[governance] Update on City TLD Governance and Best Practices

[Marilia Maciel]

Dear Thomas,

I am not sure you have been receinving my message through twitter. The
workshop on City TLD has been approved.
Just making sure you know it.
Best,
Marilia

On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi Thomas,
> I hope you have seen the email on remote participation details as your
> participation is important. If not, you or anyone else that is interested in
> RP should email me privately, please. Marilia Maciel will be present in
> Geneva, and handling remote moderation. I suggest you prepare a short
> 'intervention' and send it to her to be read, or arrange to read it
> yourself.
>
> It sounds like you have an excellent panel prepared. Have you written to
> igf at unog.ch (copied on this email) to ask for an update? Anything you can
> confirm before the meeting will facilitate the process.
>
> Good luck! Best, Ginger
>
> On 6/27/2010 3:16 PM, Thomas Lowenhaupt wrote:
>
> With the IGF Vilnius Open Consultation beginning tomorrow, here's an update
> on my efforts on behalf of a proposed City TLD Governance and Best Practices
> Workshop. I'd appreciate advice as to any steps I might take to facilitate
> its acceptance.
>
> Over the past couple of months I've contacted directly, and, via this and a
> few other lists, several hundred people inviting participation on the City
> TLD Workshop. From an expertise perspective, I've received confirmations
> from an exceptional group. Listed in order of their acceptance,
> the prospective participants are Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Dirk Krischenowski,
> Bertrand de La Chapelle, Werner Staub, Thomas Schneider, Hong Xue, Sébastien
> Bachollet, Hawa Diakite, Ana Cristina Amoroso das Neves, Jonathan Shea (via
> remote participation), Izumi Aizu.
>
> With my first in-person participation on a TLD workshop having taken place
> at the 2006 Prague Studienkreis, I knew there was enough expertise to make
> the panel productive with the arrival of Wolfgang's acceptance. And as each
> new one arrived, I saw layer upon later of expertise being added to the
> workshop.
>
> I've also received a "Yes, if it fits with my other panels" acceptance from
> a highly desired panelist. As well, I've three outstanding invites: to
> someone from the U.S. government to comment on the impact city TLDs might
> have on urban affairs, particularly regionalization. If nothing comes
> through, perhaps an existing panelist might comment on that. The New York
> City government's response, "if there was a definite application filing time
> we would surely be able to arrange something" might change if the ICANN
> timeline is clearer by September. The third outstanding invite, to someone
> from the common pool resource community, is one I'm very hopeful about
> getting a positive response. Question: What is the status of the participant
> list going forward: can it be changed, do I continue the pursuit?
>
> As we approach Vilnius my plan is to reach out to global cities considering
> TLDs, request questions and share these with panelists in preparation.
>
> For tomorrow's meeting, I'll be participating through the remote channels.
> I'd appreciate any of you who will be in Geneva speaking up for the City
> TLD workshop when appropriate. Beyond the fruitful topic and great
> participants, you might point out we should have good technical
> scores: reasonable geographic and gender balance and both moderators at the
> ready.
>
> If you have a question or feel I've missed something, please let me know.
>
> Best,
>
>  Tom Lowenhaupt
> ---------------------------
>
> Thomas Lowenhaupt, Founder & Chair
> Connecting.nyc Inc.
>
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