Re: [kictanet] ICANN Approves Historic Change to Internet's Domain Name System
The application fee is steep, not to mention other related fees that could eventually amount to over 1mUS$ or more. This issue has been debated over a long time and the decision to estalish the so called "Joint SO/AC New gTLD Applicant Support Working Group" was to develop a sustainable approach in providing support to applicants from developing countries who can not afford those amounts, plus the technical requirement among others. So if dot jaluo meets the required criteria would qualify for support. best alice On 6/21/11 11:34 AM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: Thanks for this Alice. Please excuse my pessimism, but I still think "Internet Presence" needs to be determined by how many people are connected, as opposed to the availability of gTLDs. Then I also see this new development as something which appears to have been prompted by the "elite club" Suppose I wanted to create dot.jaluo, it means I have to cough USD 185'000? Yawa?? I know conglomerates will afford this, not the "ordinary Internet user" hapa mashinani (mashinani == KE).
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:19, <[email protected]> wrote:
The new gTLDs will effectively allow the creation of any TLD with up
to 64
characters, generic words, brand names, regional suffixes, allowing owners to become domain registries. According to the CEO, this will
open
up the domain "naming system to unleash the global human
imagination," .
This development will also provide owners with the rights to create top level domain names in any script or language. Applications for gTLDs
will
be accepted from 12 January to 12 April 2012.
There are currently only 22 generic top level domains, which are .com, .int, .edu, .mil, .net, .org, .arpa, .info, ,museum, .name, .pro,
.asia,
.cat. .jobs. .mobi. .post . biz, .tel .coop, .travel. .tel, gov.
With this new development, there is likely to be several hundred new generic top-level domain names which could include such addresses as . bank, .hotel. .shop, .coke, . africa, .nairobi, among others. It will cost US$185,000 to apply among other requirements, like technical standards, etc a price that rich global organizations will be
willing to
pay to maximize their presence on the internet. Too expensive?
Yes particularly for developing countries with the same needs to not
only
increase our presence on the internet but for some to protect against trademark infringement dot.mpesa anyone?
During the ICANN meeting in Nairobi, the Government Advisory committee (GAC) had advised the board to initiate a process that would see provisions made to support needy applicants and applications from developing countries.
The Joint SO/AC New gTLD Applicant Support Working Group was set up
with
the main objective to develop a sustainable approach in providing
support
to applicants requiring assistance in applying for and operating new
gTLDs
Registries. This group have recommended a number of innovative approaches that are currently under consideration by ICANN community including the
government
advisory committee. Yesterday's resolution included a "program to ensure support for applicants from developing countries, with a form, structure and
processes
to be determined by the Board in consultation with stakeholders
including:
(a) consideration of the GAC recommendation for a fee waiver
corresponding
to 76 percent of the $185,000 USD evaluation fee, (b) consideration of recommendations of the ALAC and GNSO as chartering organizations of the Joint Applicant Support (JAS) Working Group, (c) designation of a
budget
of up to $2 million USD for seed funding, and creating opportunities
for
other parties to provide matching funds.........Final Report from
the JAS
Working Group (requested in time to allow staff to develop an implementation plan for the Board’s consideration at its October 2011 meeting in Dakar, Senegal), with the goal of having a sustainable applicant support system in place before the opening of the application window";
Very best
Alice
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email.
Thanks Alice and Washi, like Washington says i also embraced the news with some pessimism due to the fact that the levels and rate of penetration of the internet as well as the awareness of matters pertaining to the domain name industry are not very encouraging on the African continent, i wonder whether anything was discussed towards this end otherwise as Washington says the benefits might be skewed towards the western world because of global politics, i recall that there were already guys lobbying for some of the gtlds which i will not mention here during last years ICANN and they treated us to a sumptuous dinner which we could not refuse in the true African Spirit. We look forwad to more information i am sure some of this issues could form good discussion topics during the forthcoming IGF. On another note we have able leaders representing this great continent at the ICANN meeting, Katim, Ann-Rachel, Alice among others sitting at vantage points in various commitees, i would wish to challenge all of you to look at frameworks that will help this continent move away from asking for waivers and compete favourably with the other economic powerhouses, i am sure a discussion around this during the forthcoming IGF is likely to be exciting as well. Thank you On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 1:25 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
The application fee is steep, not to mention other related fees that could eventually amount to over 1mUS$ or more. This issue has been debated over a long time and the decision to estalish the so called "Joint SO/AC New gTLD Applicant Support Working Group" was to develop a sustainable approach in providing support to applicants from developing countries who can not afford those amounts, plus the technical requirement among others. So if dot jaluo meets the required criteria would qualify for support.
best alice
On 6/21/11 11:34 AM, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
Thanks for this Alice.
Please excuse my pessimism, but I still think "Internet Presence" needs to be determined by how many people are connected, as opposed to the availability of gTLDs. Then I also see this new development as something which appears to have been prompted by the "elite club" Suppose I wanted to create dot.jaluo, it means I have to cough USD 185'000? Yawa?? I know conglomerates will afford this, not the "ordinary Internet user" hapa mashinani (mashinani == KE).
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:19, <[email protected]> wrote:
The new gTLDs will effectively allow the creation of any TLD with up
to 64
characters, generic words, brand names, regional suffixes, allowing owners to become domain registries. According to the CEO, this will
open
up the domain "naming system to unleash the global human
imagination," .
This development will also provide owners with the rights to create
top
level domain names in any script or language. Applications for gTLDs
will
be accepted from 12 January to 12 April 2012.
There are currently only 22 generic top level domains, which are
.com,
.int, .edu, .mil, .net, .org, .arpa, .info, ,museum, .name, .pro,
.asia,
.cat. .jobs. .mobi. .post . biz, .tel .coop, .travel. .tel, gov.
With this new development, there is likely to be several hundred new generic top-level domain names which could include such addresses as
.
bank, .hotel. .shop, .coke, . africa, .nairobi, among others. It
will
cost US$185,000 to apply among other requirements, like technical standards, etc a price that rich global organizations will be
willing to
pay to maximize their presence on the internet. Too expensive?
Yes particularly for developing countries with the same needs to not
only
increase our presence on the internet but for some to protect
against
trademark infringement dot.mpesa anyone?
During the ICANN meeting in Nairobi, the Government Advisory
committee
(GAC) had advised the board to initiate a process that would see provisions made to support needy applicants and applications from developing countries.
The Joint SO/AC New gTLD Applicant Support Working Group was set up
with
the main objective to develop a sustainable approach in providing
support
to applicants requiring assistance in applying for and operating new
gTLDs
Registries. This group have recommended a number of innovative approaches that
are
currently under consideration by ICANN community including the
government
advisory committee. Yesterday's resolution included a "program to ensure support for applicants from developing countries, with a form, structure and
processes
to be determined by the Board in consultation with stakeholders
including:
(a) consideration of the GAC recommendation for a fee waiver
corresponding
to 76 percent of the $185,000 USD evaluation fee, (b) consideration
of
recommendations of the ALAC and GNSO as chartering organizations of
the
Joint Applicant Support (JAS) Working Group, (c) designation of a
budget
of up to $2 million USD for seed funding, and creating opportunities
for
other parties to provide matching funds.........Final Report from
the JAS
Working Group (requested in time to allow staff to develop an implementation plan for the Board’s consideration at its October 2011 meeting in Dakar, Senegal), with the goal of having a sustainable applicant support system in place before the opening of the
application
window";
Very best
Alice
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email.
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