[council] Regarding individual users

[Gomes, Chuck]

Thanks Bruce.

Chuck 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org 
> [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin
> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 5:21 AM
> To: Council GNSO
> Subject: [council] Regarding individual users
> 
> 
> Hello Chuck,
> 
> > 
> > Bruce - Thanks.  Denise alerted us to this in our Council meeting 
> > yesterday.  I some questions for you. The resolution seems 
> to focus on 
> > individual non-commercial Internet users only.  Was that 
> intentional?
> > Why were individual commercial Internet users (e.g., sole
> > proprietorships) excluded?
> 
> I think there is an understanding that there are commercial 
> as well as non-commercial Internet users, but the focus of 
> discussions has been on encouraging participation from 
> non-commercial Internet users that may
> not be heavily involved in policy development at present.    Many of
> these non-commercial Internet users may not be domain name 
> registrants.
> 
> I note that individual commercial Internet users also are 
> quite diverse in their interests in domain names - ranging 
> from those that are not domain name registrants and merely 
> use the Internet for communication with suppliers, to those 
> that actively maintain a portfolio of second level domains 
> that either appreciate in capital value or earn money through 
> advertising.
> 
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
> 
>