By Jeff Neuman Co-Chair of the ngTLD SPWG ICANN’s GNSO
The number one complaint we heard about the ICANN’s process to introduce new gTLDs in 2012 was that the process was unpredictable. Though years had been spent coming up with the policies and rules governing the introduction of new gTLDs, there was a perception that ICANN frequently changed the rules to serve its own needs without relying on a consistent process involving impacted stakeholders in their decisions. In addition, there was a perception that consistent lobbying of the Board on various subjects by the community, including from those that never wanted new gTLDs in the first place, caused substantial unreasonable delays especially because the ICANN Board had no mechanism (or frankly the expertise) to deal with the onslaught of pressure they were facing.
.... At the end of the day whether you believe these changes were positive or negative for the program that is not really the issue. The fact is that these changes were all introduced in an ad hoc manner, without following a standard process that ensured feedback from all impacted parties. This resulted in substantial delays for applicants to complete the evaluation process and launch their TLDs. So much so that some applicants lost faith in the program, the value of new gTLDs, and ICANN itself.
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The number one complaint we heard about the ICANN’s process to introduce new gTLDs in 2012 was that the process was unpredictable. Though years had been spent coming up with the policies and rules governing the introduction of new gTLDs, there was a perception that ICANN frequently changed the rules to serve its own needs without relying on a consistent process involving impacted stakeholders in their decisions. In addition, there was a perception that consistent lobbying of the Board on various subjects by the community, including from those that never wanted new gTLDs in the first place, caused substantial unreasonable delays especially because the ICANN Board had no mechanism (or frankly the expertise) to deal with the onslaught of pressure they were facing.
.... At the end of the day whether you believe these changes were positive or negative for the program that is not really the issue. The fact is that these changes were all introduced in an ad hoc manner, without following a standard process that ensured feedback from all impacted parties. This resulted in substantial delays for applicants to complete the evaluation process and launch their TLDs. So much so that some applicants lost faith in the program, the value of new gTLDs, and ICANN itself.
read more / part 1 (jjnsolutions)
