[Chapter-delegates] ISOC-NY PUBLIC FORUM - Connecting .nyc - Wed 5/21

[Alejandro Pisanty]

Joly,

thanks for sharing not only the announcement but the actual event.

It would enlighten many if the knowledgeable people in ISOC-NY could dig 
deep into the questions that city-named gTLDs raise for the DNS in 
general, and go deep behind the blurb that dot-nyc is of course in need to 
use to promote its idea. Many in the chapters will be coming in contact 
with similar ideas being touted for other cities and would benefit from 
the in-depth discussion.

Yours,

Alejandro Pisanty


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On Mon, 19 May 2008, WWWhatsup wrote:

> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 13:39:23 -0400
> From: WWWhatsup <joly at punkcast.com>
> To: "<chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>" <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] ISOC-NY PUBLIC FORUM - Connecting .nyc - Wed
> 
> [I will, as usual, videotape this for later on demand viewing - Joly]
>
>
> ISOC-NY PUBLIC FORUM - Connecting .nyc
>
> When: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 6:30 PM*
>
> Where: Jefferson Market Library
> 425 6th Avenue [at 10th St]
> New York, NY 10011
> 212 243-4334
>
> When the Internet's designers planned its domain name
> system, they allocated .com for commercial enterprises,
> .edu for schools, .org for not-for-profits, .net for
> networks, .gov for government, .mil for the military, and
> 200+ names like .uk, .ru, .de, and .us for nation-states.
> But they didn't provide such top level domain names
> (commonly called TLDs) for cities.
>
> In 2009 the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
> Numbers (ICANN) plans to fill this lacuna by issuing city
> TLDs for the first time. The Connecting.nyc presentation
> will describe the origin of a grassroots New York City
> effort to acquire the .nyc TLD and how it plans to be at
> the front of the line for city TLDs alongside .paris and
> .berlin.
>
> Thomas Lowenhaupt, founding director of Connecting.nyc Inc,
> a New York not-for-profit created to acquire and develop
> the .nyc TLD, will describe the many opportunities .nyc
> will provide for small businesses, community organizations,
> issue identification, civic discussion, and more.
>
> More info: <http://connectingnyc.org>http://connectingnyc.org
>
> About Tom Lowenhaupt:
>
> Thomas Lowenhaupt has served in technology policy and
> development positions for 30 years. From 1992-2006 he was a
> member of New York City's Queens Community Board 3 where he
> introduced an Internet Empowerment Resolution calling for
> the acquisition of the .nyc TLD. In April 2007 he formed
> Connection.nyc Inc. to acquire and a TLD for New York
> City's residents and their organizations. Thomas received a
> BA in government studies from Queens College (CUNY) and a
> masters from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program.
>
>
> Please feel free to forward this information to anyone who might be interested.
>
> Event info is also available on the ISOC-NY site - <http://isoc-ny.org>http://isoc-ny.org
> on meetup.com: http://internetpro.meetup.com/51/calendar/7790684/
> on facebook: - <http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=14231407444>http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=14231407444
> on eventbrite: <http://isoc-ny.eventbrite.com/>http://isoc-ny.eventbrite.com/
> on myspace: <http://tinyurl.com/6frxvp>http://tinyurl.com/6frxvp
>
> Joly MacFie
>
> Secretary - ISOC-NY
> http://isoc-ny.org
>
> * Please note that while, as a public event, there is no need to RSVP -
> capacity *is* limited. It is advisable to arrive by 6.15 to be sure of gaining
> admission.
>
>
>
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