[governance] DOT EDU EXTENSION

Fri Mar 21 15:40:42 EDT 2014

That is correct. At least there are three universities in Kenya, East
Africa that use the .edu prefix, that is www.cuea.edu,
www.strathmore.edu and www.usiu.edu

Imagine you are using non Latin/Roman script, would you still want to
use .edu? That is why IDNs have been a big topic in resent Internet
Governance campaigns.

Regards

On 21/03/2014, Ken Stubbs <kstubbs at afilias.info> wrote:
> I believe Roland & others are mistaken here.
>
> To the best of my knowledge this string was not reserved by the US for
> exclusive use by themselves but
> is overseen by Educause   (see www.educause.edu). a group of over 1,800
> colleges and universities collaborating
> on common higher education IT challenges--sharing the mission of
> transforming higher education through the use of information technology.
>
> Here is a clip from their website
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Mike roberts can probably give you some history on .EDU. as he was involved
> for sometime with the organization
>
> Ken Stubbs
>
>
>
> On 3/21/2014 12:28 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva wrote:
>> Kwasi, you  can also go for university.ac.countryname depending on the
>> location of your country like ac.uk <http://ac.uk> for
>> www.oxford.ac.uk <http://www.oxford.ac.uk> (United Kingdom),  or.ac.ke
>> <http://ac.ke> like uonbi.ac.ke <http://uonbi.ac.ke> _(_Kenya)
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> So instead of .mil, our region would go for .jeshi (Swahili for Army)
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> ______________________
>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
>> twitter.com/lordmwesh <http://twitter.com/lordmwesh>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 20 March 2014 16:26, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
>> <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com
>> <mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi Kwasi,
>>
>>     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:-
>>
>>     InsertName.edu.au <http://InsertName.edu.au> or InsertName.edu.ccTLD
>>
>>     For end users, the shorter the domain the easier it is to
>>     remember, hence preference for .edu
>>     However, there are also merits in having a .edu.ccTLD or
>>     .edu.africa for instance as it helps users distinguish location.
>>
>>     Just as .gov is reserved for the US and its territories whilst
>>     other countries have .gov.fj <http://gov.fj> or .gov.ccTLD. Noting
>>     that some countries use .gouv.ccTLD
>>
>>     Some of these things developed because of precedent and as a
>>     consequence of innovation in the TLD space starting in the US etc.
>>
>>     Best Regards,
>>     Sala
>>
>>
>>     On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:39 PM, Katim S. Touray
>>     <kstouray at gmail.com <mailto:kstouray at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Kwasi,
>>
>>         Here you go: https://net.educause.edu/edudomain/
>>
>>         Katim
>>
>>
>>
>>         On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Kwasi Boakye-Akyeampong
>>         <kboakye at gmail.com <mailto:kboakye at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>             Hello folks,
>>
>>             I'd appreciate any advice and/ assistance.
>>
>>             I'm trying to register a domain name with a .edu extension
>>             but it appears that .edu extensions are not available.
>>
>>             Could someone advise how I could get a domain name with a
>>             .edu extension registered?
>>
>>             Regards,
>>             Kwasi
>>
>>             --
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