New gTLDs Applicant Guidebook comments by NIC Mexico
Dear Paul, Kurt and all members of ICANN Staff. In response to the ICANN call for comments on the New gTLD Applicant Guidebook, we submit some observations and recommendations in an effort to collaborate on having a fair and successful round for the introduction of new gTLDs. In general we believe that the RFP as-is pictures a process that falls too far from being fair and equitable. It imposes severe restrictions and high walls to the introductions of new, innovative business models. From our perspective as a ccTLD Registry Operator of a developing country, we also believe that this process will bring benefit only to big registry operators with dotcom-like business models, preventing new, innovative and value adding business models from being added to de domain name system. We are very concerned about this fact, because if in the past ICANN has faced the threat of alternate-roots that promote the introduction of new and attractive TLDs, we believe that this threat could rise again but stronger if ICANN fails in putting together a process that is open, fair and equitable for the introduction of new gTLDs. Please see the attached document for our comments organized by module. Best Regards Oscar A. Robles-Garay CEO NIC Mexico Attachment:
draft_rfp_comments NICMX 2008120901.pdf |