ICANN,We need new TLDs, and new models on how they can be operated. The
nature of the Internet is to allow different approaches to work themselves out.
As
your Staff Report suggests:
"In view of the submissions of multiple applications
in this group that present strong proposals under the August 15 Criteria, the team
believes that the Board could responsibly select a limited number of applications
from this group."
The reason for selecting one over the other would be entirely
subjective. Make the objective choice - choose them all. For example:
Afilias
- .info
Diebold - .global
iDomains - .ecom
IOD - .web
JVTeam - .biz
KDD
- .home
NeuStar - .site
This would be the competition you are looking for, while
avoiding conflict and providing strong applicants the opportunity to succeed.
Martin