[governance] Update on City TLD Governance and Best Practices

Tue Jun 29 07:52:23 EDT 2010

I am involved in this option because we have proposed for our national
workshop with  theme "new gTLDs and best practices for cities."
I think it logically corresponds to the theme of the year compared with the
day World Telecommunication and Information Society, including "*Better
city, better life with ICTs".*
This theme is also involved in the consideration of most major urban areas
in Africa and particularly in Congo Kinshasa, which have no website.

we support this workshop.

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2010/6/29 Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com>

> Dear Thomas,
>
> I am not sure you have been receinving my message through twitter. The
> workshop on City TLD has been approved.
> Just making sure you know it.
> Best,
> Marilia
>
> On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Hi Thomas,
>> I hope you have seen the email on remote participation details as your
>> participation is important. If not, you or anyone else that is interested in
>> RP should email me privately, please. Marilia Maciel will be present in
>> Geneva, and handling remote moderation. I suggest you prepare a short
>> 'intervention' and send it to her to be read, or arrange to read it
>> yourself.
>>
>> It sounds like you have an excellent panel prepared. Have you written to
>> igf at unog.ch (copied on this email) to ask for an update? Anything you can
>> confirm before the meeting will facilitate the process.
>>
>> Good luck! Best, Ginger
>>
>> On 6/27/2010 3:16 PM, Thomas Lowenhaupt wrote:
>>
>> With the IGF Vilnius Open Consultation beginning tomorrow, here's an
>> update on my efforts on behalf of a proposed City TLD Governance and Best
>> Practices Workshop. I'd appreciate advice as to any steps I might take
>> to facilitate its acceptance.
>>
>> Over the past couple of months I've contacted directly, and, via this and
>> a few other lists, several hundred people inviting participation on the City
>> TLD Workshop. From an expertise perspective, I've received confirmations
>> from an exceptional group. Listed in order of their acceptance,
>> the prospective participants are Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Dirk Krischenowski,
>> Bertrand de La Chapelle, Werner Staub, Thomas Schneider, Hong Xue, Sébastien
>> Bachollet, Hawa Diakite, Ana Cristina Amoroso das Neves, Jonathan Shea (via
>> remote participation), Izumi Aizu.
>>
>> With my first in-person participation on a TLD workshop having taken place
>> at the 2006 Prague Studienkreis, I knew there was enough expertise to make
>> the panel productive with the arrival of Wolfgang's acceptance. And as each
>> new one arrived, I saw layer upon later of expertise being added to the
>> workshop.
>>
>> I've also received a "Yes, if it fits with my other panels" acceptance
>> from a highly desired panelist. As well, I've three outstanding invites:
>> to someone from the U.S. government to comment on the impact city TLDs might
>> have on urban affairs, particularly regionalization. If nothing comes
>> through, perhaps an existing panelist might comment on that. The New York
>> City government's response, "if there was a definite application filing time
>> we would surely be able to arrange something" might change if the ICANN
>> timeline is clearer by September. The third outstanding invite, to someone
>> from the common pool resource community, is one I'm very hopeful about
>> getting a positive response. Question: What is the status of the participant
>> list going forward: can it be changed, do I continue the pursuit?
>>
>> As we approach Vilnius my plan is to reach out to global cities
>> considering TLDs, request questions and share these with panelists in
>> preparation.
>>
>> For tomorrow's meeting, I'll be participating through the remote channels.
>> I'd appreciate any of you who will be in Geneva speaking up for the City
>> TLD workshop when appropriate. Beyond the fruitful topic and great
>> participants, you might point out we should have good technical
>> scores: reasonable geographic and gender balance and both moderators at the
>> ready.
>>
>> If you have a question or feel I've missed something, please let me know.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>  Tom Lowenhaupt
>> ---------------------------
>>
>> Thomas Lowenhaupt, Founder & Chair
>> Connecting.nyc Inc.
>>
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>> Jackson Hts., NYC 11372
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>>
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