[Gnso-newgtld-wg] FW: AFRALO-AFRICANN statement - ICANN 64 Kobe, Japan

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> Good evening :

> Recent postings following this morning's PDP call and related documents have raised several interrelated issues, which are difficult to respond to succinctly:

> 1.   I have long argued that dividing the next Round into specific Phases would be the only way of ensuring professional quality in applications' evaluation.

> (I am indifferent whether these are called Phases or Batches or Waves). I am glad that this concept is now receiving some support.
> 
> 2. Granted that Brands could be a specific Batch, I would however counsel strongly against a priority or a first Batch for Brands. The main reason for this reservation is that representatives of the Brands community have made clear that one of their objectives is to be able to register large numbers of geographical names as Brands.
> 
> As long as WT5 has not reached agreement that ALL geographical names require prior authorisation or explicit non-objection from that geography's authorities concerned, it obviously becomes impossible to have a 'Brands Phase' before a 'Geo-Phase'.
> 
> 3. The working document 'Annex A – Work Track Subjects' seems to suggest that some WT's have seriously been discussing 'portfolio' investment in Registries, e.g. 1.4.1 'volume discounts'; 1.5.1 'multiple identical applications'; 4.3.2.6 '…assuming that all applied for strings are won'. Etc.
> 
> The market for Registry Service Providers (RSP) is already highly concentrated (1.1 refers), It would be quite inadvisable to facilitate further concentration of the Registry/Registrar market through multiple portfolio applications under cross ownership. 

> Vertical Integration was never intended to facilitate that outcome. (2.6 refers.)
> 
> I have pointed out on several occasions that portfolio applications for geographical names, from outside those geographies would be bound to raise political issues between ICANN and the countries concerned.
> 
> I trust that future meetings of the PDP and WT5 will permit these issues to be further considered.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Christopher Wilkinson
> 
> 
> 
>> On 9 Apr 2019, at 01:42, Jeff Neuman <jeff.neuman at comlaude.com> wrote:
>> 
>> All,
>> 
>> We received the following correspondence today and wanted to make sure that the Working Group was made aware of the statement from AFRALO-AFRICANN.
>> 
>> This is being provided for informational purposes and will be incorporated into our discussions as applicable.
>> 
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>> 
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>> From: Silvia Vivanco <silvia.vivanco at icann.org> 
>> Sent: Monday, April 8, 2019 8:59 PM
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>> Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff at atlarge.icann.org>; Mohamed Bashir <mbashir at mbash.net>; Tijani BEN JEMAA <tijani.benjemaa at fmai.org.tn>; Sarah Kiden <skiden at gmail.com>; Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>; Fatimata com> <fsylla at gmail.com>
>> Subject: AFRALO-AFRICANN statement - ICANN 64 Kobe, Japan 
>> 
>> Dear co-chairs of the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG,
>> 
>> On behalf of AFRALO’s Chair Mohamed El Bashir, kindly find attached the AFRALO/AFRICANN Statement “New gTLD Subsequent Procedure: Proposal of Neustar regarding the upcoming round of New gTLDs" which was discussed and approved at the ICANN 64 meeting in Kobe, Japan.
>> 
>> Please be so kind to find attached the statement for your consideration.
>> 
>> Thank you!
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> Silvia Vivanco
>> Senior Manager, At Large Regional Affairs
>> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
>> Tel: + 51-997510935
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