[Chapter-delegates] question about ISOC ccTLD workshop inAmsterdam

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

Hello from the conference floor @ ICANN Paris.

First, I'd like to laud the initiative of the NSRC, ISOC & ICANN for having 
developed this programme of ccTLD workshops. It seems to be a natural 
evolution of the developing countries workshops that used to take place 
prior to and/or at past INET conferences and it can only do good. Well done 
to all concerned!

Having spent just over 12 full hours in various conferences/workshops here, 
and with the announcement (after 10+ years of debating the same points and 
neither "side" having moved an inch) that the DNS *might* end up as a flat 
structure rather than its designed intent of being a pyramidal structure, 
taking into account the fact that ICANN is now considering allocating not 
10, not 100, but up to 1 000, 10K, 100K or even a million (no, you are not 
dreaming) new gTLDs, would I be incorrect in suggesting that the creation of 
a gTLD workshop should be considered?

One of the largest concerns that has been heard again and again is that of 
hindering the Internet's stability through the creation of weak, 
uncontrolled and unstable gTLDs run by financially weak, uncontrolled, 
unstable Registrars - with the most pessimistic suggestions being that of 
*rogue* registrars.

But how do you learn to run a gTLD? Is there a "school" of gTLDs, a degree 
that you can graduate with to qualify? A qualification that one can achieve, 
perhaps a personal qualification for individuals and a corporate 
qualification for companies? My suggestion might be supererogatory, but my 
purpose in this instance is to generate debate and I am leaving this issue 
open ended for that purpose.

Perhaps the ccTLD workshops can initially act as a testbed for a future gTLD 
workshop?

Last but not least, gTLDs being mostly of commercial nature, I believe that 
the gTLD workshops could be commercial in nature as well, thus opening the 
possibility of a new income stream for the parties dispensing the workshops 
with the bottom line being that of making the gTLD workshops self-sufficent.

O.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mirjam Kuehne" <mir at isoc.org>
To: "Veni Markovski" <veni at veni.com>
Cc: "ISOC Chapter Delegates" <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] question about ISOC ccTLD workshop 
inAmsterdam


> Hi Veni,
>
> Here is some background information (I am not exactly sure what your
> question is):
>
> For some time now, ISOC has been working together with NSRC and ICANN
> on a new technical hands-on workshop, targeted to ccTLD
> registries. The workshop in Amsterdam will be the pilot workshop (some
> of the new material has already been tested at the last workshop in
> Amman, Jordan, last year).
>
> As with the earlier workshops, this will be invitation only to make
> sure we reach the right target audience and will bring together ccTLD
> registries from different regions who have been following one of the
> earlier ccTLD workshops.
>
> After the pilot phase we will fine tune the material and
> will then organise additional workshops in other regions,
> where possible working together with local chapters.
>
> This follows the same model we have been using for other workshops
> in the past.
>
> Please let me know if you have any additional questions.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Mirjam Kuehne
> ISOC
>
> On 24.06 04:15, Veni Markovski wrote:
>> Hi.
>> Does anyone know that ISOC is organizing a ccTLD workshop in
>> Amsterdam in September?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Veni
>>
>>
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