RE: [bc-gnso] ICANN hearings

[Phil Corwin <psc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You are correct, Marilyn - hearing 2 has been officially noticed -

http://energycommerce.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetail.aspx?NewsID=9134

Hearing
ICANN's Top-Level Domain Name Program
December 14, 2011
The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology has scheduled a hearing on 
Wednesday, December 14, 2011, at 9:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House 
Office Building. The title of the hearing is "ICANN's Top-Level Domain Name 
Program." Witness list to be announced.


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From: owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Marilyn Cade
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 7:12 PM
To: sarah.b.deutsch@xxxxxxxxxxx; mmr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; bc - GNSO list
Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] ICANN hearings


Update on what I know, or don't:

The hearing is now one of two. House hearing rumored/or perhaps confirmed by 
now.

If members have the testimony, post it to bc-private, rather than bc-gNSO.


> From: sarah.b.deutsch@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:sarah.b.deutsch@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: mmr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mmr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 
> bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 18:51:14 -0500
> Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] ICANN hearings
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> Well said! I'd also like to see copies of any testimony that is available. It 
> will be interesting to see what transpires at tomorrow's hearing.
>
> Sarah
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> Sarah B. Deutsch
> Vice President & Associate General Counsel
> Verizon Communications
> Phone: 703-351-3044
> Fax: 703-351-3670
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> [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx]<mailto:[mailto:owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx]> On 
> Behalf Of Mike Roberts
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 5:38 PM
> To: bc - GNSO list
> Subject: [bc-gnso] ICANN hearings
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>
> Reading over today's testimony, one can't help but have the feeling that 
> ICANN is digging itself deeper and deeper into a bunker position from which 
> it may not recover.
>
> I'm reminded of the gigantic underground cistern located near the Blue Mosque 
> in Istanbul. Worth a trip if you haven't seen it.
>
> After the collapse of the Roman Empire, the Goths and so on came down the 
> peninsula and ravaged the city. So walls were built. Then sieges were put in 
> place and folks ran out of water. So at great expense the cistern was dug and 
> covered over. Then longer sieges, etc. The invaders prevailed.
>
> The moral being that some ideas are so flawed that no amount of building 
> walls thicker and cisterns deeper will carry the day.
>
> The Kurt Pritz testimony goes on for more than 15 pages trying to cover every 
> possible contingency of bad behavior connected to new TLDs. And doesn't 
> succeed.
>
> Even though the BC membership includes members with multiple relationships to 
> ICANN, some of which are linked to proposed new TLDs, the core rationale for 
> our constituency is to represent business users of the Domain Name System. 
> Setting aside IDNs, which have their own rationale, I haven't seen any 
> enthusiasm for new TLDs among users, and most of us have been opposed but 
> willing to work on the details with ICANN because that seemed better than 
> letting it happen without any input from us. What we have gotten for our 
> trouble is Kurt claiming in his testimony that there is broad community 
> support for new TLDs. That has never been the case.
>
> The ever greater accretion of protective bureaucracy to the program has 
> produced a balance of costs and benefits - in the broad sense, including more 
> than dollars and cents - that is seriously out of whack. It's time for us to 
> acknowledge this, and say so publicly.
>
> - Mike
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