Dear Jeff, all

Even quite involved in other groups with no much time to dedicate to this one, I am reading and here my points:

I totally agree with  the side NOT in FAVOR of the proposal.  First think we can understand all the reasons anyone have to keep a not used TLD is a lot pretentious from our side. If the applicant was approved for whole process and had paid for it, if applicant use it there will be rules to be followed but if he decide to just to keep it, we ( ICANN) has no say about it. The TLD is now a asset belonging to such winner applicant.

I also agree that too much restriction just reduce the chance of South hemisphere candidate to face the challenge.

Thank you for all your work on this issue.

All,

This conversation demonstrates exactly why it is so difficult to put into place restrictions like a “use” requirement.  In trying to sum up where we are:

Proposal:

Unless exempt, you must complete a Sunrise phase prior to contract renewal (10 years).  Spec 13 Registries would be exempt from this requirement.

What is the problem we are trying to Solve?

·         From Alex’s e-mails, it seems like the argument is that not “using” a TLD for an extended amount of time essentially takes that TLD out of circulation and that “someone else might be able” to use it; “All kinds of big corps will be talked into “secure your killer keyword – before your competition does.”

·         From Kathy K.: “If you are going to ask for a gTLD space, use it” and this “is a underlying premise of much of the Applicant Guidebook with its roll-out provisions.”

·         From Christopher:  “to s to strongly discourage, indeed penalise, the warehousing of un-used strings.

·         Supported by Jorge

From those not in favor of the Proposal

·         Kristine:  No one has agreed this is even an issue or problem; This forces everyone into a singular model (namely always selling domain names to third parties.”; ICANN already has a number of restrictions that stand in the way of innovation; “Let’s stop accusing businesses of bad faith (claims that the intent was to “shut down a vertical” are just that) just because they haven’t found the right niche given all the ICANN business restrictions.”

·         Marc:  What does “use” mean?; This would not foster innovation; This would only ensure one business model; “There is no innate incontrovertible human right to be able to register any domain name in any gTLD and as Kristine pointed out, Alex’s proposal attempts to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.”; No evidence that corporations are trying to shut down a vertical

·         Maxim:  What is the problem we are trying to solve?; There were a number of things that happened in 2012 round which impacted Registries plans for launch

·         Supported by Martin

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