Richard and all,
Richard Sexton asks some very good questions here that need,
and even demand good answers. Our organization has some views
on these questions that we believe are relevant as well as very
important now and more so in the future....
Richard J. Sexton wrote:
> (Never meta question I didn't like)
>
> 1) Where is the community consensus that the GAC should be a part of all this?
I myself having been involved on most if not all of the public forums
discussing these issues, have not seen demonstrated by the GAC any
verifiable or accountable "Consensus" on their influence or decision making
on policy issues with respect to ICANN or the Internet as a whole to date.
>
>
> 2) Why is working group C asked to decide "how many tlds and what names" ?
> That sounds like a loaded question just waiting for the answer to be read
> from the IAHC script.
Good question here as well Richard. In that DOC killed the IAHC as it
was illegitimate or constructed in an improper manner at least, it seems
that the DNSO Working Group C as it is currently and was formed
in a somewhat questionable manner to begin with as interested parties
were, and still are not able to participate on that Working Group
public mailing list. This constitutes a direct violation of the White
Paper as well as the MoU which the DOC/NTIA and ICANN
singed in good faith.
>
>
> Shouldn't the question be "by what process or terms should new tld registries
> be accepted into the legacy root"?
Yes, we believe this is a better way of couching the question with
respect to additional TLD's and registries being added to enhance
the DNS and the internet as a whole.
>
>
> Isn't that what we're really trying to find out here?
We believe it should be. However as you and many others
have seen from the ICANN Board, and yes, from the NTIA
itself this doesn't seem to be the direction in which the process
of policy for the future of the Internet is being dragged towards.
One may wonder how this provides for the stability of the internet,
and more specifically the DNS.
>
>
> Does anybody really believe that working group C is so cleevr thay can fortell
> what 6-10 names are going to be the end-all be-all to expansion of the dns
> namwespace?
We don't think that this is really possible, but some probability can be
expected or surmised.
>
>
> For reference, here are the top names poeple have chosen on the right
> hand side of a hyphen in a .com name. Surely this is some indication
> of what poeple want, as opposed to what some committe of people with
> vested interests think is right.
>
> Notes:
>
> 1) List truncated to names with 1000 or more names in that taxa.
>
> 2) List generated from an 11 million name .com zone, a bit over a
> month old. List will be regenerated from a 12 million name .com zone
> when it gets there next week or so.
>
> > 17631 ONLINE
> > 12954 INC
> > 9558 NET
> > 9143 USA
> > 6092 GROUP
> > 5674 UK
> > 5142 WEB
> > 4903 TECH
> > 4678 E
> > 4613 IT
> > 4360 DESIGN
> > 3962 SOLUTIONS
> > 3929 US
> > 3778 SHOP
> > 3661 LINE
> > 3659 WORLD
> > 3534 SYSTEMS
> > 3469 CONSULTING
> > 3434 SERVICES
> > 3414 Z
> > 3219 DIRECT
> > 3158 LAW
> > 3103 INTERNATIONAL
> > 3093 S
> > 3058 1
> > 3028 SOFTWARE
> > 2896 CO
> > 2878 INFO
> > 2875 TV
> > 2781 HOMES
> > 2776 EUROPE
> > 2765 ART
> > 2721 FRANCE
> > 2547 COM
> > 2505 JP
> > 2462 SERVICE
> > 2412 INTL
> > 2405 TRAVEL
> > 2368 CORP
> > 2299 MEDIA
> > 2251 NOW
> > 2244 NETWORK
> > 2235 MAIL
> > 2232 STORE
> > 2194 MALL
> > 2181 CENTER
> > 2162 BUSINESS
> > 2136 CLUB
> > 2135 LTD
> > 2114 2000
> > 2102 MUSIC
> > 2085 ASSOCIATES
> > 2064 NEWS
> > 1985 I
> > 1950 CHINA
> > 1946 INSURANCE
> > 1860 INDIA
> > 1854 HOME
> > 1852 REALESTATE
> > 1818 SA
> > 1806 MARKETING
> > 1776 BANK
> > 1765 PRODUCTS
> > 1700 INTERNET
> > 1683 ENTERPRISES
> > 1675 AMERICA
> > 1664 ESTATE
> > 1647 SALES
> > 1641 SEX
> > 1638 INT
> > 1623 X
> > 1618 JOBS
> > 1607 HOTEL
> > 1562 GUIDE
> > 1542 AG
> > 1537 COMMERCE
> > 1504 REALTY
> > 1502 PLUS
> > 1497 ONE
> > 1471 GMBH
> > 1469 LINK
> > 1469 HOUSE
> > 1440 A
> > 1436 HOTELS
> > 1429 CITY
> > 1398 LIFE
> > 1392 EXPRESS
> > 1391 ASIA
> > 1378 FR
> > 1367 TRADE
> > 1347 C
> > 1344 MARKET
> > 1332 FAMILY
> > 1329 SITE
> > 1325 T
> > 1325 EXCHANGE
> > 1323 TECHNOLOGY
> > 1317 SPORTS
> > 1301 SALE
> > 1301 BOOKS
> > 1300 U
> > 1288 CANADA
> > 1276 SEARCH
> > 1261 FREE
> > 1251 RESEARCH
> > 1228 COMPUTERS
> > 1214 NY
> > 1213 DESIGNS
> > 1204 7
> > 1187 TECHNOLOGIES
> > 1184 MANAGEMENT
> > 1183 SOFT
> > 1183 JAPAN
> > 1179 SHOPPING
> > 1178 COMPANY
> > 1176 HEALTH
> > 1175 ENGINEERING
> > 1164 PRO
> > 1164 GIFTS
> > 1157 ME
> > 1133 ENT
> > 1123 TOURS
> > 1122 TRADING
> > 1119 AUCTION
> > 1115 CA
> > 1109 D
> > 1104 MART
> > 1100 TRAINING
> > 1094 M
> > 1048 ON
> > 1044 ASSOC
> > 1039 GO
> > 1032 ZONE
> > 1029 IN
> > 1020 DATA
> > 1016 COMPUTER
> > 1015 UP
> > 1010 PC
> > 1008 YOU
> > 1004 BIZ
> > 1000 AUTO
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