[governance] Workshop Proposal for Vilnius - City-TLDs: Impact,

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

Thank you Olivier for putting this in perspective, your writing brings
clarity to the issues.

On 4/11/10, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com> wrote:
> Hello Thomas,
>
> On 11/04/2010 09:37, Thomas Lowenhaupt wrote :
>> Roland,
>>
>> Here's something I wrote a while ago that sought to put the Net (and
>> ICANN) into an historic perspective with regard to cities.
>>
>>     Imagine that in 1983 Vint Cerf had visited a global city like New
>>     York, climbed the steps to City Hall and said to Mayor Koch that
>>     he and Jon Postel had begun thinking about an Internet enhancement
>>     that would make it easier to find the cities digital resources.
>>     That they were thinking of calling it the Domain Name System (DNS)
>>     and using names such as .com, .org and .edu.
>>
>>     And imagine Vint explaining his vision about this new technology's
>>     prospect for addressing the multiplicity of city needs; concluding
>>     with a plea that the mayor gather the world's smartest minds in
>>     New York City, help detail a desired DNS's feature-set and in the
>>     process develop a model that other cities might follow.
>>
>>     But as we all know, no one knocked on that City Hall door and the
>>     DNS was created without considering its impact on cities. And when
>>     it escaped from the lab, the technology spread like a virus and
>>     changed the world for better and for worse.
>>
>>     Remarkably, the DNS opportunity is again at hand. ICANN will
>>     deliver on its key mission in 2010 and we'll soon see cities
>>     sporting new TLDs such as .nyc, .berlin, and .paris.
>>
>> Let me note that this was not written with the intent of
>> criticizing these Internet pioneers, merely to highlight an area
>> where, with omnipotent 20/20 hindsight, one might observe Net
>> imperfections needing attention.
>>
>> Roland, with all due respect, I've never heard ICANN dealing with any
>> of the issues I've proposed for the IGF Workshop. Yes, they have
>> encouraged the development of "Perfect Sunrise" guidelines that
>> warrant consideration, and they uncovered that there's a Paris in
>> France as well as Texas. And to its credit, ICANN has agreed that
>> cities should have access to TLDs. But city-TLD governance, best
>> practices, and a primer for city-TLDs - it's just not in their scope.
>> ICANN's concern is commerce not cities. City-TLDs are (IMHO) perfect
>> for an IGF workshop.
>>
>>
>
> I agree with you although I wonder whether you wish to open such a can
> of worms. Your aim appears to be to have an informational session about
> city TLDs - perhaps working with others to write a set of best practices?
> You'll then have to answer questions of the type:
> If there is a Paris in France and a Paris in US, why don't they use
> paris.fr and paris.tx.us ?
> Admittedly, how does .nyc relate to the already existing .nyc.ny.us ?
> Roland's questions will also come up.
>
> Are you ready to have a potentially heated session on this?
>
> BTW, I'm completely neutral on the matter these days. If some
> organisations wish to try their hand at new gTLDs, let them go ahead. If
> I was to attend, I'd probably enjoy listening to a good debate.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Olivier
>
> --
> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
> http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
>
>


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