Re: [dns-wg] retiring old ccTLDs

[Doug Barton dougb@localhost]

Max Tulyev wrote:
> Kim,
> 
> Could you please point me it on the site? I can't figure it out :(

Kim already posted the URL you want to look at, but I'll include it
here for you just in case:
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/iso_3166-1_decoding_table.html

Speaking from experience, I'd like to emphasize what others have said.
You do not want what you are asking for. You do not want ICANN
(remember, IANA is ICANN) making decisions about what ccTLDs are
"worthy" of being in the root absent some objective, third party
reference. You do not want them making decisions about the factors
that you mentioned in your first message (usability, growth rate,
community "need"), and you do not want ICANN in the middle of all the
political wrangling that would happen if you ever opened that door.
You do not want this.

Now I know that you THINK you want it, because you want to make a case
for preserving YOUR ccTLD. But you really don't want to open that can
of worms.

Doug

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