Hello Esther,
One of the decisions of the ICANN Board was to approve
a DNSO that featured overlapping constituencies. This
creates a problem common to all constituencies, namely,
where do we draw the lines.
For example, Iperdome may desire to join the following
constituencies, for the following reasons:
ccTLD registries
Iperdome is the official registry for
the .per.nu domain, sub-delegated via
RFC-1591
Commercial and business entities
Iperdome is a business entity
gTLD registries
Iperdome is a prospective gTLD registry
ISPs and connectivity providers
Iperdome is an ISP
Non-commercial domain name holders
Iperdome's clients are almost exclusively
non-commercial domain name holders.
Registrars
Iperdome acts as a registrar for personal
domain names.
Trademark, intellectual property, anti-counterfeiting interests
Iperdome is a trademark, and .per(sm) is a
service mark.
My concern is that certain constituencies are
attempting to form in private, behind closed
doors. This could easily result in a biased
process, one that excludes legitimately
interested parties.
I hereby request that the ICANN Board clearly
indicate that this is not acceptable, and that
any constituency wishing to be recognized by
ICANN must form via an open process.
So far, I have only seen "public" postings to
form the registrar and the non-commercial domain
name holders constituencies, yet I am aware of
"private" postings for the trademark and ccTLD
registries constituencies.
Please clarify this situation now, before
things get any worse.
Thanks in advance.
Respectfully,
Jay Fenello
President, Iperdome, Inc.�
404-943-0524� http://www.iperdome.com
