Hi Dev, I saw that there are different perspectives regarding comments. A) Market string with a commercial name - comments from competitors shall not be of at large interest; b) Community Based Strings - Points regarding one relevant demand as community support - at large group shall add its comments reinforcing the need to any string community based shall present physical evidence of its consultancy to a related community /around the world. Here there will be two categories: i) string is applied to a small dedicated community ii) string is applied to a worldwide community for i) the related community must support with signed documents for ii) physical evidence of consulting communities around the world - signed documents, photography, written or recorded comments At large shall recommend that the string with more evidence be considered as the best applicant. c) Brands - I don´t see either anything to say about brands from an at large group. Other colleagues may add other categories... or criticize my points.. Best, Vanda Scartezini -----Mensagem original----- De: at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] Em nome de Dev Anand Teelucksingh Enviada em: terça-feira, 4 de setembro de 2012 00:28 Para: At-Large Worldwide Cc: LACRALO discussion list Assunto: [At-Large] seeking comments from At-Large on the New gTLD applications Dear All, The At-Large new gTLD Review Group (gTLD RG ; https://community.icann.org/x/u7-bAQ) welcomes comments from ICANN At-Large on the new gTLD applications received by ICANN for its New gTLD program (http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about). The At-Large comments will be used by the gTLD RG to: 1) draft formal comments for evaluation panels' consideration or on objection grounds to ICANN's new gTLD Application Comments Forum, (https://community.icann.org/x/sxUQAg) during ICANN's Application Comment Period which ends on September 26 2012. The deadline for At-Large comments to be considered by the gTLD RG in time for possible submission during the Application Comment Period is September 10 2012. 2) decide whether to draft a formal objection statement to a gTLD application on limited public interest or community grounds for RALOs consideration and ALAC's during the 7 month objection period as part of ICANN's Objection and Dispute Resolution Process which ends January 12, 2013. The deadline for At-Large comments to be considered by the gTLD RG in time for possible consideration of objections is anticipated to be the end of October 2012. All At-Large comments received will be kept at the At-Large new gTLD Applications Dashboard at https://community.icann.org/x/w7-bAQ. Visit this page to learn how to review information about the gTLD applications and how to submit your comments. Kind Regards, Dev Anand Teelucksingh gTLD RG chair _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org