[ih] early ccTLD registrations

[Craig Partridge]

You might also talk with some of the CSNET folks -- as I recall, in
the mid-1980s, we helped several countries get their TLD (as CSNET
was providing the primary Internet connectivity to the country).
I'd suggest Dick Edmiston or Laura Breeden.

I don't have emails from the time but my recollection is that 
there ended up being some negotiation with the NIC about how we
decided who in a country should be allowed to be responsible for that
country's TLD.  (This was not a simple question and often pitted
Internet pioneers in some countries against their own governments).

Thanks!

Craig


> Hi,
> 
> I registered .NA in 1991, but have unfortunately lost the
> emails from that time.  I would love to reconstruct this,
> not only for my own personal use, but also, because during
> "work" in the ICANN ccNSO Delegation-, Re-delegation and
> Deletion Working Group where we are looking at current
> "policy" and "procedures" we found that we not only have no
> definitions what TLDs or even "domains" actually are, but we
> also do not really know how this all came about.
> 
> I am looking for two people working at the DDN.MIL
> Hostmaster around 1990/1991, namely Sue Kirkpatrick, nee
> Romano and Douglas MacGowan, both of whom handled .ZA a few
> months before .NA and thus may be able to help (direct) my
> search.
> 
> Thanks to Randy Bush kindly sending me some stuff he had
> already in 2003 I remember that James Revell who as
> postsmater at uunet.uu.net forwarded the application to DDN.MIL
> and set up the name servers.  I was fortunate to be able to
> make contact with him again and we were wondering if there
> was someone around who would know whether and how one can
> find records from UUNET's side.
> 
> Anyone else having information about how this was handled
> before let's say 1994 (when RFC 1591 became prevalent), for
> any ccTLD is also more than welcome to contact me directly.
> 
> Two names I have come up with are
> 
> Sue Kirkpatrick nee Romano
> Douglas MacGowan
> 
> who both were hostmasters at DDN.MIL then, and I really
> would like to get in touch with either or both of them.
> 
> Then there was a Mary Stahl mentioned in the monthly Internet
> Reports reporting for DDN.MIL.
> 
> Anyone who registered ccTLDs during that time and is willing
> to share their email correspondence would be also greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> greetings, el
> -- 
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