[Chapter-delegates] The passing of Thomas Lowenhaupt

[hfaiedh ines]

May he rest in peace, our sincere condolences.

On Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 17:00 Joly MacFie via Chapter-delegates <
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> As is often the way in such matters, I had been thinking of Tom this
> weekend, and that I should reach out and see if he was visitable.
>
> He was a colleague at ISOC-NY for the last 17 years or so - the most
> reliable attendee of all and every Chapter meeting and event. He served on
> the Chapter Board, and as Secretary.
>
> Tom's interest in Internet policy derived from his membership in a local
> community board in Queens NY where, in 2001. He was involved in getting a
> proposal passed that the NYC acquire the .nyc TLD. Mostly thanks to
> persistent single-minded lobbying from Tom, and a boost from current
> Manhattan Borough President, Gale Brewer, the TLD was delegated to the city
> in March 2014. Tom had always emphasized that the TLD should be used as a
> public resource, as a result many neighborhood names are reserved for
> community use, and strong nexus conditions imposed on any .nyc registrant.
>
> Tom often attended ICANN meetings, and this tribute
> <https://www.shareable.net/connecting-nyc-managing-a-top-level-domain-as-a-commons/> includes
> a photo of him addressing the ICANN board.
>
> Tom organized many local meetings
> <https://www.coactivate.org/projects/campaign-for.nyc/traditional-neighborhood-names-discussions> to
> discuss how the NYC could manage the TLD and  local communities could
> benefit their 2nd level domains. The city instituted a multistakeholder
> oversight board, and  itself launched a neighborhoods program in 2015,
> which assigned the domains to community organizations, and contracted out
> to a developer to create a website template and modules.  Tom was on the
> .nyc oversight board, and also successfully applied to run the site for his
> local neighborhood - Jackson Heights.
>
> Unlike the city's somewhat top-down approach, what had been hammered out
> in all those earlier meetings was that a mediawiki format would best serve
> community participation, and that is what Tom adopted.
> http://jacksonheights.nyc.
>
> Sorry to say, after a few years, the wheels have begun to come off the
> wagon. While Tom's health deteriorated, first the City disbanded the
> oversight board, then abandoned the neighborhood.nyc template
> initiative,  That things have reached such a state reflects on just how
> dependent the whole process was on Tom as a champion.
>
> He was a charming man, an historic figure, and a fantastic colleague. His
> achievements live on.
>
> Joly MacFie
>
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 9:45 AM Tom Lowenhaupt via Chapter-delegates <
> chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
>> Thomas Lowenhaupt passed away on Friday, August 9 from ALS (respiratory
>> failure). He very much enjoyed his work and his association with ISOC. His
>> work with neighborhood names was his final project. Let's hope it will be
>> continued.
>>
>> Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Android device
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