[council] FW: the topic of new gTLDs and the role of gNSO Council

[Ross Rader]

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This is a great primer Olof - thank you for putting it together so
quickly. I'm certain that this will be a central document in Council
discussions tomorrow and moving forward.

Thanks again,

- -rwr

On 27/07/2005 8:38 AM Olof Nordling noted that;
> Marilyn and all,
> Indeed, you are SO right - the thought of such a compilation emerged at a
> contact with Bruce on Monday, and here comes a first draft for your reading
> enjoyment, see attachment.
> Regards
> Olof
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On
> Behalf Of Marilyn Cade
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 1:14 PM
> To: 'Bret Fausett'; council at gnso.icann.org
> Subject: RE: [council] FW: the topic of new gTLDs and the role of gNSO
> Council
> 
> I believe that we are expecting some work from staff to help us look at what
> the present state of affairs: I would find it helpful to have a summary of
> what has been done: from board resolutions, to our resolutions,
> recommendations, and any policy we have created. That shouldn't be too hard
> to do from the records of the minutes, board minutes, board resolutions. 
> 
> I think we have our own record of minutes as well that contributes, and we
> have the transcripts from meetings, where in the public forums, it will be
> apparent what was discussed, and then what action was taken. 
> 
> Such a history, in summary form, in chronological order, should provide a
> summary for us to start from. 
> 
> Given all else that faces us as a Council, and my "day job", I find myself
> challenged to focus on this research personally, and look forward to the
> work of the staff that I believe has been requested. 
> 
> Before I engage in interpretation on what "we" have done so far, that
> summary will be needed.
> 
> Make sense to others? 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On
> Behalf Of Marilyn Cade
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 12:00 AM
> To: 'Bret Fausett'; council at gnso.icann.org
> Subject: RE: [council] FW: the topic of new gTLDs and the role of gNSO
> Council
> 
> Bret, I am not so sure that we did answer those questions. I thought we did
> proof of concept TLDs, and then sponsored gTLDS. /both were limited in their
> role in an overall consideration, but contribute lessons learned. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On
> Behalf Of Bret Fausett
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 8:59 PM
> To: council at gnso.icann.org
> Subject: Re: [council] FW: the topic of new gTLDs and the role of gNSO
> Council
> 
> My understanding is that the GNSO and the Board previously answered the 
> question of whether we should have new gTLDs ("yes") and how they should 
> be introduced ("in a measured and responsible manner"). So I would agree 
> that insofar as those questions are concerned, we do no need to revisit 
> the past. There are a number of areas, however, in which the GNSO could 
> provide useful policy work. For instance, what escrow and data retention 
> policy should new registries have to meet so that the damage to 
> registrants of a registry failure can be minimized? But is that policy 
> or implementation? I don't know that it matters much if we *want* to 
> take it on. Perhaps we can use time on Thursday's call to list some of 
> these things we'd like to see addressed.
> 
>        Bret


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