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Fellow ISOC Members,<br>
<br>
New York City's latest <a
href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/digital/downloads/pdf/digitalroadmap2012.pdf">Digital
Road Map</a>, issued last Thursday, states about the .nyc TLD:<br>
<blockquote><i>Crucially, the City of New York will establish a
community advisory board and convene public listening sessions
to encourage meaningful input into the development of the .nyc
strategy.</i><br>
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I'm expecting answers as to the "board's" authority and role soon.
But these are areas where the city has little experience, and from
my interactions, I suspect they would look favorably upon some
background as to where city TLDs now fit within the Internet's
governance ecology. <br>
<br>
Is there a role for ISOC-NY (and/or ALAC) in helping formulate or
contributing to this "board"? <br>
<br>
Other cities - there are 40 city apps before ICANN - as well could
learn from an "Intro to Cities and the Internet's Governance
Ecology". <br>
<br>
Perhaps a discussion can take place at ICANN in Toronto.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
Tom Lowenhaupt<br>
<blockquote><br>
</blockquote>
<hr size="2" width="100%">The full statement in the Roadmap about
.nyc is as follows:<br>
<blockquote>PURSUE THE .NYC TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://WWW.YOURNAME.NYC">WWW.YOURNAME.NYC</a><br>
<br>
Soon the prestige of a New York City address or area code will
extend to the digital realm.<br>
With its application for .nyc in 2012, New York became one of the
first cities in the world to<br>
pursue its own geographic top-level domain. A top-level domain, or
TLD, is the last part of an<br>
Internet address, such as .com, .org or .edu. Following a public
Request for Proposals, the City<br>
of New York entered into an agreement with NeuStar, which has
assumed all upfront costs<br>
associated with the TLD, including marketing, promotion and over
$185,000 in application<br>
and maintenance fees to the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names
and Numbers (ICANN).<br>
ICANN will administer the allocation of TLDs. Following the public
launch of .nyc (anticipated<br>
in 2013), the City of New York will receive 40% of revenue
generated by sales of domain<br>
names in the .nyc TLD. The .nyc TLD will be made available to New
York City individuals and<br>
organizations in strategic phases, beginning with public
institutions and nonprofits, followed<br>
by locally licensed businesses and local residents, and finally
entities providing a business or<br>
service specific to New York City.<br>
<br>
With the historic launch of the .nyc TLD, the City will embrace
its digital future in a powerful way<br>
and bring an unprecedented level of geographic authority to the
digital sphere. In addition, the<br>
City will generate revenue, help residents locate government
services, encourage local businesses<br>
to thrive, market and promote tourism, and spread the dynamic
image of New York City around<br>
the world. Crucially, the City of New York will establish a
community advisory board and convene<br>
public listening sessions to encourage meaningful input into the
development of the .nyc strategy.<br>
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