Amr,

To keep it simple, both .doctor and .sucks are situations where ICANN has remained completely mute. That is both a corporate risk to ICANN and does nothing to bolster the role of the multistakeholder process in addressing (here) DNS issues. Please note that there is a difference between being engaged in the dialogue around issues and taking policy positions.

For example, had ICANN, as ICANN, entered into the discussions around .health with the global health community, the global community would have been more aware and better informed about the issues and where they should be dealt with (for the most part outside ICANN).  I suspect that had there been that dialogue the global health community would have said "Go ahead with .health and we will deal with the issues, as they arise, elsewhere". By not engaging that discussion, the learning process suffers, ICANN runs the real risk as being seen as part of the problem, and in the process the multistakeholder model can suffer collateral damage.

Sam L.


On 30/03/2015 10:59 AM, Amr Elsadr wrote: