Chuck, Thanks for posting this. Just so I am clear. "RyC believes that a key means of avoiding this problem is to allow all manifestations of a given top level domain to be managed by a single entity. This simple solution will also address the second issue: ensure that each TLD name always means the same thing." Which one(s) of the following is therefore true in the further explanation you (the RyC) have provided; a. No one, other than Verisign, could have a TLD (ascii or IDN) that looks like .com b. No one , other than Verisign, could have a TLD (ascii or IDN) that sounds like .com c. No one, other than Versign, could have a TLD (ascii ot IDN) that means the same as .com I think examples will help explain the RyC paper. Thanks and see you later today (?) Adrian Kinderis Managing Director AusRegistry Group Pty Ltd Level 8, 10 Queens Road Melbourne. Victoria Australia. 3004 Ph: +61 3 9866 3710 Fax: +61 3 9866 1970 Email: adrian@ausregistry.com <mailto:adrian@ausregistry.com> Web: www.ausregistrygroup.com <http://www.ausregistryinternational.com/> The information contained in this communication is intended for the named recipients only. It is subject to copyright and may contain legally privileged and confidential information and if you are not an intended recipient you must not use, copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this communication in error, please delete all copies from your system and notify us immediately. From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Gomes, Chuck Sent: Thursday, 10 April 2008 7:31 AM To: Council GNSO Cc: David W. Maher Subject: [council] RyC Confusingly Similar Statement Here's a statement developed by the RyC regarding New gTLD Recommendation 2, hopefully providing some new thoughts in that regard. Chuck