[CPWG] Today's call and the ccTLD/gTLD trends/Following ccTLDs on DNS Abuse

[John McCormac]

On 04/05/2022 15:04, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond wrote:
> 
> 
> On 04/05/2022 11:36, John McCormac wrote:
>> On 03/05/2022 00:16, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond wrote:
>>>
>>> I was under the impression that an independent organisation like the 
>>> Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network were going to undertake such 
>>> study. I must admit I haven't followed this so closely - perhaps 
>>> someone can enlighten us on this?
>>
>> Seriously though, Christopher's idea of a statistics/economics 
>> department for ICANN is a good one as it might have prevented them 
>> making what can only be described as Astrological or Numerological 
>> "predictions" about the 2012 round. 
> 
> The suggestion was made prior to the 2012 round when an economic impact 
> analysis was asked by the Board. This was punted to an external 
> consultancy and many other similar requests ever since. In parallel, on 
> the topic of SSR, the DAAR project was born within OCTO ( 
> https://www.icann.org/octo-ssr/daar ) and also the IHTI ( 
> https://ithi.research.icann.org/ )  so ICANN does have some in-house 
> resources that are capable of compiling statistics but if a wider 
> statistics/economics department hasn't been created in over 10 years, 
> think what is the actual hurdle to it?

There's one hurdle, Olivier,
Real knowledge of the domain name industry is expensive.

The OpenData project was a good start for metrics but that kind of work 
needs ongoing maintenance and monitoring. That's where the real costs 
kick in.

Regards...jmcc

> 
> Kindest regards,
> 
> Olivier


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