[governance] Planning New York City's dotNeighborhoods - January

[Parminder]

Tom,

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.

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.

Parminder

Thomas Lowenhaupt wrote:
> What: Planning New York City's dotNeighborhoods
>
> When: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 6:30 PM
>
> Where: Neighborhood Preservation Center, 232 E 11th Street (near 
> Second Avenue)
>
> -----------
> 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.
>  
> 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. If thoughtfully developed, these dotNeighborhoods will 
> be places where neighbors can connect with one another to address 
> problems and explore opportunities.
>  
> 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?
> See our dotNeighborhoods wiki pages 
> <http://www.coactivate.org/projects/campaign-for.nyc/traditional-neighborhood-names> 
> for background.
>  
> We'll also hear from the Hunter College Graduate School of Urban 
> Affairs Workshop which just completed a project entitled: *A Case 
> Study - Neighborhoods in a Digital Era*. The researches will describe 
> their process and findings. You can read the report's Executive 
> Summary here 
> <http://www.coactivate.org/projects/campaign-for.nyc/dotneighborhoods-hunter-college-urban-affairs-report>.
>  
> 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 more on this and the 
> other name-sets, see our Domain Name Allocation Plan 
> <http://www.coactivate.org/projects/campaign-for.nyc/the-nyc-namespace>.
>  
> RSVP to info at connectingnyc.org <mailto:info at connectingnyc.org>.
>
> Best,
>
> Tom Lowenhaupt
>
> -----------------------------
>  
> Thomas Lowenhaupt, Founder & Chair
> Connecting.nyc Inc.
> tom at connectingnyc.org <mailto:tom at connectingnyc.org>
> www.connectingnyc.org <http://www.connectingnyc.org/>
> 718 639 4222
> Wiki <http://bit.ly/OurWiki>  Blog <http://bit.ly/OurBlog>
>
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