[ga] FYI: New TLD Evaluation Planning TF draft report

[Alexander Svensson <alexander@svensson.de>]

Draft of Final Report of the New TLD Evaluation Process Planning Task Force
http://www.icann.org/committees/ntepptf/draft-final-report-15jun02.htm

Table of Contents
  1 Overview
  2 Background
  3 Approach
  4 Parallel Processing: Opportunities and Risks
  5 Structure
  6 Areas
  7 Questions to be Addressed
  8 Monitoring Program
  9 Evaluation Methodology
  10 Evaluation Timetable
  11 Funding and Priorities
  12 Recommendations
  Appendix 1: Comments on Questions
  Appendix 2: Comments Received on Interim Report

[...]

  The Task Force solicits comments before July 15, 2002 on this draft of 
its Final
  Report. The Task Force will consider these comments and finalize the Report
  prior to submitting it to the ICANN Board sometime in July. At that point 
the
  work of the Task Force will be complete. As indicated in Section 9, however,
  members of the Task Force stand willing to assist in whatever way the Board
  considers to be appropriate if and when the Board proceeds with the 
evaluation
  itself.

[...]

   The topics included in the proposed four areas can be summarized as follows:

   Technical

     * Effects on DNS stability and performance.
     * Operational performance of the registry operators.

   Business

     * Compliance of new registry operators with signed agreements and with
       original proposals.
     * Business processes followed by new registry operators in offering 
services.
     * Scope of markets (registrants) attracted by new TLDs.
     * Practices of new TLDs for regarding trademark concerns, 
cybersquatting, and
       dispute resolution.
     * Effects on consumers and end users of new domain names.
     * Provision of accurate and up-to-date Whois contact information.

   Legal

     * Scope and effectiveness of legal agreements.
     * Monitoring of agreements for compliance.

   Process

     * Selection of new TLDs.
     * Communication of information during the pre start-up and start-up 
stages
       (Stages I and II).
     * Monitoring of performance of new TLDs.

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