ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs

Fri Jun 27 11:25:12 UTC 2008

Martin,

You know the phrase "Paris is worth a mass"? Well, we get .paris, as 
well as .cat, and other reasonable things, plus chaff and clutter.

Eric

Martin Hannigan wrote:
> Eric;
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> The only reason I would have supported rejecting the proposal is the 'morality' language related to offensive TLD's. .  
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> What's your take on that part of the process? 
>
> Marty
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Eric Brunner-Williams <brunner at nic-naa.net>
> To: Martin Hannigan
> Cc: nanog at nanog.org <nanog at nanog.org>; [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Sent: Fri Jun 27 10:57:15 2008
> Subject: Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs
>
> Martin,
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> I wasn't that impressed with Dave's remarks, but I heard them rather 
> than read them, which may have made a difference. I agree with your 
> views on the substance and spirit of Susan's and Wendy's statements.
>
> This -- the new GTLD process -- was originally scheduled to get to 
> completion in 2003 and 2004 -- after the initial 2000 round.
>
> Eric
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> Martin Hannigan wrote:
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>>> See pages 17 - 20 of https://par.icann.org/files/paris/gTLDUpdateParis-23jun08.pdf
>>> See pages 22 - 25 of https://par.icann.org/files/paris/gTLDUpdateParis-23jun08.pdf
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>> I think that this is a good read as well, especially the comments by Dave Wodeley, Susan Crawford, and Wendy Seltzer.
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>> https://par.icann.org/files/paris/BoardMeeting_26June08.txt
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>> Best,
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>> Martin
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