[Gnso-newgtld-dg] - Reminder: Submit Issues & Nominations for Group Chair(s)

[Mason Cole]

Dear Steve --

On behalf of Donuts Inc., I'm submitting the following initial topics for the DG's consideration and categorization in Monday's meeting.  Please feel free to get in touch with me if you have questions.

1. Potential limiting of the next round to trademarked TLDs
2. Alternatives to auctioning to determine a prevailing applicant in a contention set
3. Use of private auctions vs. auctions administered only by ICANN
4. Adjustment of application fees (higher in some instances, lower in others)
5. Review of the community standard and whether it's subject to gaming
6. Potential efficiencies in IE and technical reviews; e.g., whether or not a registry services provider or applicant must be subject to review if one or either has passed all evaluations and is currently compliant with applicable standards
7. Review of / standard developed for NXD and name collisions PRIOR to the opening of a new round
8. Potential extension of rollout timing for TLDs from a new round
9. Examination of fee structure: e.g., no recurring fee until a TLD is in the root zone and available to the market
10. Review of trademark claims service and whether or not it's actually effective in preventing infringement
11. Examination of trademark standards in differing jurisdictions and whether or not they're subject to unfair gaming
12. Inclusion of special characters (e.g., other than ASCII and native language script)
13. Potential for single-letter TLDs
14. Review of geographic indicators for certain products (e.g., wine, cheese) and whether or not a standard should apply to second-level registrations
15. Whether or not generic TLDs in a new round should be permitted to be "closed" to most potential registrants
16. Review of vertical integration and its marketplace impact
17. Measure the scale of actual harm to IP interests and the effectiveness of RPMs exclusive to new TLDs and how they can apply to a new round

I hope this is a helpful list.  Again, let me know if questions.

Regards,

Mason Cole

Mason Cole 
VP Communications & Industry Relations
Donuts Inc.
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mason at donuts.co
Ofc +1 503 908 7623
Cell +1 503 407 2555


On Sep 2, 2014, at 3:19 PM, Steve Chan wrote:

> Dear DG Members,
> 
> This is a friendly reminder to please contribute your list of issues to the Wiki group workspace (https://community.icann.org/display/DGNGSR/3.+DG+Workspace) or to the email list. To provide a bit of additional clarification on what information might prove useful, as Bret spoke to on the first call, the issues can be big, can be small, specific to you or a group you represent, or what may be considered a widely held observation about the New gTLD Program. Issues should at a minimum include enough detail so that others can properly understand the issue. If you would like to make the issue description more detailed, you can consider the elements in the Request for Issue Report template found in Annex 2 of the PDP Manual found here (http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/annex-2-pdp-manual-16may13-en.pdf). Contributing a preliminary set of issues now would of course not preclude the submission of additional, or revision of, existing issues at a later date. Provided enough contributions are received, I would like to be able to take a first cut at categorizing those issues to facilitate the discussion at the next meeting, scheduled for Monday, 8 Sept 2014 at 14:00 UTC.
> 
> Please also be aware that it was discussed on the August 11th call that the group should aim to elect leaders at the subsequent meeting. If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else, please do so over the email list. From conversations over the list in early August, it seemed that the group was leaning towards perhaps a pair of co-chairs.
> 
> Best,
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Steven Chan
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