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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I believe Roland & others are
mistaken here.<br>
<br>
To the best of my knowledge this string was not reserved by the US
for exclusive use by themselves but <br>
is overseen by Educause (see <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.educause.edu">www.educause.edu</a>). a group of over
1,800 colleges and universities collaborating <br>
on common higher education IT challenges—sharing the mission of
transforming higher education through the use of information
technology.<br>
<br>
Here is a clip from their website<br>
<br>
<div class="meta"> </div>
<p>EDUCAUSE actively engages with U.S. and international colleges
and universities, corporations, foundations, government, and
other nonprofit associations to further the mission of
transforming higher education through the use of information
technology. While we are an association predominantly based in
the United States, we recognize that "uncommon thinking for the
common good" can emerge anywhere in the world. Our strategic
direction is to serve as a leader for the profession, convening
the community on significant technology issues facing member
institutions and higher education overall.</p>
<p>EDUCAUSE is proud to count over 260 non-U.S. institutions and
30 associations and corporations based outside the United States
among its members. We are equally proud that their participation
extends to the leadership of the EDUCAUSE community, including
representation on the EDUCAUSE Board of Directors.<br>
</p>
<p>Mike roberts can probably give you some history on .EDU. as he
was involved<br>
for sometime with the organization<br>
</p>
<p>Ken Stubbs<br>
</p>
<br>
<br>
On 3/21/2014 12:28 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva wrote:<br>
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<blockquote
cite="mid:CAEhPqwr8xbRNqLkdFeVE8cVFhwYKtReiaqMXta_d-Ew-qUDyPQ@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">Kwasi, you can also go for
university.ac.countryname depending on the location of your
country like <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://ac.uk"
target="_blank">ac.uk</a> for <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.oxford.ac.uk" target="_blank">www.oxford.ac.uk</a>
(United Kingdom), or.<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://ac.ke" target="_blank">ac.ke</a> like <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://uonbi.ac.ke"
target="_blank">uonbi.ac.ke</a> <u>(</u>Kenya)
<div>
<br>
</div>
<div>One question Internet Evangelists have been asking and
Roland has raised it is why US reserved .edu and .mil
exclusively for themselves. The opening up of the root to
allow new GTLDs should answer that question. We now have the
chance to localise our TLD experiences. For example, in large
parts of East Africa, we speak Swahili which is the official
lingua franca. It is therefore logical that for our
universities, we should register a TLD .chuo. Chuo is the
Swahili name for University. Why would we want .edu while we
can register .chuo?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>So instead of .mil, our region would go for .jeshi (Swahili
for Army)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Regards<br clear="all">
<div>
______________________<br>
Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh" target="_blank">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 20 March 2014 16:26, Salanieta T.
Tamanikaiwaimaro <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com"
target="_blank">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Hi Kwasi,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>As you would have seen from the flurry of emails
following your post, .edu is reserved for American
accredited educational institutions. All other
countries, usually have something like:-</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://InsertName.edu.au" target="_blank">InsertName.edu.au</a>
or InsertName.edu.ccTLD</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>For end users, the shorter the domain the easier it
is to remember, hence preference for .edu</div>
<div>However, there are also merits in having a
.edu.ccTLD or .edu.africa for instance as it helps
users distinguish location.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Just as .gov is reserved for the US and its
territories whilst other countries have .<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://gov.fj"
target="_blank">gov.fj</a> or .gov.ccTLD. Noting
that some countries use .gouv.ccTLD</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Some of these things developed because of precedent
and as a consequence of innovation in the TLD space
starting in the US etc.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Best Regards,</div>
<div>Sala</div>
</div>
<div class="gmail_extra">
<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:39
PM, Katim S. Touray <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:kstouray@gmail.com" target="_blank">kstouray@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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0px
0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Kwasi,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Here you go: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://net.educause.edu/edudomain/"
target="_blank">https://net.educause.edu/edudomain/</a></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Katim</div>
<div><br>
</div>
</div>
<div class="gmail_extra">
<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">
<div>
<div>On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Kwasi
Boakye-Akyeampong <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:kboakye@gmail.com"
target="_blank">kboakye@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
</div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div>
<div dir="ltr">Hello folks,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I'd appreciate any advice and/
assistance.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I'm trying to register a domain
name with a .edu extension but it
appears that .edu extensions are not
available.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Could someone advise how I could
get a domain name with a .edu
extension registered?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Kwasi<span><font color="#888888"><span><font
color="#888888"><br
clear="all">
<div><br>
</div>
-- <br>
<i><font color="#006600"><b>We
should be taught not to
wait for inspiration to
start a thing. Action
always generates
inspiration. Inspiration
seldom generates action.</b></font>
</i>-- <b>Frank Tibolt</b>
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