[Chapter-delegates] PILOT sub-domain delegation service

[Anne Lord]

Dear Colleagues,

Firstly apologies that it has taken me a few days to reply to this  
thread and thanks for your many postings and feedback in response to  
the announcement.  It is great to hear from so many people!

In response to some concerns, I should clarify that existing chapter  
domains can co-exist with any sub-domains delegated and that this  
service is being offered in response to requests from a number of  
chapters to provide such a service.

A related point often mentioned by members and chapters is regarding  
additional efforts that ISOC might undertake with respect to  
increasing  global recognition for ISOC as a whole.   This pilot will  
help in that respect.  As consistency is a strong driver towards  
global recognition and aids our professional image,  this and other  
policies will be revisited in the future, along with other tools of  
branding like the use of the ISOC logo.   ISOC members and chapters  
would of course be fully involved with any reviews of policy.

I  hear the comments and the preference for sub-domains within the  
isoc.org domain.  The rationale behind the proposal to put all  
Chapter addresses in the format [chaptername].chapters.isoc.org was  
as follows:

- it would allow for a clean segmentation of Chapter DNS info from  
ISOC's operational DNS info. Subdomains of isoc.org are already used  
for areas other than web addresses - for example, the isoc.org zone  
file already has geneva.isoc.org and gva.isoc.org in use for  
operations of the ISOC office in Geneva and this is nothing to do  
with the ISOC Geneva chapter.

- a clean separation leaves the door open for *any* name whatsoever  
within chapter(s).isoc.org with no risk of conflict with existing DNS  
entries.

- Separating out the entries also allows for separate management at  
some point in the future. This would be harder if the zone files were  
intermingled.

I'd  like to continue this discussion in light of comments to-date  
and this fuller exposé of the rationale and to hold off on the idea  
of a committee just now to see what the overall preference for the  
sub-domain from folk is. If we go with isoc.org we will need to  
define a clear policy for the namespace and then a smaller group of  
volunteers to assist in defining a policy would be very helpful.

Best wishes,

Anne

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