Fay Howard wrote:
If you manage a ccTLD and wish to attend, please reply completing the template at the end of this email. Places are restricted to 26 and so initially we must limit participation to one person per TLD. Preference will be given to CENTR participants should applications exceed 26.
Mmm. You should include "alternative" cccTLDs managers, too.
There is often talk of 'best practice' and even standardization of ccTLD rules and policies. With one of the key requirements of ccTLDs being autonomy and with the diversity of economies, legal systems and cultures, is there any room for harmonization?
It should. You should ask Artur Grzymala <artur at zoo.pl> and Veni Markovski <veni at isoc.bg> about their respective ccTLDs policies.
One of the roles of the established CENTR should be to coordinate or commission projects on behalf of members. Pooling of resources or sharing the cost of software developments for example would be a significant benefit of CENTR membership.
It would be for all Internet participants, too... The IRSC (http://www.irsc.ah.net ) has already established a so-called "alternative" root servers network enabling virtually anybody to create his/her own TLD(s), with the agreement and the cooperation of the other IRSC members. The IRSC is supported by ISPs, IPPs, etc. as well as end-users. We are currently serving an estimated share of 30% of global DNS traffic. Some of our european members (see above) have created "alternative" cccTLDs, because of their ccTLDs politics or private monopols. Best regards, -- Jean-Christophe PRAUD - LUDEXPRESS http://www.ludexpress.com http://www.nicwine.net http://www.irsc.ah.net 3:213 WINE Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu n'gah Bill R'lyeh Wgah'nagl fhtagn -------- Logged at Fri Aug 28 06:40:05 MET DST 1998 ---------