IP: Re: ICANN announces 10 new top level domain name finalists

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

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>Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 14:30:16 -0500
>To: declan@well.com
>From: Alan Davidson <abd@cdt.org>
>Subject: Re: IP: ICANN announces 10 new top level domain name finalists
>Cc: farber@cis.upenn.edu
>
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>>>Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 18:00:09 -0500
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>>>From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
>>>
>>>[Wow. I think I started writing about this process back in 1996, and 
>>>we're finally seeing it come close to a (temporary) end. Now let's see 
>>>if the Clinton administration agrees to add 'em. :) --Declan]
>>>
>>>
>>>http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,40228,00.html
>>>
>>>  ICANN: The Winners Are ...
>>>  by Oscar S. Cisneros
>>>
>>>  2:00 p.m. Nov. 16, 2000 PST
>>>  MARINA DEL REY, California -- The number of new top level domains that
>>>  will be used on the World Wide Web was narrowed from 44 to 10 on
>>>  Thursday.
>
>Declan,
>
>This story talks about ten new TLDs when in fact ICANN only picked *seven* 
>finalists.  I was at the raucous and historic LA meeting, and here is the 
>relevant passage from the resolution that ICANN passed yesterday:
>
>
> From http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/la2000/archive/new-tld-res.html
>
>RESOLVED [00.___], the Board selects the following proposals for 
>negotiations toward appropriate agreements between ICANN and the registry
>operator or sponsoring organization, or both:  JVTeam (.biz), Afilias 
>(.info), Global Name Registry (.name), RegistryPro (.pro), MDMA (.museum), SITA
>(.aero), NCBA (.coop);
>
>
>There were many complaints about which TLDs ICANN selected and the process 
>it used to do so (including the fact that five newly elected At-Large 
>board members could not take part in the decision.) Yet it certainly is a 
>welcome step to have a set of diverse additions to the congested gTLD 
>space. ICANN is changing the landscape of cyberspace -- all the more 
>reason why it needs to do more to ensure that the broad range of affected 
>stakeholders have a voice in its decisions (and that the now-threatened 
>nine At-Large Director seats need to be preserved.)
>
>Best,
>
>Alan
>
>[I know this story was written while ICANN was in the midst of its final 
>deliberation, but the headline and its continued circulation are a bit 
>misleading.]
>
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