Re: [ga] .ie Seeks to Organize Irish Bid to Run .eu

[Alexander Svensson <alexander@svensson.de>]

I don't quite understand the current discussion about dot.EU.

>> Bruce James wrote:
>> I think that ICANN should assign dot.EU to the European Commission and let it
>> decide
>> who will run it.....IMHO

Well, that's what I presume will happen anyway.
The ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency has put "eu" on the list of
reserved codes to cover any application (7-Sep-99).
The ICANN BoD has decided that codes from the ISO 3166 list
of reserved codes covering any application are delegable
(25-Sep-00).
It seems the Irish Times article is not well-informed. I see
no obstacle, nobody from ICANN challenging dot.EU and consequently
no call from the EU for help. The Commission is the institution
applying in the name of the EU. I don't see any need for a
GA appeal to the Board.

> If that were a motion, I'd second it. However, it doesn't seem to be, so I'll
> propose my own:

>  ICANN should immediately inform the European Commission that .eu will be
>  created
>  at their request, and instruct Verisign to make preparations to have it
>  running
>  within two working days of receipt of such a request.

The delays seem to be entirely on the European side.
The necessary legislation has not yet passed the European
Parliament and the Council of Ministers. After that has
happened, a registry operator has to be found. Currently,
not even the question of generic second level domains is
settled.

Best regards,
/// Alexander
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