[governance] DOT EDU EXTENSION

[Katim S. Touray]

Dear all,

I hope we have not lost sight of the question that started all of this
debate: how can Kwasi register a .edu domain name? Now that the road has
been pointed out to him/her, and it leads to Educause, I think it would be
great if s(he) contacts them to find out what the rules are. S(he) can also
try contacting those non-US institutions that have .edu domain names and
ask them how they did it. Finally, it would be great to get feedback on the
fruits of his/her efforts.

And let me conclude by saying that the original question apart, a very
interesting discussion on related issues is being had here.

Katim



On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Roland Perry <
roland at internetpolicyagency.com> wrote:

> In message <532C765C.3020608 at afilias.info>, at 13:26:52 on Fri, 21 Mar
> 2014, Ken Stubbs <kstubbs at afilias.info> writes
>
>  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.
>>
>
> I'm aware that the registry is run by Educause, but I've also quoted from
> the rules on their website which state the restrictions on registrations in
> .edu (which I expect have been handed down by the Department of Commerce as
> part of the contract).
>
> In other words, it's not open to "all members of Educause", furthermore
> making membership of Educuase a requirement for registration would also be
> a matter for concerned debate.
>
> I'm not saying Educause is the wrong entity to be administering the gTLD,
> merely commenting on the rules they have to work within.
> --
> Roland Perry
>
>
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