Thomas Lowenhaupt: An Introduction
By way of introduction... I've been involved with ICANN in different capacities since 1998: governance issues, new TLDs, now ALAC. In 2005, to support the acquisition of the .nyc TLD as a public interest resource, I started the not-for-profit Connecting.nyc Inc. Currently I serve on the Mayor's .NYC Community Advisory Board with a role in reviewing our city's plans for its TLD. Why Am I Interested In This Working Group? Section 1.2.2 of the 2012 Applicant Guidebook required city-TLD applicants to include a Letter of Non-Objection with their application: "If an applicant has applied for a gTLD string that is a geographic name (as defined in this guidebook), the applicant is required to submit documentation of support for or nonobjection to its application from the relevant governments or public authorities." Having closely followed the acquisition and development process for the .nyc TLD since 2001, I've concluded that the Non-objection standard is inadequate. I hope to convince the Working Group that the application process for city-TLDs be changed; that applications for city-TLDs include an indication of Informed Consent rather than Non-Objection. Best, Tom Lowenhaupt
Colleagues, Following Tom Lowenhaupt’s idea of introductions I will introduce myself beyond what is in my ICANN SOI: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Sam+Lanfranco+SOI I am a development economist with a third of a century of experience in ICT4D and, as an educator, a particular interest in capturing lessons learned, especially in light of the persistent failure to learn as exhibited by economic development initiatives around the world, and the shortcomings of monitoring and evaluation for many undertakings. Each of us probably has specific aspects of the recent new gTLD round where we see lessons to be learned. Beyond that my focus will be on two parts. The first, drawing on work I did with the UN Development Programme’s effort to capture lessons learned, is to (in my head at least) organize lessons learned into a simple 2x2 matrix consisting of the degree of generalization of lessons (general, specific) and their context applicability (general, specific). That is useful when turning to the use of lessons learned in practice. The second focus is to guard against looking for specific lessons learned as a "Poster Child" for the great successes or failures of the first new gTLD effort. It is more productive to consider this as learning lessons for future use, and not, in the first instance, as an overall assessment of the first gTLD round. While the two activities are related, they are distinct with respect to intent. Sam Lanfranco -- ------------------------------------------------ "It is a disgrace to be rich and honoured in an unjust state" -Confucius ------------------------------------------------ Dr Sam Lanfranco (Prof Emeritus & Senior Scholar) Econ, York U., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - M3J 1P3 email: Lanfran@Yorku.ca Skype: slanfranco blog: http://samlanfranco.blogspot.com Phone: +1 613-476-0429 cell: +1 416-816-2852
Hi there, I’m jumping on the bandwagon: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Tobias+Sattler+SOI I’m the Chief Information Officer at united-domains AG, an ICANN accredited registrar. united-domains is part of the United Internet group that contains, among others, 1&1 Internet, Sedo and InterNetX. As a registrar the current round is a pain, especially things like contract negotiations, onboarding, technical obligations, outreach etc. considering the mass of new gTLDs. Therefore I’m interested in capturing the lessons learned and to provide feedback from a registrar perspective to hopefully help to streamline things. Best regards, Tobias Tobias Sattler Chief Information Officer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- united-domains AG Gautinger Str. 10 82319 Starnberg GERMANY Phone: +49 8151 36867-0 Fax: +49 8151 36867-77 http://www.united-domains.de mailto:sattler@united-domains.de Registration No.: HRB 127020, München Board of Directors: Florian Huber (CEO), Alexander Helm, Markus Eggensperger -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 27.07.2014, at 17:03, Sam Lanfranco <sam@lanfranco.net> wrote:
Colleagues,
Following Tom Lowenhaupt’s idea of introductions I will introduce myself beyond what is in my ICANN SOI: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Sam+Lanfranco+SOI
I am a development economist with a third of a century of experience in ICT4D and, as an educator, a particular interest in capturing lessons learned, especially in light of the persistent failure to learn as exhibited by economic development initiatives around the world, and the shortcomings of monitoring and evaluation for many undertakings.
Each of us probably has specific aspects of the recent new gTLD round where we see lessons to be learned. Beyond that my focus will be on two parts. The first, drawing on work I did with the UN Development Programme’s effort to capture lessons learned, is to (in my head at least) organize lessons learned into a simple 2x2 matrix consisting of the degree of generalization of lessons (general, specific) and their context applicability (general, specific). That is useful when turning to the use of lessons learned in practice.
The second focus is to guard against looking for specific lessons learned as a "Poster Child" for the great successes or failures of the first new gTLD effort. It is more productive to consider this as learning lessons for future use, and not, in the first instance, as an overall assessment of the first gTLD round. While the two activities are related, they are distinct with respect to intent.
Sam Lanfranco
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Hi all, Below is my SOI: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Dietmar+Lenden+SOI I have been in the domain name business for the last 12 years (in varying capacities) and I'm currently a project consultant assisting .BRAND owners through the new gTLD application phase. I'm looking forward to seeing how everyone experienced this round of the new gTLD process. Dietmar Lenden Client Project Manager and Validation Services Team Lead | Valideus Ltd E: dietmar.lenden@valideus.com D: +44 20 7421 8274 -----Original Message----- From: gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org [mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Tobias Sattler Sent: 28 July 2014 07:39 To: Sam Lanfranco Cc: gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org Subject: Re: [Gnso-newgtld-dg] Thomas Lowenhaupt: An Introduction Hi there, I'm jumping on the bandwagon: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Tobias+Sattler+SOI I'm the Chief Information Officer at united-domains AG, an ICANN accredited registrar. united-domains is part of the United Internet group that contains, among others, 1&1 Internet, Sedo and InterNetX. As a registrar the current round is a pain, especially things like contract negotiations, onboarding, technical obligations, outreach etc. considering the mass of new gTLDs. Therefore I'm interested in capturing the lessons learned and to provide feedback from a registrar perspective to hopefully help to streamline things. Best regards, Tobias Tobias Sattler Chief Information Officer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- united-domains AG Gautinger Str. 10 82319 Starnberg GERMANY Phone: +49 8151 36867-0 Fax: +49 8151 36867-77 http://www.united-domains.de mailto:sattler@united-domains.de Registration No.: HRB 127020, München Board of Directors: Florian Huber (CEO), Alexander Helm, Markus Eggensperger -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 27.07.2014, at 17:03, Sam Lanfranco <sam@lanfranco.net> wrote:
Colleagues,
Following Tom Lowenhaupt's idea of introductions I will introduce myself beyond what is in my ICANN SOI: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Sam+Lanfranco+SOI
I am a development economist with a third of a century of experience in ICT4D and, as an educator, a particular interest in capturing lessons learned, especially in light of the persistent failure to learn as exhibited by economic development initiatives around the world, and the shortcomings of monitoring and evaluation for many undertakings.
Each of us probably has specific aspects of the recent new gTLD round where we see lessons to be learned. Beyond that my focus will be on two parts. The first, drawing on work I did with the UN Development Programme's effort to capture lessons learned, is to (in my head at least) organize lessons learned into a simple 2x2 matrix consisting of the degree of generalization of lessons (general, specific) and their context applicability (general, specific). That is useful when turning to the use of lessons learned in practice.
The second focus is to guard against looking for specific lessons learned as a "Poster Child" for the great successes or failures of the first new gTLD effort. It is more productive to consider this as learning lessons for future use, and not, in the first instance, as an overall assessment of the first gTLD round. While the two activities are related, they are distinct with respect to intent.
Sam Lanfranco
-- ------------------------------------------------ "It is a disgrace to be rich and honoured in an unjust state" -Confucius ------------------------------------------------ Dr Sam Lanfranco (Prof Emeritus & Senior Scholar) Econ, York U., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - M3J 1P3 email: Lanfran@Yorku.ca Skype: slanfranco blog: http://samlanfranco.blogspot.com Phone: +1 613-476-0429 cell: +1 416-816-2852
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I'm not sure about bandwagons .. Anyway : https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Michele+Neylon+SOI I'm the CEO + founder of Blacknight, Ireland's largest hosting provider and domain name registrar. My interests would be very similar to Tobias' Regards Michele -- Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting, Colocation & Domains http://www.blacknight.co/ http://blog.blacknight.com/ http://www.technology.ie Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 Twitter: http://twitter.com/mneylon ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,Ireland Company No.: 370845
Continuing the introduction thread, my SOI at https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Rubens+Kuhl+SOI seems current, but in short I oversee new gTLD efforts of the .br ccTLD registry that for the 2012 round was both an applicant and a registry service provider for other applicants. Some topics come to my mind for the next round (or continuing process): - Whether post-contracting requests like exclusive use (Spec 9), brand TLD (Spec 13) or closed generic request should be moved to application time, in order to give both applicants and competitors for a string clarity on whether they can or cannot operate the TLD as they wish - Whether exclusive use TLDs should have requirements such as SRS/EPP/WHOIS/Escrow/EBERO instead of simple root delegation (although I think diverse DNS should still be a requirement, but that's probably part of the discussion) - String similarity criteria - String confusion standing to object that in the 2012 round was limited to TLD operators and applicants, to possibly be granted to other interested parties (like registrants of a TLD, ALAC etc.) - Change requests versus community evaluation and objection processing - Clear and defined clarification questions process - Clear and defined draw process (possibly bundled with application process) - Whether to introduce or not meaning similarity criteria like singular/plural - Whether to allow single-character IDN TLDs (notably for scripts other than Latin and Cyrillic) - Whether to allow variant TLDs (like .saopaulo and .sãopaulo) with required (or not) bundling rules, including variants of the at the time existing TLDs Rubens Em 27/07/2014, à(s) 00:55:000, Thomas Lowenhaupt <toml@communisphere.com> escreveu:
By way of introduction…
I’ve been involved with ICANN in different capacities since 1998: governance issues, new TLDs, now ALAC.
In 2005, to support the acquisition of the .nyc TLD as a public interest resource, I started the not-for-profit Connecting.nyc Inc. Currently I serve on the Mayor’s .NYC Community Advisory Board with a role in reviewing our city’s plans for its TLD.
Why Am I Interested In This Working Group?
Section 1.2.2 of the 2012 Applicant Guidebook required city-TLD applicants to include a Letter of Non-Objection with their application:
“If an applicant has applied for a gTLD string that is a geographic name (as defined in this guidebook), the applicant is required to submit documentation of support for or nonobjection to its application from the relevant governments or public authorities.”
Having closely followed the acquisition and development process for the .nyc TLD since 2001, I’ve concluded that the Non-objection standard is inadequate.
I hope to convince the Working Group that the application process for city-TLDs be changed; that applications for city-TLDs include an indication of Informed Consent rather than Non-Objection.
Best,
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Good morning all, My introduction - Stuart Fuller, Director of Commercial Operations at the registrar NetNames Group, who own the brands Ascio, Easily, Speednames, WebIP and of course NetNames. We are currently either managing or advising more than 30 global brands on their dotBrands as well as working with our corporate clients on the merits of an application as and when the window will open. I'm keen to take part in this working group so that I can provide a registrar point of view as well as feedback on the experiences of our clients from the first round. Regards Stuart Fuller Director of Commercial Operations NetNames Group Ltd Direct: +44 (0)20 7015 9295 Mobile:+44 (0) 7947 078530 www.netnames.com<http://www.netnames.com/> [email-signature-july2014-v6]<http://www.netnames.com/> From: gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org [mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Rubens Kuhl Sent: 28 July 2014 18:26 To: gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org Subject: Re: [Gnso-newgtld-dg] Thomas Lowenhaupt: An Introduction Continuing the introduction thread, my SOI at https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Rubens+Kuhl+SOI seems current, but in short I oversee new gTLD efforts of the .br ccTLD registry that for the 2012 round was both an applicant and a registry service provider for other applicants. Some topics come to my mind for the next round (or continuing process): - Whether post-contracting requests like exclusive use (Spec 9), brand TLD (Spec 13) or closed generic request should be moved to application time, in order to give both applicants and competitors for a string clarity on whether they can or cannot operate the TLD as they wish - Whether exclusive use TLDs should have requirements such as SRS/EPP/WHOIS/Escrow/EBERO instead of simple root delegation (although I think diverse DNS should still be a requirement, but that's probably part of the discussion) - String similarity criteria - String confusion standing to object that in the 2012 round was limited to TLD operators and applicants, to possibly be granted to other interested parties (like registrants of a TLD, ALAC etc.) - Change requests versus community evaluation and objection processing - Clear and defined clarification questions process - Clear and defined draw process (possibly bundled with application process) - Whether to introduce or not meaning similarity criteria like singular/plural - Whether to allow single-character IDN TLDs (notably for scripts other than Latin and Cyrillic) - Whether to allow variant TLDs (like .saopaulo and .sãopaulo) with required (or not) bundling rules, including variants of the at the time existing TLDs Rubens Em 27/07/2014, à(s) 00:55:000, Thomas Lowenhaupt <toml@communisphere.com<mailto:toml@communisphere.com>> escreveu: By way of introduction... I've been involved with ICANN in different capacities since 1998: governance issues, new TLDs, now ALAC. In 2005, to support the acquisition of the .nyc TLD as a public interest resource, I started the not-for-profit Connecting.nyc Inc. Currently I serve on the Mayor's .NYC Community Advisory Board with a role in reviewing our city's plans for its TLD. Why Am I Interested In This Working Group? Section 1.2.2 of the 2012 Applicant Guidebook required city-TLD applicants to include a Letter of Non-Objection with their application: "If an applicant has applied for a gTLD string that is a geographic name (as defined in this guidebook), the applicant is required to submit documentation of support for or nonobjection to its application from the relevant governments or public authorities." Having closely followed the acquisition and development process for the .nyc TLD since 2001, I've concluded that the Non-objection standard is inadequate. I hope to convince the Working Group that the application process for city-TLDs be changed; that applications for city-TLDs include an indication of Informed Consent rather than Non-Objection. Best, Tom Lowenhaupt _______________________________________________ Gnso-newgtld-dg mailing list Gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org<mailto:Gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-newgtld-dg NetNames, Prospero House, 241 Borough High Street, London SE1 1GA, UK | Tel: +44 207 015 9200 | NetNames Limited, Registered in England and Wales, Company number: 3169594, VAT Number: GB 739633893
Hello everyone, joining the merry band: I am Volker Greimann, General Counsel and Policy Consultant at Key-Systems GmbH. As part of the KeyDrive group of companies, Key-Systems directly owns KSregistry, a registry backend service provider servicing multiple dotBrand registry operators as well as a number of non-dotBrand registries. As a registrar, Key-Systems further has a keen interest in enabling smooth integration between registries and registrars and I will be happy to contribute to this group with regard to our experiences in the first round. Best regards, Volker Greimann Am 29.07.2014 09:20, schrieb Stuart Fuller:
Good morning all,
My introduction -- Stuart Fuller, Director of Commercial Operations at the registrar NetNames Group, who own the brands Ascio, Easily, Speednames, WebIP and of course NetNames. We are currently either managing or advising more than 30 global brands on their dotBrands as well as working with our corporate clients on the merits of an application as and when the window will open.
I'm keen to take part in this working group so that I can provide a registrar point of view as well as feedback on the experiences of our clients from the first round.
Regards
*Stuart Fuller*
*Director of Commercial Operations*
*NetNames Group Ltd*
Direct: +44 (0)20 7015 9295
Mobile:+44 (0) 7947 078530
www.netnames.com <http://www.netnames.com/>
email-signature-july2014-v6 <http://www.netnames.com/>
*From:*gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org [mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Rubens Kuhl *Sent:* 28 July 2014 18:26 *To:* gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org *Subject:* Re: [Gnso-newgtld-dg] Thomas Lowenhaupt: An Introduction
Continuing the introduction thread, my SOI at https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Rubens+Kuhl+SOI seems current, but in short I oversee new gTLD efforts of the .br ccTLD registry that for the 2012 round was both an applicant and a registry service provider for other applicants.
Some topics come to my mind for the next round (or continuing process):
- Whether post-contracting requests like exclusive use (Spec 9), brand TLD (Spec 13) or closed generic request should be moved to application time, in order to give both applicants and competitors for a string clarity on whether they can or cannot operate the TLD as they wish
- Whether exclusive use TLDs should have requirements such as SRS/EPP/WHOIS/Escrow/EBERO instead of simple root delegation (although I think diverse DNS should still be a requirement, but that's probably part of the discussion)
- String similarity criteria
- String confusion standing to object that in the 2012 round was limited to TLD operators and applicants, to possibly be granted to other interested parties (like registrants of a TLD, ALAC etc.)
- Change requests versus community evaluation and objection processing
- Clear and defined clarification questions process
- Clear and defined draw process (possibly bundled with application process)
- Whether to introduce or not meaning similarity criteria like singular/plural
- Whether to allow single-character IDN TLDs (notably for scripts other than Latin and Cyrillic)
- Whether to allow variant TLDs (like .saopaulo and .sãopaulo) with required (or not) bundling rules, including variants of the at the time existing TLDs
Rubens
Em 27/07/2014, à(s) 00:55:000, Thomas Lowenhaupt <toml@communisphere.com <mailto:toml@communisphere.com>> escreveu:
By way of introduction...
I've been involved with ICANN in different capacities since 1998: governance issues, new TLDs, now ALAC.
In 2005, to support the acquisition of the .nyc TLD as a public interest resource, I started the not-for-profit Connecting.nyc Inc. Currently I serve on the Mayor's .NYC Community Advisory Board with a role in reviewing our city's plans for its TLD.
Why Am I Interested In This Working Group?
Section 1.2.2 of the 2012 Applicant Guidebook required city-TLD applicants to include a Letter of Non-Objection with their application:
"If an applicant has applied for a gTLD string that is a geographic name (as defined in this guidebook), the applicant is required to submit documentation of support for or nonobjection to its application from the relevant governments or public authorities."
Having closely followed the acquisition and development process for the .nyc TLD since 2001, I've concluded that the Non-objection standard is inadequate.
I hope to convince the Working Group that the application process for city-TLDs be changed; that applications for city-TLDs include an indication of Informed Consent rather than Non-Objection.
Best,
Tom Lowenhaupt
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Hello all, I'm Oli Hope and I work for The Host Europe Group. We're a registrar with a large presence in the UK and Germany. My interests in this group are similar to those of other registrars. Regards, Oli From: gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org [mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Volker Greimann Sent: 29 July 2014 10:42 To: gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org Subject: Re: [Gnso-newgtld-dg] Thomas Lowenhaupt: An Introduction Hello everyone, joining the merry band: I am Volker Greimann, General Counsel and Policy Consultant at Key-Systems GmbH. As part of the KeyDrive group of companies, Key-Systems directly owns KSregistry, a registry backend service provider servicing multiple dotBrand registry operators as well as a number of non-dotBrand registries. As a registrar, Key-Systems further has a keen interest in enabling smooth integration between registries and registrars and I will be happy to contribute to this group with regard to our experiences in the first round. Best regards, Volker Greimann Am 29.07.2014 09:20, schrieb Stuart Fuller: Good morning all, My introduction - Stuart Fuller, Director of Commercial Operations at the registrar NetNames Group, who own the brands Ascio, Easily, Speednames, WebIP and of course NetNames. We are currently either managing or advising more than 30 global brands on their dotBrands as well as working with our corporate clients on the merits of an application as and when the window will open. I'm keen to take part in this working group so that I can provide a registrar point of view as well as feedback on the experiences of our clients from the first round. Regards Stuart Fuller Director of Commercial Operations NetNames Group Ltd Direct: +44 (0)20 7015 9295 Mobile:+44 (0) 7947 078530 www.netnames.com<http://www.netnames.com/> [email-signature-july2014-v6]<http://www.netnames.com/> From: gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org<mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org> [mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Rubens Kuhl Sent: 28 July 2014 18:26 To: gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org<mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org> Subject: Re: [Gnso-newgtld-dg] Thomas Lowenhaupt: An Introduction Continuing the introduction thread, my SOI at https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Rubens+Kuhl+SOI seems current, but in short I oversee new gTLD efforts of the .br ccTLD registry that for the 2012 round was both an applicant and a registry service provider for other applicants. Some topics come to my mind for the next round (or continuing process): - Whether post-contracting requests like exclusive use (Spec 9), brand TLD (Spec 13) or closed generic request should be moved to application time, in order to give both applicants and competitors for a string clarity on whether they can or cannot operate the TLD as they wish - Whether exclusive use TLDs should have requirements such as SRS/EPP/WHOIS/Escrow/EBERO instead of simple root delegation (although I think diverse DNS should still be a requirement, but that's probably part of the discussion) - String similarity criteria - String confusion standing to object that in the 2012 round was limited to TLD operators and applicants, to possibly be granted to other interested parties (like registrants of a TLD, ALAC etc.) - Change requests versus community evaluation and objection processing - Clear and defined clarification questions process - Clear and defined draw process (possibly bundled with application process) - Whether to introduce or not meaning similarity criteria like singular/plural - Whether to allow single-character IDN TLDs (notably for scripts other than Latin and Cyrillic) - Whether to allow variant TLDs (like .saopaulo and .sãopaulo) with required (or not) bundling rules, including variants of the at the time existing TLDs Rubens Em 27/07/2014, à(s) 00:55:000, Thomas Lowenhaupt <toml@communisphere.com<mailto:toml@communisphere.com>> escreveu: By way of introduction... I've been involved with ICANN in different capacities since 1998: governance issues, new TLDs, now ALAC. In 2005, to support the acquisition of the .nyc TLD as a public interest resource, I started the not-for-profit Connecting.nyc Inc. Currently I serve on the Mayor's .NYC Community Advisory Board with a role in reviewing our city's plans for its TLD. Why Am I Interested In This Working Group? Section 1.2.2 of the 2012 Applicant Guidebook required city-TLD applicants to include a Letter of Non-Objection with their application: "If an applicant has applied for a gTLD string that is a geographic name (as defined in this guidebook), the applicant is required to submit documentation of support for or nonobjection to its application from the relevant governments or public authorities." Having closely followed the acquisition and development process for the .nyc TLD since 2001, I've concluded that the Non-objection standard is inadequate. I hope to convince the Working Group that the application process for city-TLDs be changed; that applications for city-TLDs include an indication of Informed Consent rather than Non-Objection. Best, Tom Lowenhaupt _______________________________________________ Gnso-newgtld-dg mailing list Gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org<mailto:Gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-newgtld-dg NetNames, Prospero House, 241 Borough High Street, London SE1 1GA, UK | Tel: +44 207 015 9200 | NetNames Limited, Registered in England and Wales, Company number: 3169594, VAT Number: GB 739633893 _______________________________________________ Gnso-newgtld-dg mailing list Gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org<mailto:Gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-newgtld-dg -- Bei weiteren Fragen stehen wir Ihnen gerne zur Verfügung. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Volker A. 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Dietmar Lenden -
Michele Neylon - Blacknight -
Oliver Hope -
Rubens Kuhl -
Sam Lanfranco -
Stuart Fuller -
Thomas Lowenhaupt -
Tobias Sattler -
Volker Greimann