Thanks Bruce. Chuck
-----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 5:21 AM To: Council GNSO Subject: [council] Regarding individual users
Hello Chuck,
Bruce - Thanks. Denise alerted us to this in our Council meeting yesterday. I some questions for you. The resolution seems
to focus on
individual non-commercial Internet users only. Was that intentional? Why were individual commercial Internet users (e.g., sole proprietorships) excluded?
I think there is an understanding that there are commercial as well as non-commercial Internet users, but the focus of discussions has been on encouraging participation from non-commercial Internet users that may not be heavily involved in policy development at present. Many of these non-commercial Internet users may not be domain name registrants.
I note that individual commercial Internet users also are quite diverse in their interests in domain names - ranging from those that are not domain name registrants and merely use the Internet for communication with suppliers, to those that actively maintain a portfolio of second level domains that either appreciate in capital value or earn money through advertising.
Regards, Bruce Tonkin