I agree that pre-application publicity is not the greatest for the applicant, but on the other hand, it proves to the community that we were right in thinking there would be some demand. And FYI, D3 (a new company founded by Former Donuts founder Paul Stahura and domain industry veteran Fred Hsu) announced their intention to apply for a bunch of new gTLDs in the next round: * NEAR Foundation applies for .near top-level domain - Blockworks <https://blockworks.co/news/near-foundation-top-level-domain> (title misleading, but content is clear that they “will” apply not that they have applied * ApeCoin DAO gives thumbs up to .APE top-level domains (cointelegraph.com) <https://cointelegraph.com/news/ape-coin-dao-favor-ape-top-level-domains> * MAKE, Casper Partners With D3 To Apply For .cspr Top-Level Domain | Markets Insider (businessinsider.com) <https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/make-casper-partners-with-d3...> * SHIB Partners with D3 to Apply for the .shib Top-Level (globenewswire.com) <https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/12/19/2798836/0/en/SHIB-Part...> * Core Chain Partners With D3 To Apply For .core Top-Level Domain - Crypto Briefing <https://cryptobriefing.com/core-chain-partners-with-d3-to-apply-for-core-top...> * Gate.io and D3 Partner to Apply for and Obtain '.Gate' Top-Level Domain (yahoo.com) <https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gate-io-d3-partner-apply-134000703.html?gucco...> Jeffrey J. Neuman Founder & CEO JJN Solutions, LLC p: +1.202.549.5079 E: <mailto:jeff@jjnsolutions.com> jeff@jjnsolutions.com http://jjnsolutions.com From: CPWG <cpwg-bounces@icann.org> On Behalf Of Bill Jouris via CPWG Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2024 10:53 PM To: Bukola Oronti <bukkiepharworley@gmail.com>; Bukola Oronti via CPWG <cpwg@icann.org>; avri@doria.org Cc: CPWG <cpwg@icann.org> Subject: Re: [CPWG] Women in Tech and Unstoppable Domains to apply for a New gTLD in Next Round On the other hand, other applicants might find some bias against them as a result of the publicity. Even if they had the idea first. On balance, I think pre-application publicity should probably be discouraged. Bill Jouris Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=NativePlacement&c=Global_Acquisition_Y...> On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 8:30 AM, Bukola Oronti via CPWG <cpwg@icann.org <mailto:cpwg@icann.org> > wrote: _______________________________________________ CPWG mailing list CPWG@icann.org <mailto:CPWG@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cpwg _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.
