Danny and all, Excellent thoughts here Danny. I seem to remember that these same thought were discussed at great length back in the old DNSO days on the GA list forum. I did a quick check/search of my archives and found a significant number of very relevant and in depth posts as such accordingly. It's for a very long time that INEGroups position that ICP-1 requirements for registry operators and admin. contacts should or must reside in the country of origin as well as the Registry itself. This position way back when was not supported by the than sitting ICANN board for reasons that were somewhat unclear or due to a lack of unreasoned and unverified technical qualifications of necessary expertise. Danny Younger wrote:
Hello Cheryl,
Thanks for the valuable feedback.
When I first read Bertrand's comment a few things went through my mind:
1. The inordinately high percentage of gTLD registrars and registries based in the U.S. (and let's not forget the "back-end" registry services based in the U.S. for non-U.S. ccTLDs).
2. The risk to which non-US users are exposed as highlighted by the US action on Cuban-related domains.
3. The need for a policy to promote the formation of registries and accredited registrars elsewhere in the world.
4. ICP-1
I mention the ICANN Policy Document ICP-1 because it contains a very clear, short and pithy policy formulation, namely "The administrative contact must reside in the country involved for ccTLDs".
As we move into the future world of IDN gTLDs/ccTLDs we similarly should think in terms of establishing clear-cut policy designed to promote a more internationalized DNS... perhaps a policy that states: "The registry operator for an IDN gTLD/ccTLD must be situated within the nations and/or territories of the language community that it serves."
regards, Danny
PS. Looking forward to seeing your comments on the GNSO Improvements
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