[Chapter-delegates] PILOT sub-domain delegation service

[Alejandro Pisanty]

Anne,

thanks a lot for the message. It shows that HQ is looking to listen to 
Chapters' voices which have expressed some needs and some desires.

As others among Chapter delegates I am concerned about some aspects of 
this initiative. Certainly the length of the names makes them 
mnemotechnically unattractive and as Veni shows, even at this level there 
would be discussion about what name is best.

The other concern I see is that by not giving chapters the name 
<placename>.isoc.org (remember all, placename may be a country or not, we 
also have cities in the US, regions in Spain, the disabilities chapter) 
ISOC HQ may be suggesting that there may be plans to put something that is 
not a chapter under those names.

To argue with an example or two, this would mean that reston.isoc.org or 
geneva.isoc.org are reserved to the offices, and not for the chapters. So 
far, one would be able to discuss... but what plans are in place for 
bulgaria.isoc.org?

Further - there is long experience with this kind of subject in the 
governance of name spaces - Veni points to part of another issue: chapters 
should be eligible to register a few names, including the two-letter ISO 
3166 code for their country, if the chapter is at a country level. 
Regional designations are more complex as there is not a global master 
list of few-letter codes.

I would suggest that a small working group be formed to shape this 
initiative with the contribution of the chapters' leadership. That would 
enrich the pilot, would not stop the present offer, but would certainly 
help provide chapters with something that we can really want to use.

Also useful would be to know the priority of this task. Recently - on the 
education, and the regional liaison fronts - we have seen initiatives 
fizzle, and don't know if they will continue to enjoy staff-level support 
or if the chapters involved will have to do all the work. Happy either way 
but it would be a disappointment to many to see the staff support offers 
evaporate away.

Yours,

Alejandro Pisanty


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On Sun, 29 Apr 2007, Anne Lord wrote:

> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:58:37 +0200
> From: Anne Lord <lord at isoc.org>
> To: Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] PILOT sub-domain delegation service
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I am pleased to announce that a new PILOT sub-domain delegation
> service is available to chapters. Details are available in a new area
> of the chapter pages of the ISOC website called 'Services' at:
>
> 	http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/services.shtml
>
> This announcement has also been posted to the chapter news wiki.
>
> Please do not hesitate to contact <chapters at isoc.org> if you have any
> queries or questions about the service.
>
> Best wishes,
> Anne
>
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