[wg-c] Let's work on...

[Javier SOLA <javier@aui.es>]

Ivan,

Let's move on.

It is clear that we are not going to reach an agreement on gTLD strings. I
believe that your proposal is the best at this time. Let's work on how to
choose gTLDs.

Here is a rough first approach.

We need to define:

1) Who decides
2) Methodology

1) 
   a)   Ideally, who decides should be the whole of Internet users, but
this is sort of complicated. 
   b) The next step would be all those interested enough to check a web
page and take a vote. 
   c) A third possibility would be to consult with those involved in the
process, that is, the DNSO.

The complication I see with b) is the usual one. We do want to avoid
capture and therefore voters must be clearly identified. We do not want
voting engines pushing a specific string.

I tend to think that c) is the best. The DNSO is supposed to be deciding
policy, it can also be the source of decision on names of new gTLDs.

2) Methodology.

We should follow a process slightly more complicated than just plain
voting. I believe that we could have proposals, followed by discussion and
finally a vote.

The method for the vote needs to be decided on. It should give, as a
result, some sort of priority to some new gTLDs, for them to be put in the
root earlier than others if there is a decision on slow deployment.

A voting process could select a set of say... 5 to 15 gTLDs, in a given
order. This will not imply that all of them are added to the root. The vote
should be followed by a deployment plan that may or may not include all of
them. We should select a number high enough to assure that we have enough
for any deployment plan for at least one year, maybe two. After that, we
might want to select again, with the new ideas and conditions that have
come out in the deployment period.

Each person/entity with voting rights could vote for as many strings as
gTLDs are going to be selected.

Javier