William is of course wrong. Before IAHC and before ICANN the process was to apply
to IANA and we've all seen the list where IANA acknowledged the list of
TLD applications it was sent.
>Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 01:04:50 -0800 (PST)
>From: "William X. Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Jay Fenello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: IO Design Comments on ICANN Top Level Domains
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
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>On 14-Mar-2000 Jay Fenello wrote:
>> The selection criteria for the first group has yet to be determined, but Dr.
>> Milton Mueller, Associate Professor at Syracuse University School of
>> Information
>> Studies and a member of ICANN's working group on new TLDs, said "If ICANN is
>> serious about ending the domain name wars, its policies should not ignore or
>> foreclose legitimate domain name registries that have already been
>> operating new
>> TLDs. Rather, ICANN should cooperate and coordinate with them to resolve
>> naming
>> conflicts and incorporate them into the new regime."
>
>There is no conflict. With IOD being the only even remotely possible
>exception, no other "alternative" registry started operations with any
>reasonable belief that they would ever be added to the roots. They operate in
>their own namespace, and there is no conflict whatsoever.
>
>Any proposal which gives alternative registry operators advanced standing will
>meet strong opposition, rightly so. It unfairly prejudices against those who
>have worked within the system to seek an opening of new gTLDs and introduction
>of new registries, rather than going the "rogue" registry route.
>
>Unless they can point to some statement from the USG that they had an
>endorsement of their proposal that would lead to eventual inclusion in the USG
>controlled roots, there is no basis for them claiming any standing at all here.
>
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