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| Jason, You understand the
need for broad consultation, yet you say such consultation can not begin until one
of the four .kids registrars is acredited. Why? (1) Later is not good enough.
A bad dot.kids is worse than none at all. ICANN must be clear what it is signing
the Internet community up for when it selects any tld application. The policies (relating
to restrictions, pricing structures or cultural awareness for example) that define
the .kids technical and administrative architecture will markedly affect the social
and business 'space' it contains. Considering the significant section of the Internet
community the creation of .kids is likely to impact upon, the ability to consult
widely and take into account community views in a coherent and fair manner is likely
to be a considerable issue for the potential registrar. An existing track record,
or demonstrated committment to such consultation (evident in the proposal) would
go a long way to making an application stand out in a crowded field. (2) Consultation
is easy. The applicants for .kids all have significant financial backing, in line
with the potential they have to reap significant returns from such a lucrative domain
name property. With even a modest amount of money (for example $50,000 matching the
ICANN deposit), applicants could easily have already convened a high level meeting
of key stakeholders in the youth sector. They could have commissioned key youth organisations
to provide submissions/develop policies. It is not hard to find the experts in the
field on these issues, and in many cases the hard work has already been done. For
example, over the last year, UNESCO has put huge resources into a program called
"Innocence in Danger" aimed at tackingly the issues of porn online and youth access
to (and depiction in) it. I encourage ICANN to delay further action on these domain
names until .kids applicants have time to further ellaborate on their proposals and
outline their community consultation programs in more detail. And, applicants, make
it happen --- now! warm regards to all, Nick Moraitis
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Nick Moraitis
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Nation1 - www.nation1.net
Author, "Cyberscene: a teen traveller's guide to the web"
(Penguin Books 1999)
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Message Thread:
- .kids, etc. Application by ICM Registry, Inc. — Moderator, October 7 @ 10:18 PM (15/40)
- kids and xxx should be added with precautions taken — daimonic, November 3 @ 8:06 AM (0/0)
- XXX and KIDS are the reason NOT to do this — Lindy Kathlyn, November 3 @ 2:58 AM (1/1)
- COPA Commission should support your proposal — jodybresgi, October 31 @ 8:56 PM (0/0)
- ICM Registry has the best Proposal Hands Down — Neo, October 27 @ 7:52 PM (0/0)
- Its about time — MJ, October 27 @ 3:37 PM (0/0)
- .kids tld - general observation — john.carr, October 27 @ 9:03 AM (1/2)
- Important first step to cleaning up the internet! — Talya, October 25 @ 5:36 PM (0/0)
- Proposition to ICANN, Applicants & Internet Community — Pistoff, October 18 @ 6:15 PM (0/0)
- ICM .kids — algajola24, October 17 @ 4:37 PM (0/0)
- About time! ICM plan positive for content providers — r9stein, October 17 @ 2:02 PM (0/0)
- I am Against this application/More Network Solutions involvement — Merlin, October 17 @ 1:51 AM (0/0)
- .kids — drdjklein, October 16 @ 7:55 PM (2/2)
- KIDS TLD APPLICATION SHOULD BE ACCEPTED — franmail, October 16 @ 1:18 PM (1/2)
- Review ICM Registry's Submission to ICANN at www.icmregistry.com — Hendeles, October 15 @ 5:09 PM (3/14)
- .KIDS TLD Application Should Be Denied - details inside... — ron10000, October 14 @ 5:23 PM (1/4)
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