It's not just the Southern hemisphere We were approached by companies and government agencies *after* the application window was closed. The general awareness of new TLDs outside the "bubble" is a problem. It's not just language, though I agree that it is an important factor. -- Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting, Colocation & Domains https://www.blacknight.com https://blacknight.blog / http://ceo.hosting/ Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow, R93 X265 ,Ireland Company No.: 370845 On 08/08/2018, 18:14, "GTLD-WG on behalf of Maureen Hilyard" <gtld-wg-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org on behalf of maureen.hilyard@gmail.com> wrote: So - the point here is just one: MAKE HUGE PROMOTION IN SOUTH HEMISPHERE And focus on making a splash in the Pacific region as well.. On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 4:40 AM, Vanda Scartezini <vanda.scartezini@gmail.com > wrote: > > > > Some comments on Christopher points > > a) Community Priority Evaluations > what was relevant during 2012 was the fact that all the effort asked for > community to prove support ( ltos of money to do this around the world ) > was ignored during the analysis period and several community ( I have > promoted few) faced auction though their competitors had no prove of > community interest. > Then, if we will impose some demands to community we need to make sure > those items will be considered and none without similar qualifications will > be compete with them. > > b)metrics > Metrics for end users are security, respect to privacy and " continuity". > If organization has no capacity to support initial investment so it will > fail in a couple years and all registrant had done to promote the new > domain will be waste of money. > > I have been promoting here 2012 round. But it was this, myself talking > with several organizations to enter. We had a reasonable success but the > reality was there was NO PROMOTION of 2012 round in the South Hemisphere. > Nothing in digital news in local languages. ICANN came one day to Sao Paulo > Brazil and I asked people to join - we got 50 attendees . We had 8 ( from > 11 applied in Brazil) that attended this meeting . Nothing else was done > in South America. > When I have done a survey in 2015 talking with big companies around South > America I found just 1 that said they have no intention to apply if there > was another round, all others responded YES, they had interest, please > alert us, if there will be another round. > So - the point here is just one: MAKE HUGE PROMOTION IN SOUTH HEMISPHERE > > Vanda Scartezini > Polo Consultores Associados > Av. Paulista 1159, cj 1004 > 01311-200- Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil > Land Line: +55 11 3266.6253 > Mobile: + 55 11 98181.1464 > Sorry for any typos. > > > > > > On 8/8/18, 07:49, "GTLD-WG on behalf of wilkinson christopher" < > gtld-wg-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org on behalf of > cw@christopherwilkinson.eu> wrote: > > Good afternoon: > > I generally concur with Holly's priorities in addition to my questions > regarding Competition and Jurisdiction. > > Regards > > CW > > > > El 8 de agosto de 2018 a las 7:09 Holly Raiche < > h.raiche@internode.on.net> escribió: > > > > > > Folks > > > > Having gone through the Report and Appendix C, the issues that ALAC > has been concerned with before and - I am suggesting - should concentrate > on in its response include: > > > > Community Priority Evaluations > > These applicants had priority, but the definition was narrow and few > applications made it through on this. The definition needs to be revisited, > and the evaluation more transparent and predictable- and finalised BEFORE > evaluation > > > > Metrics > > Unde the general heading, the question is asked whether there should > be success metrics. We said - and I believe should continue to say - have > metrics as to what success looks like from an ALAC perspective. > > > > PICS > > Under global public interest, the question is asked whether there > should continue to be PICS. They are there because we argued for them - > and still should > > > > Applications from outside the US/Europe > > We expressed concern that most of the applications came from the US > and, to a lesser extent, Europe. We said this came down to a number of > factors, including > > Length and complexity of Applicant Guidebook - it should be more > accessible, comprehensible, in different languages > > Need for applicant support - maybe a dedicated round for developing > countries > > Possibility of variable fees > > IDNs > > The report mentions need for further work to be done on Universal > Acceptance > > > > > > Happy to discuss > > > > Holly > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CPWG mailing list > > CPWG@icann.org > > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cpwg > > _______________________________________________ > > registration-issues-wg mailing list > > registration-issues-wg@atlarge-lists.icann.org > > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/registration-issues-wg > _______________________________________________ > CPWG mailing list > CPWG@icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cpwg > _______________________________________________ > GTLD-WG mailing list > GTLD-WG@atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gtld-wg > > Working Group direct URL: https://community.icann.org/ > display/atlarge/New+GTLDs > _______________________________________________ > CPWG mailing list > CPWG@icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cpwg >