Antony, without commenting on the substance of the ALAC positions then or now, I hardly think it is relevant to quote a 7 1/2 year old INTERIM ALAC position from a time when: - the INTERIM ALAC had only been formed earlier in 2003; - it was composed largely (10 out of 15) of members appointed by the Board; - the NomCom appointed members had been in place for only a few months and some may not even have attended the only intervening ICANN meeting that started 6 days after their appointment. Alan At 30/03/2011 06:40 PM, Antony Van Couvering wrote:
"ALAC supports an expansion of the gTLD namespace that allows both sponsored and unsponsored names. We understand that the current proposed RFP limited to sponsored TLDs, is suggested as a continuation of the "Proof of Concept" testbed. First, therefore, we offer suggestions for making this limited expansion more equitable. We further urge ICANN to move quickly beyond "testing" to more open addition of a full range of new gTLDs in the near future..."
http://forum.icann.org/mtg-cmts/stld-rfp-comments/general/msg00067.html
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