Agree that meta issues impact this group's work. While we're at it, the accountability review proposes pretty fundamental changes to ICANN that could impact how a round is negotiated and the extent to which any contention set can be resolved other than by auction. Anyone monitoring that? Best regards, Jacob. Jacob Malthouse Co-founder & Director, Big Room Inc. 778-960-6527 www.bigroom.ca On 11 May 2015 at 12:08, Donna Austin <Donna.Austin@ariservices.com> wrote:
Hi All
I had intended to ask this question on today’s call, but as that didn’t happen I’ll ask on the list.
It is possible that my question is out of scope of the DG, but I’d be interested in the thoughts of others.
Given the potential for substantive changes to be made to the New gTLD Program as a result of the work of the DG and other reviews that are being undertaken, will any consideration be given to the disparity that may result between registry operators from this round and future rounds?
I raise this question mostly in the context of the Registry Agreement. I would envisage a number of challenges in terms of compliance and for ICANN more generally in managing clients on different platforms in the event of a significantly revised Registry Agreement.
This issue may have already been discussed by this group and I apologise if I missed it, but I would welcome thoughts of others about whether they foresee any problems or how this meta issue will be addressed in the reviews and other work moving forward.
Thanks,
Donna
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