[council] FW: Proposal to form a Joint ALAC - GNSO WG 'to develop a sustainable approach to providing support to applicants requiring assistance in applying for and operating new gTLDs' in response to the ICANN Board Resolution 20 at the Nairobi

[Terry L Davis]

Adrian

Well stated.

Take care
Terry

On Mon Mar 22 16:54 , Adrian Kinderis  sent:

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>Alan, fair point. 
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>You have my support on infrastructure and technology. We have
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>I also appreciate the way you have phased your second paragraph.
>It makes sense. IDN’s will be key. I just am not sure that one could classify
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>and operating a gTLD” as critical infrastructure hence my notion of *need*.
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>Adrian Kinderis
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>From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org
>[mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Alan Greenberg
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>Sent: Tuesday, 23 March 2010 10:46 AM
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>To: Bruce Tonkin; 'GNSO Council'
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>Subject: RE: [council] FW: Proposal to form a Joint ALAC - GNSO WG
>"to develop a sustainable approach to providing support to applicants
>requiring assistance in applying for and operating new gTLDs" in response
>to the ICANN Board Resolution 20 at the Nairobi
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>Adrian, 
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>NEED is a rather loaded term. WANTS, COULD BENEFIT FROM, ASPIRES TO each may
>describe a particular situation better.
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>I have spent a good part of the last decade in discussions about why developing
>countries *need* state-of-the-art communications and technologies and
>technologists when many within their populations also *nned* food and health
>care and education. More to the point, why should other countries help pay for
>these in lieu of food/medicine/schools.
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>The answer revolves around the need to developing countries to participate in
>the global economy (and yes, the Internet). If we cannot come up with examples
>of TLDs that stick out as "really good things" that can attract
>support, perhaps you are right and they don't "need" them. But I suspect
>that there will be examples, particularly IDNs, where the case will be a lot
>easier to make.
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>Alan
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