RE: [alac] ALAC participation in new gTLDs

["Roberto Gaetano" <alac_liaison@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My only concern is that at this delicate stage of the selection process the 
intention of establishing a collaboration could be seen as an implicit 
endorsement, and therefore influence the evaluation.
Just go through the list of applicants, and mentally check whether ALAC 
would be willing to sit in the policy-making bodies of each of them. If you 
can find at least one where you don't want to see the ALAC name, maybe we 
should not offer this possibility to anybody.
That is not to say that we cannot establish a collaboration at a later time, 
with the selected ones, and only witht the ones we see fit (and that see us 
fit). At a later time we will not have the concern of "equal treatment" for 
fairness.

Regards
Roberto GAETANO
ALAC
ICANN BoD Liaison





> From: Vittorio Bertola <vb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: alac@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [alac] ALAC participation in new gTLDs
> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 04:54:06 +0200
>
> Some of the current applicants for new sponsored gTLDs have shown up at our
> meetings and have asked us to cooperate with them in their future policy
> making process and to support their application. (For example, one of the
> applicants offered us seats in their Policy Advisory Board.)
>
> While I think that it would be improper for us to support some of the
> applications and not others, I think that - assuming that we can find the
> necessary human resources - it would be important for us to participate in
> gTLD policy making processes, both as a way to ensure that their policies
> reflect the interests of the final users, and as a way to increase the
> importance of the Committee and thus attract more At Large Structures. So I
> think we should accept this offer, but we should do so in an impartial way,
> by giving all applicants an opportunity to do the same.
>
> So I would suggest releasing a brief statement (and sending it by letter to
> all new gTLD applicants from this round) like:
>
> "Some of the applicants for new gTLDs have expressed their interest in
> having representatives from the ALAC participate in their Policy Advisory
> Boards or in their policy making processes. The ALAC thinks that this could
> be a good way to ensure that the internal policies of the new TLDs, even if
> sponsored and thus targeted to a limited registrant community, will take
> into proper account the general interest of all Internet users.
>
> Thus the ALAC would like to invite any applicant sharing this point of view
> to enter into discussions with the Committee, so to determine the better 
> way
> to incorporate representatives of the Committee in their policy making
> processes."
>
> If there is agreement on this, I might even read the statement tomorrow at
> the Public Forum.
> --
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