[Advisors] Have your say -- .amazon straw poll

[Tracey Axelsson]

no - it belongs to the people of that region

all the best, Tracey!
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On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 9:31 AM, Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net> wrote:

> Hi colleagues. I am at the ICANN meeting in Abu Dhabi where a big battle
> is shaping up over who gets to use the word Amazon as a top level domain --
> as in .amazon. Should it be a mega U.S. based retailer or the people of the
> Amazon represented by the government of Brazil? Not that it is going to be
> up to us, but I thought it would be fun to do a straw poll -- what do you
> think? Which way should it go? At the very least, I can throw your comments
> into the mix in a multistakeholder policy meeting.
>
> Here is some background on this controversy:
>
> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/27/brazil_dot_amazon_gtld/
>
> If you feel so inclined, just send me back a
>
> Yes = let Amazon (Jeff Bezos) have it
>
> No = it belongs to the people of that region
>
> Cheers
>
> Marita
>
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