Re: [gnso-rn-wg] RN-WG Questions: Report detail - single character tld

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

On 9 mar 2007, at 06.22, Liz Williams wrote:

> Recommendation 2 Section 1d. p4  "We recommend that single letter  
> or number TLDs be allowed in future rounds, via the process to be  
> agreed via PDP05".  Just confirming the group's recommendation  
> means that the treatment of applications for single letter and  
> single number TLD strings will be treated in exactly the same way  
> as any other new TLD application AND that any "string contention  
> and allocation methods" would be the same.
I am not sure what part of the document you are referring to, but in  
regard to recommendations for single character at the top level (and  
I would make the same reservation for both ascii and idn)
You are right to point this out.  While the discussion came up in  
regard to 2nd level single letter and we got into the technical  
issues of single letter allocations, I would also want to recommend  
that these, if technically feasible, be treated as rare resources and  
hence subject to a special allocation method that provided public  
benefit.
My personal view on the definition of 'public benefit', which i don't  
expect to be included in the report, is that proceeds from these  
special allocation methods above ICANN processing expenses be applied  
to a fund that aided applicants whose economic environment did not  
permit them to afford the fees necessary to support a California  
based global process.
thanks

a.