NO - RE: [wg-c] Consensus Vote

[bill@mail.nic.nu (J. William Semich)]

I vote no - not until there is an independent economic (and perhaps
cultural) impact analysis performed, especially WRT the impact of the
creation of new gTLDs on ccTLDs and local providers in developing regions
of the world. And not until there is a rational process agreed to by all.

This will have a major impact in India, Africa, many small island
territories and nations, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Eastern European
regions. Just the opening up of .com has already had an impact in the
Philippines and Singapore. We need to know more about these impacts.

I share the concerns raised by Marilyn Cade:

At 06:53 AM 12/15/99 -0500, Cade,Marilyn S - LGA wrote:
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>In addition, the ccTLDS are an important resource to the Internet and their
>role and involvement should be taken into consideration before any new gTLDs
>are introduced.  This is not to imply any opinion about  ICANN's authority
>or role or the role of this group in relation to ccTLDs; but to  make a
>comment that they are a resource to those who use domain names in the
>Internet and any introduction of new gTLDs will impact them -- perhaps
>negatively, perhaps positively.  
>
>Marilyn Cade
>
Bill Semich
President and Founder
.NU Domain Ltd
http://whats.nu
bill@mail.nic.nu