Re: [ga] Top Level Domain Association - NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST

[Eric Dierker <Eric@hi-tek.com>]

Ok Harald,  you layeth the hatchet now do you endorse a TLD candidate or not?

"Be careful on who's doorstep you lay your opinion it may be asked" (ed2001)

Sincerely,

Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:

> At 16:23 30/03/2001 -0500, JandL wrote:
> >It is my understanding, as I have said before, that ALL TLD holders
> >are welcome to join the TLDA.  This includes the DoC and DoC could
> >have ICANN represent them.  If the premise is to open
> >communication among all parties, how is this in any way a conflict?
> >Bringing the Internet community together is supposed to be the aim
> >of these organizations.
>
> The TLDA has not defined what it is to "hold" a TLD.
> I wonder how the TLDA will adjust to the situations:
>
> a) where a member "holds" a TLD (by their definition), and a nonmember
> wishes to join, "holding" a TLD with the same name
> b) where an existing member starts insisting that he "holds" a TLD of the
> same name that another existing member "holds"
> c) where a nonmember claims to "hold" a TLD of the same name that a TLDA
> member "holds", but shows no interest in joining the TLDA
>
> The answers to those questions will pretty much determine whether the TLDA
> will be a "we are not ICANN" club, a coordinating body for a coherent
> alternative root name set, a club of "we got here first" TLDsquatters, or
> something different from the above.
>
> I cannot evaluate the effort before those answers are in.
> Unfortunately, getting to those answers will involve a great deal of work
> within the organization, meaning that I am not likely to know for some time.
>
> Good luck.
>
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> +47 41 44 29 94               IETF chair: chair@ietf.org
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