[Chapter-delegates] ccTLD management

[Elver Loho]

Thank you all for contributing on the ccTLD question :)

The context for my question is the situation in Estonia, where it's a
crazy multi-year story with all sorts of twists and turns and to do it
any kind of justice it would take many pages. But the short version is
that our organization was originally established to protect the
citizenry from the ccTLD management, things got better as a result of
our 2+ year constant political and public struggle, but we're still
not entirely satisfied.

I wonder if there is any kind of international pressure that ISOC
could bring on the Estonian ccTLD to, for example, appoint someone
from ISOC Estonia to the board of the .ee ccTLD management. Especially
considering how the .ee redelegation process is still going on, so
ICANN might be able to make some recommendations in this regard.

Best,
Elver

elver.loho at gmail.com
+372 5661 6933
skype: elver.loho


On 13 May 2013 17:38, Demi Getschko <demi at nic.br> wrote:
> Hi,
> Just to add a little bit on this issue, situation on ISOC-Br is quite
> similar as that Jordi described for ISOC-Cat. The Brazilian registry do not
> transfer funds to the chapter. NIC.br is just an organizational member as
> others: same obligations and rights. BTW, ISOC.br chapter achieved
> self-sustentability some months ago and we hope it will continue to evolute
> this way.
> best
> demi
>
>
> On 05/13/2013 08:07 AM, Jordi Iparraguirre wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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