1. The Truth
About the .Jobs Affair
A Matter of Principles

2. The Origin of .Jobs 2005 Employ Media receives a charter from ICANN
sTLD is to promote “relationship between employer and job seeker” and
“to marry the company name directly to its employment opportunities.”
Limits registration to individuals engaged in “human resource management.”

3. 2010: Proposed Expansion From “Sponsored” to “Generic” TLD
Geocentric names
Hollywood.jobs; Chicago.jobs; Nigeria.jobs
Occupation-specific names
IT.jobs; AssociationManagement.jobs; MeetingPlanner.jobs
Dictionary-word names
A1.jobs; Diversity.jobs; Best.jobs; Great.jobs

4. Supporting Employ Media
DirectEmployers Association
Employer-members of DirectEmployers Association
SHRM
A small number of organizations that commented publicly on the .JOBS expansion

5. Those Taking a Stand Against
The .Jobs Charter Compliance Coalition
Newspaper Association of America
American Society of Association Executives
American Staffing Association
IAEWS
Members of the IAEWS
+ 86% of letters to ICANN

6. The Allegations-I “This is good for employers”
Yet the following are in opposition:
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce
The Internet Commerce Coalition
Information Technology Industry Council

7. The Allegations-II “This is good for veterans”
Yet the following are in opposition:
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The Army Engineer Association
Veterans of Modern Warfare
VetJobs
MilitaryHire.com

8. The Allegations-III “This won’t violate trademarks”
Yet the following is in opposition:
European Trademark Owners Association
A Case in Point
NativeAmericanJobs.com
NativeAmerican.Jobs

9. The Allegations-IV “This is just an issue with US companies:
Yet the following are in opposition:
JobServe.com
JobStreet.com
onrec
Seek
Workopolis

10. The Allegations-V “This is only a problem for for-profit companies”
Yet the following are in opposition:
American Society of Association Executives
American Hospital Association
Am Board of Quality Assurance & Utilization Review Physicians
American Chemical Society
American Geographical Society
American Institute of Physics

11. The Allegations-VI
“This is just an issue for little, niche job boards”
Yet the following are in opposition:
CareerBuilder.com
Dice
Jobing
Monster Worldwide
Seek
Workopolis

12. ICANN Consideration
274 Comments – 50 times the average for a “new registry service”
Only 13% in support – including many members of PDP Council
86% opposed
ICANN Board consideration based on inadequate analysis of comments and no investigation

13. ICANN Reconsideration
Request submitted to Governance Committee of the ICANN Board of Directors:
.JOBS charter limits registration to human resource managers in support of HR function
Expansion would create significant potential for trademark infringement
Initial review flawed by inadequate process and staff analysis
ICANN has duty to enforce charter compliance and prevent abuse of sponsored TLD award
The Governance Committee agreed to proceed with the Coalition’s reconsideration request!

14. A Matter of Principles
Sponsored TLDs should not be used for purposes never contemplated or debated in application process
Inadequate process undermines integrity of the new gTLD process and confidence in ICANN’s ability to manage expansion of DNS in fair and predictable way
Third party rights, including trademark protection, are endangered

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