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Date/Time: Tue, June 20, 2000 at 1:16 PM GMT
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Subject: the questions - set 4

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      Q25: Is increasing the utility of the DNS as a resource-location tool an appropriate goal in the introduction of new TLDs?
Yes.

Q26: Would the introduction of unrestricted, undifferentiated TLDs run counter to this goal?
Yes

Q27: If so, are there ways of accommodating the goal of enhancing registry-level competition with the goal of enhancing the utility of the DNS?
Yes. Charters ADD VALUE. A continous stream of new chartered domains would enhance utility and registry-level competition.(Dot com is a diminishing resource).

Q28: Is the concept of TLD "charters" helpful in promoting the appropriate evolution of the DNS?
Yes.

Q29: Are the first three principles outlined in the second additional consensus point of WG-C's 17 April 2000 supplemental report (quoted above) appropriate criteria for selecting TLDs to be introduced in the first group?
Yes.

Q30: Do those principles preclude the introduction of any new fully open TLDs?
No. A TLD with a wide charter is in effect an open TLD - but one with ADDED VALUE.

Q31: What types of TLDs should be included in the first group of additional TLDs to best test the concept of chartered TLDs?
The question has an internal contradiction. Charters will work if the world knows they will be issued continously. Do not misinterpret "controlled introduction" for "piecemeal introduction".

Q32: Should chartered TLDs be introduced according to a pre-defined system, or should proposals be evaluated on an individualized basis?
Evaluate proposals based on detailed guidelines which are themselves based on the 6 WG C principles.

Q33: If charter proposals are evaluated on an individualized basis, should any steps should be taken to promote stable and orderly evolution of the DNS overall? If the proposals are evaluated based on the 6 WG C principles this is taken care of.

     
 


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