Re: [wg-c] Straw Vote

["Hal Lubsen" <hlubsen@altronics.com>]

Johathan,

My feelings are that somewhere between option 1 and option 2 lies
the answer.   If the term "a few"  where to mean about 10 TLD's and the
amount of time that could be spent on evaluation before adding
more TLD's was defined to be around 4 months then I would vote for option 1.
Without some defining statements in option one I fear that this
option could overly slow the process of expanding the gTLD space.

Best Regards

Hal Lubsen


> QUESTION ONE: HOW MANY NEW gTLDS, AND HOW FAST?
>
> Option 1: Without regard to whether it would be desirable to have many
> gTLDs in the long term, ICANN should proceed now by adding only a few, and
> then pausing for evaluation.  Only after assessing the results should it
> initiate any action to add more.
>
> 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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