Comments on the ICANN gTLD process

DotSport founder Patrick Vande Walle has commented on the ICANN new gTLD process, and expecially on the draft RFP and applicant's guide. Read the here on CircleID: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081216_icann_new_generic_tld_process/

Another post in French on Patrick Vande Walle's blog:  
http://patrick.vande-walle.eu/internet/icann/commentaires-nouveaux-tld/

A draft 'Applicant Guidebook' for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), is now available for review and comment at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-comments-en.htm. The draft Guidebook provides information for those interested in applying for new generic top-level domains.
"Since ICANN was founded 10 years ago, one of the foundational principles has been to support competition and consumer choice in generic [...]

The International Herald Tribune has published today an article on the new Top Level domains, mentioning the .sport initiative.

The presentation made this morning at EGENI Paris is here (PDF format)

The french newsletter DomainesInfo has published an interview with DotSport founder Patrick Vande Walle on the present and future of the .SPORT domain

Follow the day to day life of .sport. We are now on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/dotsport
 

The annual EGENI event in Paris will take place on the 20th June 2008, right before the ICANN meeting, at the same venue.
We will take this opportunity to present the .SPORT project. It is your chance to discover what is behind .SPORT and how you can help make it happen.

Luxembourg, Luxembourg  – 16 June 2008
The DotSport® Consortium announced today the launch of a proposal to create .sport top level domain on the Internet.  It is expected that ICANN, the organization allocating new top level domains on the Internet will launch a call for proposals for new top level domains in Fall 2008.
The vision of [...]