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