I think it's an excellent proposal, well-thought out. To the list of workshop items: • whether the current process is amenable to gaming by registrars • the risks to the consumer associated with Vertical Integration • the possible re-emergence of the domain tasting phenomenon • risks associated with the current lack of articulated graduated sanctions in the current Applicant Guidebook • issues associated with the Independent Objector procedures • the lack of any policy governing domain name speculation and/or warehousing by registrars • front-running scenarios • potential issues associated with pre-registration practices I might add: safety and stability issues potentially incurred by new "holes" in the DNS opened by new gTLD operators. As far as funding a workshop goes, I'm afraid I have no clue what money is available. Whatever is budgeted, though, should include a substantial amount for publicity, as you will want a strong attendance for a variety of reasons. Lastly, should the money not be available, we could take the workshop items above and fashion them into a NARALO statement we could present (whether ALAC supports it or not) -----Original Message-----

From: Danny Younger <dannyyounger@yahoo.com> Sent: Dec 9, 2010 12:28 AM To: na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Cc: beaubrendler@earthlink.net, langdonorr@gmail.com Subject: Funded Workshop Proposal

Dear Beau and members of the NARALO:

As I remain troubled by the consumer issues that may arise in conjunction with the launch of an unprecedented amount of new gTLDs, I have attached a proposal for your review.

Feedback will be highly appreciated.

Thanks, Danny Younger