Re: [soac-mapo] Redefiningthe 4th criteria

[Stuart Lawley <stuart@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Whilst, one one hand I agree with Antony about going down ratholes, this is 
exactly what the WG is tasked with, to try to put some flesh on these concepts 
and then set some kind of "bar".

The reality is that , in the limit, whether decided by the ICC or the ICANN 
Board itself, the criteria is going to be , to a degree, "subjective", as it 
simply has to be, in the absence of being able to define these on a global 
basis.

Referring to Bertrands message this morning, I think it is critical that any 
would be applicants are made well aware of the potential subjective treatment 
of any controversial application (unlike the 2004 round that was purely 
objective against published criteria) and that theses "judgement calls" will be 
made relatively early on in the process.

Whether the inclusion of subjective criteria , which is absolutely what we are 
now talking about, goes against other GAC or GNSO principles for the 
introduction of new gTLDs, is a different matter.

This whole subject cannot be decided in an objective way. It will be 
subjective, subject to a broad panel decision and a relatively high bar, as I 
see it.

Stuart




On Aug 31, 2010, at 10:15 AM, Philip Sheppard wrote:

> Anthony,
> you wrote:
> I think we would quickly disappear down a rathole trying to define (on a 
> global basis) any of the following:
> ----------------
> Why do you think this is not a rathole for the 27 country, 3 script EU ?
>  
> Philip
>