This is the wiki page for At-Large comments on the objection statement on community objection grounds against applicant "Stable Tone Limited" for the applied for string ".健康"
Note : As per RALO advice, this objection statement is not being considered by the ALAC.
Information about the applicant Stable Tone Limited
Provided by http://gtldresult.icann.org/) :
(updated March 6 2013 with link to PIC)
String | Applicant | Location | Community | Geographic | Primary Contact | Email | Application ID | Updates | GAC EW | PIC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
健康 | Stable Tone Limited | HK | Mike Rodenbaugh | stabletonetld@rodenbaugh.com | 1-1708-88054 | Yes | Yes |
The applicant details can be viewed at http://gtldresult.icann.org/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/450
Link to applicant Public Interest Commitments (PIC) : jiankang_PIC_statement.pdf
Objection Statement produced by the gTLD RG for RALO review (updated March 1 2013)
The PDF of the objection statement can be viewed at draft-objection-statement-against-applicant-Stable-Tone-Limited-for-健康-1-mar-2013.pdf
(Note : The objection statement released on 25 February 2013 was updated on March 1 2013 to remove incorrect references to another applicant in the statement.)
Members of the gTLD RG considered the comments from the At-Large community as of February 8 2013 and ranked each factor of the four tests for community objection grounds based on these comments and discussions. gTLD RG members gave the factors of the 4 tests a "pass" and therefore, an objection statement was drafted by the gTLD RG based on this initial review.
Comment on this objection statement
Please review the initial comments that were received by the gTLD RG. At-Large members are encouraged to read and post comments.
NOTE: You must be logged in to post comments. If you do not have a wiki account, please email your comment to the gTLD RG group at newgtldrg@icann.org and the group will update this wiki page.
The gTLD RG reserves the right to remove comments that do not adhere to ICANN's Expected Standards of Behavior and Open Comment Forum Process and Standards.
17 Comments
Dev Anand Teelucksingh
Comment received from International Medical Informatics Association
http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtldrg/attachments/20130125/469ed997/IMIArequesttoALAC-0001.pdf
Request to consider an Objection for the “.health” new gTLDs
Dear Sir or Madam,
This note is to request the ALAC to consider filing an objection for the applications for the “.health” new gTLD, on Community objection grounds. Currently there are five applications for “.health”, four of which are in English and one in Chinese script. These five proposals are seen as problematic by the global health community for the following reasons:
Basis for Community Opposition to the ‘.health’ TLD applications
In 2012, a number of stakeholders expressed concerns about the creation of the new “.health” gTLD by current applicants and requested that its allocation, in all UN languages, be postponed to allow for the consultation of global health stakeholders. Examples include:
• The governments of France and Mali have issued ‘Early Warnings’ for the five “.health” applications
• A number of NGOs in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO) have posted Comments on the ICANN Public Forum and written to ICANN and the Government Advisory Committee (GAC)
• WHO has written to ICANN and the GAC
• The European Commission has issued a letter to ICANN, noting ‘.health’ among others, as a sensitive string
(http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/steneberg-to-icann-boardannexes-27nov12-en)
The concern of the Community is along the following lines:
We have read the conditions for Community Objection grounds, and believe there are sufficient grounds on which to make an objection. We would be pleased to provide further detailed information, based on an analysis of the applications and with the health community, to support the Objection, should you decide to proceed.
Best regards,
Antoine Geissbuhler
President of the International Medical Informatics Association
Dev Anand Teelucksingh
From the Feb 17 2013 email at http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtldrg/2013-February/000316.html
Summary of notes gTLD RG members made about the factors on the four community criterion for the applications for .health (PDF)
Dev Anand Teelucksingh
Email received from Antonine Geissbuhler, International Medical Informatics Association: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtldrg/2013-February/000326.html
Health Community Objection 20 Feb 2013.pdf
Health Community Objection table.pdf
Dev Anand Teelucksingh
Question from Garth Bruen. gTLD RG member
"Dev,
In reviewing the details of this objection in preparation for the RG statement I have come to some curious questions. The IMIA did not file an objection to .MEDICAL which is a word that actually appears in title of the International Medical Informatics Association. The .MEDICAL application is also by Donuts, so all of the IMIA's objections to the Donuts .HEALTH application would not only apply to .MEDICAL and in a more targeted sense. .MEDICAL is also uncontested which would make the objection less complicated. A similar question could be asked about the .HEALTHCARE application, also an uncontested Donuts application. I am interested in knowing why "health" is more important or potentially harmful than these other strings (also .DENTIST, .DENTAL, .DOCTOR, .HOSPITAL, .SURGERY).
Thanks"
Dev Anand Teelucksingh
Reply from Antoine Geissbuhler : http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtldrg/2013-February/000353.html
Dev Anand Teelucksingh
Response by applicant received 27 February 2013 : http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtldrg/2013-February/000367.html
View attachment Dot Healthy Statement.pdf
Dear Dev,
Please find attached a note I have received from Stéphane Van Gelder who
represents the ".healthy" (Dot JianKang Chinese IDN) new gTLD applicant.
Please be so kind to include this in your records.
Stéphane has advised me that he would be happy to respond to any enquiry
about this application and would be ready to participate in any
conference call should this help the ALAC in formulating its decisions.
Kind regards,
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
ALAC Chair
View attachment Dot Healthy Statement.pdf
Dev Anand Teelucksingh
Message from Mike Rodenbaugh sent to Alan Greenberg, ALAC member who forwarded to the gTD RG
Garth Bruen
Dev,
Thanks for posting these. Given our previous discussions on this issue, the additional information from the applicant, and the fact that ICANN has not answered our question to the specifics, I move and request that this particular objection be REMOVED from the list of objections to .HEALTH. The application criteria for the IDN does not appear to be covered by the .HEALTH objection. It would be prejudicial, in my opinion, to subject this application to an objection under the same "blanket" as the other four objections (of which I also have concerns)
Thanks, Garth
Hong Xue
Following to my comments given at the APRALO Monthly call on Feb.26, I assume at-large should have a second thought on whether to lodge an objection against the IDN string .健康. If we take a careful look at the IMIA's contention, we could see it states that "Currently there are five applications for “.health”, four of which are in English and one in Chinese script." As I stated at the call, the contentionis flaws because the IDN string, lingustically, is not equivalent to .health. Meaningfully, the IDN sting refers more to "private well-being" than to "public health". I also agree with Garth that it might not be prudent to lodge the objection based on an arbitral translation of the meaning of an IDN string.
Dev Anand Teelucksingh
Message from Stéphane Van Gelder Consulting http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtldrg/2013-March/000391.html
Attachment : jiankang_PIC_statement.pdf
Dev Anand Teelucksingh
Reply from Dev Anand Teelucksingh, gTLD RG chair to Joan Dzenowagis, World Health Organisation (WHO) Geneva
http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtldrg/2013-March/000395.html
Dev Anand Teelucksingh
Message from Célia Boyer, Executive Director Health On the Net : http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtldrg/2013-March/000393.html
Attachment : http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtldrg/attachments/20130306/33a49e3f/06-March_2013_Objection_support_docHealth_HON_NGO-0001.pdf
Dev Anand Teelucksingh
Email from David Abreu, COHRED - Council on Health Research for Development : http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtldrg/2013-March/000397.html
Dev Anand Teelucksingh
Email from Martine Berger, Health Innovation in Practice : http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtldrg/2013-March/000398.html
Attachment : http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtldrg/attachments/20130307/6fc6a2b6/DGHletterobjectiondothealth_March2013-0001.docx
Dev Anand Teelucksingh
Email from Vanda Scartezini http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtldrg/2013-March/000398.html
Dev Anand Teelucksingh
Email from Dr Marie-Paule Kieny, Assistant Director-General, Health Systems and Innovation, World Health Organizationhttp://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtldrg/2013-March/000400.html
Dev Anand Teelucksingh
Email from Prof. S. Yunkap Kwankam, PhD | Executive Director, International Scoiety for Telemedicine and eHealth ISfTeH) :
http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtldrg/2013-March/000407.html
Attachment : http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtldrg/attachments/20130311/81bb8d7f/LettertoICANNatLargeCommMarch2013-0001.pdf