Oceania Consultation
Dot Eco in Oceania:
Regional Stakeholder Consultation
An ICANN Sydney Side Event
The first official Dot Eco consultation was held on June 25th in Sydney Australia, in partnership with the Institute for Sustainable Futures:
The consultation included twenty-two stakeholders representing broad aspects of the Australian sustainability community including non-governmental (NGO), philanthropic, and the private sector, who gathered to learn about, inform and help shape .eco.
Community Recommendations
The meeting was facilitated and results were compiled by the Meridian Institute. They will be presented as background documentation to the Dot Eco Stakeholder Council and the Latin America consultation.
- Summary Report - Big Room Dot Eco Pilot Consultation (Sydney) (PDF - 252kb)
- New Generic Top-Level Domains Community-Based Applications, Karla Valente, ICANN (PDF - 680kb)
- Meeting Agenda - Big Room Dot Eco Oceania Consultation (Sydney) (PDF - 177kb)
Governing Principles
Recommendations on governing principles for Big Room to consider focused on creating simple, easily comprehensible and adoptable principles. It was suggested that Big Room determine how .eco registrants might be monitored or “policed” first, and then develop governing principles that align with that strategy. One participant suggested gathering a wide range of governing indicators and allowing the “eco community” to decide upon the best ten to adopt. Participants recommended that Big Room establish a mechanism to measure and report against the principles and goals so as to make them more actively used than a routine “mission statement”.
Disclosures and Name Allocation
Recommendations on disclosure and allocation of names included the creation of a registrant evaluation committee or an “eco community” democratic voting process for reviewing .eco applications, or a combination of these two mechanisms.
This approach might eliminate the need for strict upfront policies on disclosure and allocation of names by establishing a process with the ability to continuously improve and evolve in accord with values of the “eco community.”
Other ideas for linking the allocation of names policy with foundation and donation management included:
- auctioning premium names such as energy.eco, the proceeds of which would be donated to Big Room’s philanthropic activities; and
- having multiple premium name bidders compete, evaluating them based on contributions to the environment, which would not only create publicity, but also help to ensure that premium names are awarded to the best environmental stewards.
Attendees
Alan Jones, Pollenizer
Andrea Koch, EcoSteps
Denesh Bhabuta, Independent
Gabrielle Kuiper, Investa Property Group
Gavin Riddell, Earth Hour Global/WWF
Goeff Frost, University of Sydney
Greg Campbell, DesignOz/ Society for Responsible Design
Jorge Etges, Independent
Karla Valente, ICANN
Kate Harris, Center for Sustainable Leadership
Katie Patrick, The Green Pages
Kay Kallweit, New Forests
Mick Barbara, New Forests
Olof Nording, ICANN
Phillip Toyne, Eco Futures/ Earthmark
Sarah Barry, Earth Hour Global/WWF
Stuart White, Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS
Susheela Peredacosta, Regnan - Governance Research & Engagement
Suzanne Granger, St James Ethics Centre
Big Room & Facilitator Team
Jacob Malthouse, Big Room
Anastasia O’Rourke, Big Room
Kristy Buckley, Meridian Institute
