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Fellow list participants,<br>
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Below is the email I sent to my fellow participants on the City TLD
Governance and Best Practices workshop a few days ago . This is an
FYI and invitation to the full list to likewise comment in
preparation for the workshop, and to attend the workshop on Friday
at 2:30 if you're in Vilnius. Send your thoughts / questions to the
undersigned at any time. Also, note that we'll have an exceptional
workshop Remote Moderator in Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond, so you can
send those thoughts / questions now or later.<br>
<br>
Finally, I'll be departing on Finnair flight 6 from Kennedy today
(Sunday). Anyone else?<br>
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Tom Lowenhaupt<br>
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P.S. I'll blog from Vilnius at <a href="http://bit.ly/OurBlog">http://bit.ly/OurBlog</a>.<br>
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Fellow City TLD Workshoppers;<br>
<br>
In one week we'll be sitting down to discuss City TLD Governance and
Best Practices. Here I want provide some logistic info and encourage
additional collaboration to make our workshop as productive as
possible.<br>
<ul>
<li><b>Logistics:</b> I'm arriving in Vilnius at 11 AM on the
13th, staying at the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.avevita.lt/en/conctact-us">Bernardinu B&B
House</a> in Old Town. I've one appointment that I'd rather
not break, and that's Monday evening, from 7-8:30. Other than
that, I'm in Vilnius to discuss, learn, and present more about
city TLDs and their governance. So I'm delighted to meet and
talk on the topic any time. You can get a feel for my schedule <a
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href="http://connectingnyc.org/come-to-an-event/">from this
Google calenda</a>r. Note that I've scheduled a 6 PM meeting
after the workshop at Vilnius University to unwind and interact
with students. But much needs to be done on this, so consider it
very tentative. <br>
</li>
<li><b>Workshop Participants I:</b> There's good and bad news
about the participants. Hawa Diakite ... [had to cancel to
trip] ... and thus she will not be sitting around the table with
us in Vilnius. I'd looked forward to her presentation, which I'm
sure would have represented a far different perspective than the
participants from Western countries that will now dominate the
workshop. I've encouraged Hawa to try and arrange for remote
participation, but I'm not sure if that will be possible.</li>
<li><b>Workshop Participants II:</b> It seems 2 of our members
will soon be wearing new (bigger) hats. Bertrand de La Chapelle
was nominated to serve on the ICANN's board of directors, and
Sébastien Bachollet to ALAC. These new positions were announced
on September 7 by Wolfgang Kleinwächter, a third member of our
workshop, and chair of the Nominating Committee. Congratulations
and thanks. <br>
</li>
<li><b>The Workshop Process:</b> I'll make a welcoming and scope
statement, introduce the panelists by name and title/position,
referring attendees to the IGF site for detailed bios - I'll
have a slide for detail. (I can still get the bios updated, so
send me changes/additions if you would like.) I'll give my 6
minute presentation (see below) then introduce the panelists in
Alpha order (perhaps a good way to arrange seating also.) After
the 6 minute presentations we'll take questions from the remote
moderator and finally from attendees. <br>
</li>
<li><b>My Presentation:</b> I'll show several slides - a few
presenting a reminder of the historic role of cities, showing
the age of cities, Greek city-states, and Hanseatic League...
I'll review the reasons the workshop is needed, and present a
overview of what's been happening in New York City. Then on to
the other participants.<br>
</li>
<li><b>Other Participant Presentations:</b> Werner Staub will be
speaking on Name Space Mandates, a plan for the assignment of
coherent name-sets to responsible trustees, and Sébastien spoke
of a presentation on city TLD governance. Other than that, I've
not heard what participants plan on presenting. Let's share so
as not to step on one another's toes.</li>
<li><b>Getting Attendees:</b> I was told that I need to market the
session. How is this typically done?<br>
</li>
</ul>
As far as outcomes, I see two areas badly in need of development:<br>
<ul>
<li><b>Research:</b> A fundamental look at the role of TLDs in
modifying the social, political, and economic future of cities
is needed. Is it "IGF-proper" to ask for a consensus from the
workshop participants that such a endeavor is appropriate? And
assuming there is a consensus, I'd ask as my Moderator Question
- are there suggestions as to the who and how on that - both of
the panelists and attendees.</li>
<li><b>City Transparency and Engagement:</b> As far as I know,
none of the cities preparing to apply for TLDs will be formally
represented on the panel. (I'm unclear as to the Berlin
situation, which I'm sure Dirk will update us. And Werner
Staub's firm is involved with several cities, but I suspect he
will not be presenting on their behalf.) How can we create an
awareness and resource that cities might draw upon in evaluating
and developing their TLD? These are global resources and must
follow various technical protocols, but providing mechanisms
that encourage inter-city communication and sharing between
cities has not been looked into with sufficient detail.<br>
</li>
</ul>
Your thoughts on any and all of the above are sought and welcomed.<br>
<br>
Tom<br>
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