[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]I have learned that although the final version of the new gTLD DAG had been scheduled for release in May 2009, this now seems unlikely. Instead, a 3rd draft would be published prior to the 2nd ICANN meeting of the year, scheduled for Sydney at the end of the June.
If true, this would undoubtedly delay the new gTLD program. The first round of applications had been scheduled to start in Q3 2009. It now appears that the final DAG may not be published until then, pushing back the first 45-day long application round to late Q4 2009 at best, perhaps even 2010.
DotBerlin founder Dirk Krischenowski has voiced his alarm in an email sent to others involved in new gTLD applications for city domains, including INDOM as we are working with the City of Paris on the .PARIS project. "This scenario is worse and alarming for all our European GeoTLD initiatives," writes Dirk. "We think that the latest developments in the new gTLD process are not acceptable for political, economic and legal reasons to our initiatives as well as to the governments and authorities which support or tolerate our initiatives."[/FONT]
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If true, this would undoubtedly delay the new gTLD program. The first round of applications had been scheduled to start in Q3 2009. It now appears that the final DAG may not be published until then, pushing back the first 45-day long application round to late Q4 2009 at best, perhaps even 2010.
DotBerlin founder Dirk Krischenowski has voiced his alarm in an email sent to others involved in new gTLD applications for city domains, including INDOM as we are working with the City of Paris on the .PARIS project. "This scenario is worse and alarming for all our European GeoTLD initiatives," writes Dirk. "We think that the latest developments in the new gTLD process are not acceptable for political, economic and legal reasons to our initiatives as well as to the governments and authorities which support or tolerate our initiatives."[/FONT]
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