To the ICANN board members and others involved in the process of selecting new
gTLDs:I appeal to you to take into serious account the many postings on this public
forum.
1) A vast majority of the contributors has raised questions whether the
staff report includes unfounded criticism of Image Online Design's application. The
information in the postings, including the official response from IOD (Christopher
Ambler), indicates that these questions are raised for objective reasons.
2) A
vast majority of the contributors also finds it surprisingly that other applicants
than IOD were not criticised for the exact same things that brought criticism upon
IOD, suggesting that the applicants were not treated equal in the evaluation process.
3)
A vast majority of the contributors are very concerned on the matter of competition.
Especially they oppose Afilias getting any new gTLD.
Again, please take the
postings into serious account.
Despite the fact that many of the postings are from
a small group of people, it is my coviction that the forum to a great extent represents
the values of the internet community at large.
Thank you for listening.
Håkan
Hansson
Regular internet user, and
small business owner in Sweden