[Chapter-delegates] ccTLD management

[Jordi Iparraguirre]

Hi,

ISOC-CAT was one key player building up the community that backed up the 
.cat application and it is currently member of the Board at .cat (one 
amongst 13 members). Our 1st term finishes this summer but mandate 
should be renewed as we are the only member of the board representing 
Internet users (of 13 councilors).

As member of ISOC-CAT since 1996 and the director of .cat (2006-2013) 
I've strived to bring into .cat registry the "Internet is for everyone" 
principle and to create a culture for a community oriented Registry. 
Registry community programs and communication always pointed out that 
.cat was a "common" and we (the .cat registry) where working for and on 
behalf of the community and reinvesting profit into the community 
(programs with schools, dropped prices, whois personal data protection, 
etc).

To avoid conflicts of interest, there wasn't transfer of money from the 
Registry to the Chapter. Registry just provided logistic support 
(meeting room space, etc) or cooperated in the translation of the 
ISOC-Argentina "IPv6 para todos" book.

On my opinion new president of the .cat foundation board has not such a 
community oriented vision, so I'm no longer the .cat director. Not too 
sure then if new mgr and board will continue to build up on this legacy.

rgds
jordi


Al 12/05/13 06:47, En/na Elver Loho ha escrit:
> Hi all!
>
> Quick question: what role does your chapter play in the management of your country's specific top level domain?
>
> I'm wondering, because we occasionally have some disagreement with the .ee manager, but other than being able to talk to them, we have no say in things. Is this the case elsewhere as well?
>
> Best,
> Elver
> .ee chapter
>
> elver.loho at gmail.com
> +372 5661 6933
> skype: elver.loho
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