Re: [gnso-consumercci-dt] RE: updated advice on consumer metrics, per 20-November WG conference

[Evan Leibovitch <evan@xxxxxxxxx>]

As I have already said in private email, for multiple reasons I cannot
support the changes made on the call. They are substantive, and breaks a
carefully crafted consensus on what I *thought* was a "final". Both in the
process (of including panic last-minute substantive changes) and the
substance (in the consumer-hostile nature of the changes), I cannot support
the document in its current form.

- Evan



On 21 November 2012 13:46, Berry Cobb <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> Thank you for taking the pen at yesterday’s call.****
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> I will give the WG until 1 December to review the current draft and
> provide any additional suggestions or edits.  Afterwards I will create a
> v4.0 and send it to the Council for their consideration.  John will also
> resubmit the motion for the December Council meeting.****
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> Thank you for everyone’s participation yesterday.****
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> Berry Cobb****
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> *From:* Steve DelBianco [mailto:sdelbianco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 20, 2012 18:24
> *To:* gnso-consumercci-dt@xxxxxxxxx
> *Cc:* Jeff Neuman; Berry Cobb
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> *Subject:* updated advice on consumer metrics, per 20-November WG
> conference ****
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> Team,****
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> Attached is hopefully our final version of advice on definitions, metrics,
> and targets for consumer trust, consumer choice, and competition in the new
> gTLD program.****
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> We had a 2-hour call today where Jeff Neuman walked through registry
> stakeholder concerns and questions.  Glad to say that we addressed these
> concerns while retaining the metrics and gathering the data we think will
> be useful to the Affirmation Review team that will examine the gTLD
> expansion in 2015.****
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> The main changes today are on page 14 regarding Consumer Choice.  In the
> prior draft, we had 4 metrics to assess how well registrants and users
> understand the benefits and restrictions of TLDs.   These metrics combined
> the needs of registrants and users, even though they have different
> perspectives.  And we had separate metrics for disclosure and "plain
> language" clarity.****
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> In this draft, we have separate metrics for registrants and for users,
> where we directly measure their "understanding" as a result of plain
> language disclosure or other ways that foster understanding of a TLD's
> restrictions, such as advertising, registrar websites, etc.   ****
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> We now have 2 metrics to replace the 4 we had in the previous version:****
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> [2.1] Measure potential *registrants*’ understanding of TLD benefits and
> restrictions, such that potential registrants can make informed choices
> about registration of their domain names.  This measure includes only open
> gTLDs.****
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> [2.2] Measure *Internet users*’ understanding of TLD eligibility
> restrictions, such that Internet users can make informed choices about
> reliance on domain names in that TLD.    (This measure includes all gTLDs.)
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> Would be glad to explain the discussion and conclusions to any WG members
> who have questions.   Have also attached a redline comparing changes from
> v3.0 to today's version 3.1****
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> Regards,****
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> Steve****
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