Dear wg members, Following the Amsterdam meeting of nTLD representatives on 2 March and agreement on the establishment of RIPE CENTR, work has begun in accordance with the RIPE TLD-WG work plan. Three important documents have been produced for wide distribution (see list below) and are now to be found on the newly created RIPE CENTR Web pages <http://www.ripe.net/centr/index.html> The documents are: RIPE CENTR Formation and Purpose <http://www.ripe.net/centr/docs/formation.html> RIPE CENTR Response to Green Paper from US Government <http://www.ripe.net/centr/docs/response-green.html> RIPE CENTR Position Paper on the Future Governance of the Internet <http://www.ripe.net/centr/docs/governance.html> Distribution of these documents includes: NTIA/OIA, Washington European Commission, DG XIII, Brussels. tld-wg (RIPE) <tld-wg at ripe.net> tld-admin (RIPE) <tld-admin at ripe.net> asian nTLDs <ap-tld at apnic.net> global tld admins gtlds for info <gtld-discuss at gtld-mou.org> RIPE area ISPs for info <lir at ripe.net> RIPE NCC board <I will mail them> Jon Postel <postel at isi.edu> POC and/or PAB <pab at gtld-mou.org> <poc-submit at gtld-mou.org> Kind regards Fay Howard RIPE CENTR Project RIPE NCC, Amsterdam tel: +31 20 535 4487 fax: +31 20 535 4455 -------- Logged at Tue Mar 17 14:05:56 MET 1998 ---------