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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Tom,<br>
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Congratulations for achieving this. .Br is one good example of
public interest governance of country's CIRs (they recently issued
network neutrality principles) and your effort an excellent one to
deal with CIRs in public interest at the crucial, and most difficult,
community level. <br>
<br>
Building alternative public interest frameworks of governance in this
area which is overwhelmingly dominated by commercially motivated
private governance regimes is an important though, in present adverse
conditions, admittedly a very difficult job. <br>
<br>
Parminder <br>
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Thomas Lowenhaupt wrote:
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">What: Planning New York City's
dotNeighborhoods <br>
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When: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 6:30 PM<br>
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Where: Neighborhood Preservation Center, 232 E 11th Street (near Second
Avenue)<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">We've all become familiar with Top
Level Domains like .com, .org, .edu, and .gov. New York City will soon
have its own, the .nyc TLD. </font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">Tuesday's meeting will
focus on a special part of the .nyc Top Level Domain, the
dotNeighborhood name-set. With .nyc's activation (perhaps as early as
next year) 300+ domain names like GreenwichVillage.nyc, BayRidge.nyc,
JacksonHeights.nyc, Harlem.nyc, Astoria.nyc, Chelsea.nyc, and
Melrose.nyc will become available to serve their neighborhoods. </font><font
face="Arial" size="2">If thoughtfully developed, these
dotNeighborhoods will be places where neighbors can connect with one
another to address problems and explore opportunities. </font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">This is our third
dotNeighborhoods meeting and our focus will be on governance and
accountability: How do we assure that Corona.nyc serves the needs of
Corona residents and not the beer company? </font>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">See
our <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.coactivate.org/projects/campaign-for.nyc/traditional-neighborhood-names"
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target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="2">dotNeighborhoods wiki pages</font></a><font
face="Arial" size="2"> for background.</font></font></font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"> </font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">We'll also hear from the
Hunter College Graduate School of Urban Affairs Workshop which just
completed a project entitled: <b>A Case Study - Neighborhoods in a
Digital Era</b>. The researches will describe their process and
findings. You can read the report's Executive Summary <a
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href="http://www.coactivate.org/projects/campaign-for.nyc/dotneighborhoods-hunter-college-urban-affairs-report"
mce_href="http://www.coactivate.org/projects/campaign-for.nyc/dotneighborhoods-hunter-college-urban-affairs-report"><font
face="Arial" size="2">here</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2">.</font></font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"> </font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">Connecting.nyc Inc.
advocates for the .nyc TLD's development as a public interest resource
and sees these neighborhood names as perhaps the most significant
name-set. For </font><font face="Arial" size="2">more on this and the
other name-sets, see our </font><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.coactivate.org/projects/campaign-for.nyc/the-nyc-namespace"
mce_href="http://www.coactivate.org/projects/campaign-for.nyc/the-nyc-namespace"
target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="2">Domain Name Allocation Plan</font></a><font
face="Arial" size="2">.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">RSVP to </font><a
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mce_href="mailto:info@connectingnyc.org"><font face="Arial" size="2">info@connectingnyc.org</font></a><font
face="Arial" size="2">.<br>
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Best,<br>
<br>
Tom Lowenhaupt</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">Thomas Lowenhaupt, Founder
& Chair</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">Connecting.nyc Inc.</font></div>
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