Re: [ga] Status of the Review Task Force

["Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>]

Actually, I kind of wonder
1. why icann should have ANY say over ccTLDs?
2. why ccTLDs should have ANY say over ICANN?

On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Peter Dengate-Thrush wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "L Gallegos" <jandl@jandl.com>
> To: <ga@dnso.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 8:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [ga] Status of the Review Task Force
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > On 30 Aug 2001, at 10:39, Thomas Roessler wrote:
> >
> > > On 2001-08-29 18:38:46 -0400, L Gallegos wrote:
> > >
> > > >I thought that DNSO stood for DOMAIN NAME SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION.
> > > >How in the world can that be transformed so that it no longer has
> > > >responsibility for domain name policy?
> > >
> > > Look at the ccTLDs.  Responsibility for domain name policy _will_ be
> > > split over multiple SOs.
> >
> > ccTLDs should have complete control over their policies, domain or
> > otherwise.  The DNSO should continue to have the same concerns
> > it has had.
> 
> Agreed.
> Its because the cc's actually have complete control over their policies that
> makes them so different from the gTLDs, which are "owned and controlled" by
> ICANN.
> 
> The cc's are responsible to their Local Internet Community, which is a self
> defining community,  and which more and more involves the government of the
> territory whose name corresponds to the 2 letter ISO code for that
> territory.
> 
> Its because the DNSO has in fact only ever dealt with gTLD domain name
> issues that the cc's have voted to withdraw. The DNSO was never intended or
> able to affect ccTLD domain name issues.
> 
> > The at-large OTOH encompasses the whole enchilada.  The ccTLD
> > SO may also encompass more than just domain names, as well
> > as being autonomous and having the right to participate or not in
> > the ICANN process.  The fact that most of them choose to
> > participate is good for ICANN, whether they adopt all or some of
> > ICANN's policies.  They, also need a stronger voice.
> >
> > I hope the board gets the message.
> 
> Me, too. I am confident that it has.
> 
> Regards
> Peter Dengate Thrush
> Senior Vice Chair
> Asia Pacific TLD Association
> ccTLD Adcom Member
> 
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