[kictanet] Europe and US to meet on .xxx and new TLDs

[Dandjinou Pierre]

Dear Mctim,

I can't agree more with you. Hopefully, one can only expect that the
next MOU to be signed between DoC and ICANN reflects more powers to
the GAC!
rgds
Pierre

On 5/11/11, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
> Alice,
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Alice Munyua <alice at apc.org> wrote:
>> http://domainincite.com/europe-and-us-to-meet-on-xxx-and-new-tlds/
>>
>> European Commissioner Neelie Kroes is to meet with the US Department of
>> Commerce, a month after she asked it to delay the launch of the .xxx
>> top-level domain.
>
> Is this not highly ironic? Wouldn't she be screaming bloody murder if
> the US decided, unilaterally, to do this (or something similar) to the
> rootzone?
>
> The fact is that the ICANN Board could make no other decision on .xxx
> due to the results of the arbitration on it, factoring in a lack of
> GAC consensus on the issue. The ICANN Board bent over backwards to
> please the GAC on this one, to no avail.
>
> At the very least, this serves as a wake up call to the GAC that they
> aren't in control of ICANN decisions.
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>
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