"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." ~ Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Action Alert: Comments to ICANN about New gTLDs - Closed
Fri, 08/03/2007 - 00:19 — dan
** This Action Alert is now closed, as ICANN has closed the public comment period **
Thank you for helping to protect freedom of expression and innovation on the Internet! Many of you let ICANN know that the August 2007 proposal for a new generic top-level domain (gTLD) policy has serious flaws and should be corrected.
ICANN allowed the general public to submit comments on its proposed policy for new gTLDs. It was open from 10 August 2007 until 4 pm PDT on 30 August, 2007. This provided an opportunity for people who are not internally involved with ICANN to have some voice in the process. You made a difference!
The final draft of the GNSO Council New gTLDs Committee report had some serious problems, and the NCUC submitted a Minority Report (see Annex A and Annex C) detailing these flaws and suggested corrections. A summary table of the current situation by NCUC can be found here.
A list of comments submitted to ICANN can be found on an email archive at ICANN.
A complete summary and analysis of community feedback will be made available by ICANN at the end of the comment period, and considered by the GNSO Council prior to its vote on the report on 6 September 2007. If the Council accepts the policy recommendations, the ICANN Board will then consider it as early as the end of October 2007.
** Thanks to all who participated in this action! We generated approximately 50 comments out of a total of 81, which is a great showing in this context. **
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If you missed this action and have not yet signed our petition, you can still join the coalition by signing the petition. We will deliver the petition to the ICANN Board when it votes on the gTLD policy, possibly in Los Angeles on 2 November.
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