Re: [wg-c] Proposed gTLDs: The IAHC Seven

[Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.net>]

At 10:43 PM 4/10/00 -0700, William X. Walsh wrote:

>On 11-Apr-2000 Simon Higgs wrote:
><snip>
> > The Postel draft applicants were given "working documents" from IANA such
> > as this one:
><snip>
> > pre-sales but got veto'd by Bill Manning (much to Chris Ambler's
> > amusement). Go figure.
>
>Too bad they lacked the authority to bind any authority for said gTLDs.

Yeah, and we wouldn't be wasting our time now. ;-)

IANA had the authority to do what it was doing. Since it wasn't introducing 
new TLDs into the root at that point - so it didn't need that authority.

It was proceeding along the new TLD definition and evaluation process. The 
authority to do this did exist, as previously documented on the GA list. 
This included making judgement calls on how to best to evaluate the 
registry/TLD applications, and whether those organizations were able to 
fulfill the registry/registrar functions. This criteria included prior use 
and credit-card processing.


Best Regards,

Simon

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