Re: Proposal for a new ORSC/DNSO project

William X. Walsh (william@tjns.tj)
Wed, 02 Dec 1998 11:42:14 -0800 (PST)

On 02-Dec-98 Michael Sondow wrote:
> Sounds good to me. Action is what's needed, as Stef says, and the way of
> going about it that he suggests here sounds right. Stef could have
> brought this proposal directly to the ICANN, and by bringing it to the
> DNSO first he's given the DNSO the chance to assert some authority
> over this issue. IMHO, the DNSO should grab at this opportunity and give
> Stef all the cooperation it can.
>
>
> Einar Stefferud a écrit:
>>
>> It seems to me, given the content and tone of the NTIA "Cooperative
>> agreement with ICANN" that it is time for ORSC and DNSO.ORG to put
>> together a serious proposal to NTIA/ICANN to convene a Fair Hearing
>> Panel to take on the task of sorting out the facts relating to the
>> backlog of conflicting TLD registry claims.

This assumption that those who have, essentially, laid renegade claims to TLD's
with no basis for believing they would ever be added to the roots, should have
some prior claim and be considered a "backlog" for purposes of processing new
gTLD applications requires extensive discussion in itself before even
considered such a proposal.

I am sure I am not alone in a basic feeling that these people/organizations
should probably not have any higher standing in consideration for new gTLD
registries. Their applications should be considered alongside any others
applying for new or different gTLDs. Those who choose to NOT setup a
"renegade" gTLD or root server network and instead to work within the system
for change should NOT be penalized and placed at the end of the queue.

This would be patently unfair.

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