From my perspective, it is sensitive as well to consider this proposal (deletion of "including government").
I think that we shouldn't try to explain what we understand by "local Internet Community", this is not our business, even more when entering into this detail my hurt some of our members. Oscar -----Original Message----- From: owner-ccnso-members@icann.org [mailto:owner-ccnso-members@icann.org] On Behalf Of J. William Semich Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 11:16 PM To: Chris Disspain Cc: e-gtld-evaluation@icann.org; ccNSO Council; ccNSO Members Subject: Re: [ccnso-members] ccNSO Council comments on country names as gTLDs Chris: Many thanks to the council for this draft submission. Although in general .NU Domain agrees with the ccNSO position (and Janis Karklin's statement), that "The ccNSO has proposed that country or territory names on the ISO-list are treated as ccTLDs" and that "This seems to be a sensible approach to ensure that geographic names are afforded sufficient protection," we do not agree with the wider-reaching statement in the Council's draft comments that "ccTLDs set their policy within territory and in consultation with their local Internet community, including government." Although that statement may be applicable to many ccTLDs, it is not true for - nor is it applicable to - all. I would suggest we try to find a more general and inclusive way to make the our position clear with respect to ccTLD managers' historical and ongoing independent policy-setting mechanisms in the Council's comments - or delete that part of the comments. In addition, I think there is no general consensus among ccTLD managers that there are commonly agreed-upon "fundamental principles associated with national sovereignty" shared among ccTLD managers. We would suggest. again, that the council use wider-ranging and more general language to describe the ccTLD managers' historical and established independence from ICANN gTLD policy, excepting, of course, any policies agreed between any specific ccTLD managers and ICANN under the terms of any contracts, agreements, Accountability Frameworks or exchanges of letters with ICANN, particularly with respect to ccTLD managers' responsibility to obey the local laws where they operate. If my position is not clear on this, please feel free to contact me off-list for further discussions. Regards, Bill Semich .NU Domain On Jul 5, 2009, at 9:03 PM, Chris Disspain wrote:
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