Re: [gtld-council] PDP Dec 05: Follow-up to 23 June

[Liz Williams <liz.williams@xxxxxxxxx>]

Robin

Thanks for that -- do I understand you correctly that you don't have  
an issue with the drafting of the recommendation but that in  
implementation there would be limitations on who could object to what?
If you still have a problem with the drafting of the recommendation,  
do you have an alternative suggestion?
Liz
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Liz Williams
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On 24 Jun 2007, at 20:23, Robin Gross wrote:

> As I stated yesterday in the meeting, there must be a limitation on  
> the *type* of objection that can stop an application for a new gtld  
> (in addition to *who* can complain).
> An objection to the string must be based on either law or technical/ 
> operational issues.  Otherwise, we swallow up all our attempts to  
> narrow evaluation criteria to these issues and it becomes a free  
> for all.
> The language for #20 below still permits the 'Legion of Decency'  
> type of actors or competitors to stop an application for non-legal  
> reasons.  It encourages lobbying for and against applications -  
> really bad idea.
> Robin
>
>
> philip.sheppard@xxxxxx wrote:
>
> > How about this for clarity:
> >
> > "An application will be rejected if it is determined that
> > there is opposition to it from among established
> > institutions of the economic sector, or cultural community, and  
> > the degree
> > of that opposition is substantial.
> >
> > Note
> > Clarifies our intent
> > Deletes redundant "language community" as it is subset of cultural
> >
> > Philip