[Chapter-delegates] The .nyc TLD and the City's digital Road Map

[Thomas Lowenhaupt]

Fellow ISOC Members,

New York City's latest Digital Road Map 
<http://www.nyc.gov/html/digital/downloads/pdf/digitalroadmap2012.pdf>, 
issued last Thursday, states about the .nyc TLD:

    /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'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.

Is there a role for ISOC-NY (and/or ALAC) in helping formulate or 
contributing to this "board"?

Other cities - there are 40 city apps before ICANN - as well could learn 
from an "Intro to Cities and the Internet's Governance Ecology".

Perhaps a discussion can take place at ICANN in Toronto.

Best,

Tom Lowenhaupt


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The full statement in the Roadmap about .nyc is as follows:

    PURSUE THE .NYC TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN: WWW.YOURNAME.NYC

    Soon the prestige of a New York City address or area code will
    extend to the digital realm.
    With its application for .nyc in 2012, New York became one of the
    first cities in the world to
    pursue its own geographic top-level domain. A top-level domain, or
    TLD, is the last part of an
    Internet address, such as .com, .org or .edu. Following a public
    Request for Proposals, the City
    of New York entered into an agreement with NeuStar, which has
    assumed all upfront costs
    associated with the TLD, including marketing, promotion and over
    $185,000 in application
    and maintenance fees to the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names
    and Numbers (ICANN).
    ICANN will administer the allocation of TLDs. Following the public
    launch of .nyc (anticipated
    in 2013), the City of New York will receive 40% of revenue generated
    by sales of domain
    names in the .nyc TLD. The .nyc TLD will be made available to New
    York City individuals and
    organizations in strategic phases, beginning with public
    institutions and nonprofits, followed
    by locally licensed businesses and local residents, and finally
    entities providing a business or
    service specific to New York City.

    With the historic launch of the .nyc TLD, the City will embrace its
    digital future in a powerful way
    and bring an unprecedented level of geographic authority to the
    digital sphere. In addition, the
    City will generate revenue, help residents locate government
    services, encourage local businesses
    to thrive, market and promote tourism, and spread the dynamic image
    of New York City around
    the world. 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.

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