RE: [wg-c] STRAW POLL

[Tim Vienneau <vienneau@cutlergrouplp.com>]

Greetings,

WG-C STRAW POLL

QUESTION ONE
	Please select from the following possibilities, *as applied to
the
deployment of new gTLDs in the name space over the medium to long term*:

3. ICANN, in selecting new gTLDs, should approve some chartered gTLDs
and
some unchartered ones.  (Alternatively, ICANN should require that all
gTLDs
have charters, but it should approve some gTLDs with charters that
meaningfully limit the universe of people who can register in the gTLD,
and
some gTLDs with charters that do not impose any such limits.)

QUESTION TWO
	Please select from the following possibilities, *as applied to
that initial rollout*.

3. ICANN, in selecting new gTLDs in the initial rollout, should approve
some chartered gTLDs and some unchartered ones.  (Alternatively, ICANN
should require that all gTLDs have charters, but it should approve some
gTLDs with charters that meaningfully limit the universe of people who
can
register in the gTLD, and some gTLDs with charters that do not impose
any
such limits.)

QUESTION THREE
	The issue of chartered gTLDs is tied up with the larger issue of
how ICANN
should select new gTLDs -- in particular, whether (a) ICANN itself
should
be the final arbiter of new gTLDs' names and charters, or (b) ICANN
should
simply select new registries and leave the choice of names and charters
to
them.  

4. Each would-be registry proposing a new gTLD applies to the Names
Council
(or to ICANN directly) for approval; if the gTLD is to be bounded by a
charter, the applicant must supply one.  If the application is approved,
the applicant becomes the new registry, subject to its proposed charter.