RE: [ga-roots] TLD's

["Dassa" <dassa@dhs.org>]

|> -----Original Message-----
|> From: Gene Marsh [mailto:marshm@anycast.net]
|> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 1:30 PM
|> To: dassa@dhs.org
|> Subject: RE: [ga-roots] TLD's
|>
|> In what way are we deciding the fate of a TLD?  This makes no sense
|> whatsoever.

Deciding to accept or reject the offer of the .TLD TLD was making a
decision on what happened to the TLD.  TLDA declined the offer but could
have accepted it.

|> Ron Kimball, in good faith, offered the TLD ".TLD" to the TLDA.  We feel
|> that it would not be appropriate for the TLDA to hold and/or operate a
TLD.
|> That would be in direct competition with our membership.  Therefore, we
|> declined his offer.

Makes good sense.  Note I was not commenting on the decision but the fact
the decision was there to be made by a limited number of individuals.

|> If ICANN were to be offered a TLD, do you believe, based on your
response
|> here, that ICANN should accept it?

ICANN has been offered a number of TLD's, mostly with strings attached.
There has been a great deal of discussion on the issue and ICANN has been
seeking input from a large number of people as to the appropriateness of
accepting such offers.

|> But thank you for pointing out that we did exactly the right thing for
our
|> organization, our members, and the Internet community.  Good press like
this
|> is not easy to come by.

Glad you see it in that light.

Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.

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