Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Additional Criteria "Indigenous Peoples"

[Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mike, you are not alone in believing that the use to which the TLD 
will be put is important. Perhaps I am less worried about offending 
someone, but to be blunt, no matter how good their credentials (or 
how bad their financial situation), anyone is capable of a dumb idea, 
and I can see no reason that ICANN or anyone one else should support 
them in such a case. There is growing agreement with this in the WG.
In international development cooperation, it is now in vogue to 
simply give money to a country (perhaps loosely targeted at a sector) 
and trust them to put it to good use. But for more traditional 
support, and still for pretty much all non-bilateral support, the 
projected use of the funds is at least as critical as who is 
receiving the support.
A problem is, as you imply, that separating "good" applications from 
those which are not worthy of support is both difficult and 
subjective - both things that ICANN tends to shy away from in evaluations.
Alan

At 26/04/2011 12:45 PM, Mike Silber wrote:

> I previously raised a suggestion (quickly shot down by Avri) that the
> content or purpose of the string should be considered. I thought I would
> raise it again and see if there is any traction.
>
> I have been trying to think of a hypothetical example so as not to
> offend anyone but I have struggled.