Re: [ga-roots] Re: New gTLDs

[Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>]

At 12:59 PM 5/31/01 -0700, you wrote:

>"I understand that ICANN will soon consider new procedures to evaluate the
>current top level domain name program, including a potential timeline for
>the selection of new or previously proposed TLDs. I applaud you for
>undertaking this exercise. Competition and innovation would be well served
>by a wider choice of TLDs."
>
>Sounds to me like they are trying to use the phrase "previously approved
>TLDs" to suggest first use, when in fact they are not approved or
>pre-approved at all and were rejected.

That's the problem. They weren't rejected. They were ignored. There was no 
"due process" involved at all.

That's not to mention the financial harm done to the applicants from the 
successive failed processes.

It's one big (lit) powder keg just waiting for the fuse to run out...



Best Regards,

Simon

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