[council] Regarding Olof's paper on "rationale" for new TLDs

[Bruce Tonkin]

Hello Olof,

I am still working my way through your paper and the references it
contains.   It is a great start.

Rather than trying to create a rationale for new TLDs at this stage, I
suggest we first collect the full text all the previous Board, Names
Council, and GNSO Council resolutions together.    We made then decide
that the next step is to create the rationale.

For example in Section 4 of your report you quote the first paragraph of
the Names Council statement of 18/19 April 2005.   I think the second
paragraph also helps understand some of the past decisions.

Ie:
http://www.icann.org/yokohama/new-tld-topic.htm#18/19April2000NCStatemen
t 

"The Names Council determines that the report of Working Group C and
related comments indicate that there exists a consensus for the
introduction of new gTLDs in a measured and responsible manner. The
Names Council therefore recommends to the ICANN Board that it establish
a policy for the introduction of new gTLDs in a measured and responsible
manner, giving due regard in the implementation of that policy to (a)
promoting orderly registration of names during the initial phases; (b)
minimizing the use of gTLDs to carry out infringements of intellectual
property rights; and (c) recognizing the need for ensuring user
confidence in the technical operation of the new TLD and the DNS as a
whole.

"Because there is no recent experience in introducing new gTLDs, we
recommend to the Board that a limited number of new top-level domains be
introduced initially and that the future introduction of additional
top-level domains be done only after careful evaluation of the initial
introduction. The Names Council takes note of the fact that the WG C
report indicates that several types of domains should be considered in
the initial introduction, these being: fully open top-level domains,
restricted and chartered top-level domains with limited scope,
non-commercial domains and personal domains. Implementation should
promote competition in the domain-name registration business at the
registry and registrar levels. The Names Council recognizes that any
roll-out must not jeopardize the stability of the Internet, and assumes
a responsible process for introducing new gTLDs, which includes ensuring
that there is close coordination with organizations dealing with
Internet protocols and standards.

"To assist the Board in the task of introducing new gTLDs, the Names
Council recommends that the ICANN staff invite expressions of interest
from parties seeking to operate any new gTLD registry, with an
indication as to how they propose to ensure to promote these values."

For example, the first sentence of the second paragraph above states:
Because there is no recent experience in introducing new gTLDs, we
recommend to the Board that a limited number of new top-level domains be
introduced initially and that the future introduction of additional
top-level domains be done only after careful evaluation of the initial
introduction. 

So for now lets update the paper with the full text of the previous
Names Council, Board, and GNSO resolutions.

Regards,
Bruce