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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><small>Milton, I see your point and am
of two minds here on your second comment. <br>
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ICANN already imposes complex requirements on its contracted
parties (registries) and indirectly on registrars. I would like
ICANN, as in the issues raised by African registrars, to "take
ownership" of the consequences of those requirements, to engage
in real dialogue with the registrars, and hopefully come up with
better contract language. <br>
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As for the DotCity auction issue simply insisting that
registries follow the same auction rules as ICANN imposes on
itself does not seem a politicizing move to me, but there is
another option here. That involves carrying out a proactive
education and awareness campaign, targeted at city governments,
so that they approach the DotCity gTLD opportunities as well
informed as the commercial interests offering the manage their
gTLD application and run their registry. That is something that
ISOC and its chapters could consider doing. <br>
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Sam L. <br>
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On 30/09/2015 1:49 PM, Mueller, Milton L wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><small>My main point was to argue that
applicants need to get into the game (come to the table
with commercial partners from wherever (domestic or
foreign, developed or developing regions)) with greater
knowledge, so that they strike a more informed and
better deal. We should not just focus on access to
greater financial resources where there is a risk that
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<p class="MsoNormal"><small><span style="color:#1F497D">MM:
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Had that stakeholder mobilization not happened a
community constituency, the mental health agencies,
would have had to spend donor funds, and probably tax
payer dollars, to secure the domain name in competition
with unknown parties. Here is a situation where ICANN
could play a proactive simple role. In its registry
contracts it could insist, as part of its public
interest commitment, that multiple applicants for
dotCity domain names have the information necessary for
them to negotiate among themselves.
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<span style="color:#1F497D">MM: But there again you get
into a highly politicized process in which ICANN
imposes complex requirements on its contracted party
(the registry). Won’t the same politics exist at the
local level? Why not let them sort it out?
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