[ga] Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] Proposed Resolution: TLD ADDITION PROCEDURE

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Milton and all,

  Not bad here Milton.  It looks very similar to what INEGroup
proposed in '99 to the than ICANN BoD and staff.  It was of course
rejected out of hand...  None the less, Well done here Milton!

  I have two questions for your Resolution.
1.) Is there some particular reason why only the IETF is task with
making
the determination as to how many T:LD's can be added?

2.) Would it not be reasonable that other existing standards groups
as well and Non-profit industry organizations to also participate in
the evaluation of adding new TLD's?

Milton Mueller wrote:

> RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A UNIFORM,
> FIXED PROCEDURE FOR ADDING TOP-LEVEL
> DOMAINS TO THE DNS ROOT
>
> 1. Whereas ICANN's primary duty in the administration of
> DNS is to coordinate a root-level registry and to determine
> the contents of the root-level zone file; and
>
> 2. Whereas there is now, and will be for the foreseeable
> future, legitimate demands to add new TLD names
> and to permit the entry of new registry operators into
> the domain name services market, and
>
> 3. Whereas ICANN has to date established no fixed,
> uniform and predictable procedure for responding to
> those demands; and
>
> 4. Whereas, success or failure in the marketplace,
> not the predictions of central planners, should
> determine which TLDs exist and who operates
> them; and
>
> 4. Whereas ICANN's ad hoc methods for considering
> new TLD additions creates uncertainty in the marketplace,
> increases the costs of entering the market, restricts
> competition, harms consumers and users, and contributes to
> arbitrary decisionmaking and the corruption of ICANN
> processes:
>
> BE IT RESOLVED, THAT
>
> 1. ICANN should call upon the Internet Engineering
> Task Force to form a working group to determine how
> many TLDs can be safely added to the DNS root each
> year;
>
> 2. ICANN should initiate efforts to specify a set
> of minimal technical requirements for the operation of a
> TLD, these requirements to be ready within six months
> of the end of the Shanghai meeting;
>
> 3. Once the IETF has defined the safe number
> of TLD additions per year, ICANN staff should define a
> routine procedure for applying for, qualifying, and
> awarding TLDs to applicants on an annual or semi-annual
> basis. This procedure should NOT involve evaluations of the
> business plans or social worth of the applications, but simply
> their ability to operate a registry without imposing noticeable
> technical externalities upon other users/suppliers of the DNS.
>
> 4. ICANN should use non-discretionary methods,
> such as auctions, lotteries or some other objective method,
> to resolve incompatible applications for TLDs.
>
> 5. A transition plan should be defined allowing
> registries operating under legacy contracts to be
> operated on the same lightweight contractsl as new
> entrants.
>
> 6. Economic and conduct regulation of TLD
> registries should be considered out of ICANN's scope
> as a technical coordinator, and devolved to national
> governments
>
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Regards,
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Jeffrey A. Williams
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