is important that we make a solid statement about this to the Board, as
> it gives them political "cover" to say no to the GAC.
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>
>
>