Thanks, Bret. I would still suggest that the policy of allocating such codes probably belongs in the new gTLD strategy, while perhaps the question of how to "unreserve" can be examined. I have to think about it more, though and will respond back to you. Marilyn -----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bret Fausett Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 12:46 AM To: Marilyn Cade Cc: Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au; council@gnso.icann.org; 'Gnso. Secretariat'; 'John Jeffrey'; 'Kurt Pritz'; 'Olof Nordling'; 'Maria Farrell' Subject: Re: [council] request for ICANN action on single letter domain names (now reserved names) In 2000, ICANN wrote: "Under current practice of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, one-letter codes are reserved from assignment to allow for future DNS extensibility." (see, FAQ #47 http://www.icann.org/tlds/tld-faqs.htm). This is the same reason ICANN provided for now allowing second-level single letters, which is why I suggested bundling the issues for GNSO policy purposes. Bret Marilyn Cade wrote:
Dear Bret, I think that the process would be different. I think the single letter gTLDs would be in the process of any new gTLDs. Does that make sense? By the way, do you know of any technical issue related to single letter gTLDs?