Re: [wg-c] Straw Vote

[Rod Dixon <rod@cyberspaces.org>]

> QUESTION ONE: HOW MANY NEW gTLDS, AND HOW FAST?

I vote for option 2 (with comment). 

My support for option 2 does not include my agreement that ICANN be
permitted to unilaterally "halt" the rollout of new gTLDs, once a
decision has been made authorizing the new gTLDs; such an action would
probably have an adverse impact upon the new registries. 

I prefer to allow the marketplace dictate whether it's a "bad idea" to
maintain a new gTLD. (Of course, there may be factors other than the
marketplace  affecting whether an agressive rollout of new TLDs is a
good idea, but those factors are presumably being considered by this WG
and all of the rest of ICANN). 

> 
> Option 2:     ICANN should implement a plan contemplating the authorization of
> many new gTLDs over the next few years.  (Example: ICANN might plan to
> authorize up to 10-12 new registries, each operating 1-3 new gTLDs, each
> year, for a period of five years; each year's authorizations would be
> staggered over the course of the year.)  This option would place the burden
> on opponents, if evidence comes in demonstrating that additional new gTLDs
> are a bad idea or that the rollout is too fast, to bring that evidence to
> ICANN's attention and call for a halt or a slowdown.

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Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Rutgers University School of Law - Camden
rod@cyberspaces.org
http://www.cyberspaces.org