I know that ALAC was set up to represent the public interest, but I am unaware of any evidence that it does. In order to represent the public interest, ALAC must first define what that is. Antony Sent from my iPhone On Dec 18, 2011, at 10:57, "John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:
Also - I'd like to refute any allegation that the ALAC is "against new gTLDs". I have heard this from a few observers now and this is clearly not the case. In my opinion, the ALAC's duty is to make sure that the launch of the new gTLDs is in the public's interest.
To the extent that we don't believe that ICANN can create new TLDs (other than the fast track IDNs) in a responsible fashion, I guess we're against new TLDs.
I think Evan's proposal is excellent, and I hope all ALAC members vote for it.
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