Carlos, Agree that asymmetrical policies and conditions (I avoid using the word regulation on purpose) should be minimized as much as possible, and we should strive to even abolish them. There are few things more defeating to the human spirit (including the spirit of applicants) than arbitrary, capricious or unpredictable results for like situations. In WT5 we have had some good discussion on principles like “Increasing predictability for all parties” as well as “simplicity– simple to understand, follow, and implement policies and procedures”, concepts that are quite akin to “legality” and the “rule of law” in wider discussions. It will be a triumph for the whole Community if we end up with new gTLD policies that are non-contradictory, standardized, predictable, easy to find and understand, and of course are legitimized by a strong consensus. Javier Rúa-Jovet +1-787-396-6511 twitter: @javrua skype: javier.rua1 https://www.linkedin.com/in/javrua
On Jul 14, 2018, at 10:05 AM, Carlos Raul Gutierrez <carlosraul@gutierrez.se> wrote:
Thanks for chiming in Javier!
The biggest lesson I carry from my work with Carlton in the CCT-RT is that while the "one-size-fist-all" framework for application and evaluation is quite use full and profitable for $ 185k per application, all wins get more than destroyed in the asymetric conditions for delegation.
A purely economic appraisal as Carlton suggests, is poisonous to the people that still believe in the interest of small cultural, linguistic and sub-regional communities that still beg for a reasonable access to the DNS.
I wish you a very nice Sunday
--- Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez carlosraul@gutierrez.se +506 8837 7176 Aparatado 1571-1000 COSTA RICA
El 2018-07-14 14:10, Javier Rua escribió:
Interesting, Carlos. That point of view is quite relevant to WT5, and the wider related discussion regarding "Sponsored" gTLDs & "Community Applications".
Javier Rúa-Jovet
+1-787-396-6511 twitter: @javrua skype: javier.rua1 https://www.linkedin.com/in/javrua
On Jul 14, 2018, at 4:10 AM, Carlos Raul Gutierrez <carlosraul@gutierrez.se> wrote:
Dear Carlton,
I support your suggestion of following up on the (market) success, or lack of it, of individual new gTLDs.
But to make it effective, my suggestion has always been to do it within the categories segment of the Subsequent Procedures PDP.
I see a great difference between a single firm, which sees no economic sense in spending defensive or marketing money on their own ¨Brand¨ TLD on the one side, and a very small country and/or geographic sub-unit (particular if bound by some common cultural traits) that wants to develop its internet presence, even if they will have to subsidize it TLD, by hosting it in a public entity (like fundacion .cat). In the second case I would worry much more, if the TLD dies or gets acquired for other purposes
Wish you a nice weekend
--- Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez carlosraul@gutierrez.se +506 8837 7176 Aparatado 1571-1000 COSTA RICA
El 2018-07-10 22:09, Carlton Samuels escribió:
Maybe we should track these 'returns/abandonments' and in context, [re]read the recommendations of the Subsequent Procedures WG?
Saw a story of a domain investor account of his return on investment so far; he's in the red with diminishing prospects.
On top of these kind of stories that speak to the conditions in the end user market and the 'retired and/or abandoned gLTDs, it just seems 'otherworldly' to me that in all the happy talk of new rounds, this idea that demand has something to do with markets is largely left unmentioned. Helluva thing!
https://domainnamewire.com/2018/07/10/vistaprint-drops-vista-top-level-domai...
-Carlton
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