Hi, I received some outreach on the issue and wrote the following in response. As it applies to the discussion on this list, I decided to forward it on, typos and all.
At this point, I do not think I personally support the motion as written.
- While it is true that we did not specifically discuss .brand, we did discuss various forms of what could have been called single use gTLDs and never made any registrar exceptions for those.
- the VI decision allows for any .brand to also become a registrar and the rules allow for it to tailor the rules of registrars for specific registry limitations.
- I do not see how I can decry the use of non PDP originated decisions by the board in other cases, yet support it in this case. I advocate the need for a PDP to discuss the issue
- If we are to create exceptions I would be interested in seeing it go further to support other single use cases, such as an NGO that wanted to give registrations to its members. My reading of Spec 13 don't seem to go that far.
Having said that I will listen to the discussions, and ongoing discussion in NCSG and make up my mind later in the process.
avri