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Comment: "suspended" to "postponed", to make clear that we do not want the program to be cancelled but that it needs significant repair

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RESOLVED THAT while the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) continues to support in principle the creation of new gTLDs, it must convey to the ICANN Board and community the dismay of At-Large with the new gTLD program in its current form, and explicitly advises that its implementation would be harmful to the public interest and specifically that of Internet end-users. We request that implementation of the program be suspended temporarily until necessary public-interest modifications are implemented to address the end-user concerns noted above.

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The Summit declaration is available at http://www.atlarge.icann.org/files/atlarge/correspondence-05mar09-en.pdfImage Removed

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History:

A draft version of the first motion was submitted by Evan Leibovitch to the ALAC and NARALO email lists December 18.
In response to early comments in response, a slightly modified version of the motion was posted to this Wiki