[Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt3] WT3 - Definition of "community" Proposal

Thu Jun 1 21:55:42 UTC 2017

From Merriam-Webster

Definition of COMMUNITY
(plural communities)

    1
    :  a unified body of individuals: such as
a :  state, commonwealth
b: the people with common interests living in a particular area; broadly  the area itself the problems of a large community
c :  an interacting population of various kinds of individuals (such as species) in a common location
d : a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society a community of retired persons a monastic community
e :  a group linked by a common policy
f :  a body of persons or nations having a common history or common social, economic, and political interests the international community
g :  a body of persons of common and especially professional interests scattered through a larger society -  the academic community -  the scientific community

    2
    :  society at large - the interests of the community

    3
    a :  joint ownership or participation community of goods
    b :  common character :  LIKENESS -  community of interests
    c :  social activity :  FELLOWSHIP
   d :  a social state or condition  - The school encourages a sense of community in its students.

Anne E. Aikman-Scalese
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From: gnso-newgtld-wg-wt3-bounces at icann.org [mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt3-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of avri doria
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2017 2:41 PM
To: gnso-newgtld-wg-wt3 at icann.org
Subject: Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt3] WT3 - Definition of "community" Proposal

Hi

(co-chair hat off)

I think that communities should have a history that at least predates this New PDP process.  I think that an grouping that is assembled for the purpose of a gTLD application is a cooperative or an association or a non profit company but can't be a community. Personally I think communities emerge over time and are rarely intentional.

As for Occupy, i do not know enough about their structure to know if it is a community. I do not think that a political movement is a community.  They certainly have a right to a gTLD.  Also I think that we need to pay as much attention to freedom of assembly in talking about communities, not specifically freedom of expression.  And I believe that having institutionalized structures is an essential ingredient.  A mob or a happening is not a community, it comes together for a purpose and then dissipates.  Communities are long lasting and hard to kill off (though governments and other often try)

avri

On 31-May-17 14:59, Aikman-Scalese, Anne wrote:
>
> Thanks Karen and Avri,
>
> I hesitated to write anything into the document but wanted to raise a
> question about these two criteria:
>
> ·         Include at least one established institution representing
> the community
>
> ·         Long standing with historical reference
>
> I am not certain that we would want to discourage the formation of a
> new community around a  possible TLD application.
>
>
>
> What if someone wants to apply for .occupywallstreet  – and this is a
> free speech issue .  Would we require affiliation with a particular
> longstanding established institution?
>
>
>
> I guess I sometimes think of a community as a group of persons
> associating for a cause.  Would the NAACP have qualified when it was
> first formed in 1909?  Does it qualify as a community now?
>
>
>
> Would ASPCA have qualified when first formed in 1866?  Would it
> qualify now?
>
>
>
> Is there something about owning a trademark string that disqualifies
> an applicant from making a community-based application?  (Hopefully
> not.)
>
>
>
> Would these organizations be disqualified from applying for community
> TLDs if someone shows:
>
>
>
> 1.       Most African Americans aren’t members of NAACP
>
>
>
> 2.       There are many other animal welfare organizations.  Does
> ASPCA getting community application treatment close out the
> possibility that Animal Welfare League would get community treatment
> for .AWL?
>
>
>
> I guess National Organization for Women  is out since there is already
> a new TLD application for .NOW.
>
>
>
> What if there are a bunch of new community applications based on newly
> formed organizations?  Is that a bad thing?  And do community
> registries have eligibility requirements?  How should the eligibility
> requirements be evaluated in the application process?
>
>
>
> My bias would be in favor making consideration of community
> applications very broadly based, especially where free speech and
> freedom of association is concerned.
>
>
>
> Anne
>
>
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>
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> *Anne E. Aikman-Scalese*
>
> Of Counsel
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> 520.629.4428 office
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> 520.879.4725 fax
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> *From:*gnso-newgtld-wg-wt3-bounces at icann.org
> [mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt3-bounces at icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Karen
> Day
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 30, 2017 7:02 PM
> *To:* gnso-newgtld-wg-wt3 at icann.org
> *Subject:* [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt3] WT3 - Definition of "community"
> Proposal
>
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> After our last call on the basics of community, Avri very generously
> dove in and has pulled together a strawbunny proposal of the
> definition of community for us to discuss and refine.
>
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yKuFzTgIel53nxM9tOWgoH6evMTk4wdxVr
> eVH2m1t0o/edit?usp=sharing
>
>
>
> Let’s see if we can come to consensus on how we want to define
> community for subsequent procedures, for applications, for CPE &
> objection purposes.  Or, alternatively, if we can not achieve
> consensus on what community is, then we will discuss what those
> implications are on subsequent procedures.
>
>
>
> Please feel free to use “suggest” mode to comment directly in the
> document, but for the benefit of all, please send a short note to the
> list when you make suggestions, highlighting what your suggestions,
> comments or questions are.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Karen
>
>
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