Hello, I am Mike Rodenbaugh. I run a small law and consulting firm near San Francisco, and have focused on trademark, domain name and copyright issues since 1995. I was active on the GNSO Council, as a leader of the Business Constituency, from 2006-2010 as the New gTLD Program principles and AGB were developed. I served on about a dozen new gTLD working groups during that time and since. More recently I have assisted several dozen gTLD applicants in a variety of contexts through the various stages of the application, dispute resolution and delegation processes. Like Tony, I fear interminable delay to further release of more new TLDs, as there are vested interests against them. But on the other hand, the program ought to have a fair review and improvements should be made before a next round is opened. Clearly there have been problems in this round that need to be fixed so that future applicants have more transparent and predictable processes. I look forward to working with everyone to ensure that happens reasonably soon. Thanks, Mike Mike Rodenbaugh RODENBAUGH LAW tel/fax: +1.415.738.8087 http://rodenbaugh.com On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Anthony Harris <anthonyrharris@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello everybody,
I am Anthony Harris, member of the executive team of the ISPCP Constituency.
Am also Executive Director of the Argentina Internet Association (CABASE), and Executive Director of the Latin America and Caribbean Federation of Internet and Electronic Commerce ( an applicant for the new gTLD - '.lat' )
I was a member of the GNSO Council task force which developed the first version of the Applicant Guidebook for new gTLDs in 2006.
Many useful suggestions have been expressed to fuel the content discussions of this WG, I would simply add a wish to the list: perhaps this time we can shorten the lead time to acceptance of applications for the second round of new gTLDs, since the ferocious lobby against the program that was unleashed by known actors - the program was more or less described as the "mother of all evils" - successfully delayed the application process for four years. Internet innovation and deployment times tend to be considerably shorter...
Tony Harris
On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Lars Hoffmann <lars.hoffmann@icann.org> wrote:
Hello everybody, I am Lars Hoffmann, part of the ICANN policy team and working from the Brussels Office; and I will assit Steve in supporting this Discussion Group. Best wishes, Lars
From: Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org> Date: Thursday, 31 July 2014 02:40 To: "gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org" <gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org> Subject: Re: [Gnso-newgtld-dg] Introductions
Hello All,
I believe these introductions are a really good thing that will benefit the work to come. I would like to encourage those that have not sent an introduction message, and are inclined to do so, to respond to the list whenever you have a moment.
My name is Steve Chan and I will be leading the ICANN policy staff support for this Discussion Group. Previously, I spent a number of years with the New gTLD Program, so I hope that my experiences there will be beneficial to this effort.
Best, Steve
From: Jeffrey Eckhaus <jeff@rightside.co> Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 9:01 AM To: "gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org" <gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org> Subject: [Gnso-newgtld-dg] Introductions
Hello,
Great to see the introductions and the group starting to form, so I guess it is a good time to jump in
My name is Jeffrey Eckhaus and I am with Rightside Group. The parent company of eNom and Name.com both registrars as well as United TLD the registry for 30+ new TLDs as well as Rightside Registry, the back end service provider for 150+ new TLDs.
As you can see, we are a vertically integrated entity with an interest in the rollout of another round of new TLDs and will hopefully be able to give perspective on all parts of the value chain.
Thanks
Jeff
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