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Stef (and the list),
That is exactly what I am proposing. I have messages into Don Telage,
and hope to discuss the value of a joint effort with him soon.
Gene Marsh
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From: Einar Stefferud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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Subject: [IFWP] Announcement of the new TLD Association (TLDA)
This new Candidate Constituency appears to be in head on competition
with the NSI sponsored gTLD constituency, and TKDA is focused on
including exactly those prosp[ective new gTLDs that the NSI gTLD
constituency ignores.
So, somewhere down the line, it is going to be required that these two
candidate constituencies get together to form one out of both, or for
one to kill the other off.
I suggest that melding both into one is the much preferred resolution.
Further, since the TLDA is less restricted, I suggest that is be used
as the base foundation from which to build the meld.
I find it to be an exceptional instance of hubris for NSI to claim to
be the sole representative of the entire gTLD "constituency" when it
is so patently clear that thiiis entire DNS MESS has grown up out of
the contentiousness of plans to add new gTLDs.
Best...\Stef
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Subject: TLDA Formed As Industry Association, ICANN Constituancy
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 01:38:50 -0400
> ++++++++++++++++
> For immediate release:
>
> UNIONTOWN, OHIO, April 26, 1999/ -- An group of organizations
> today announced the formation of the Top Level Domain Association
> (http://www.tlda.org), an association designed to provide a clearing
> house and coordination point for organizations with a registry
> interest in new Top Level Domains on the Internet. The group would
> also constitute the first TLD registry group for providing a voice
> to ICANN, the organization chartered with management direction for
> Internet IP addresses and domain names.
> Top Level Domains (TLDs) are the designations after the "dot" in
> Internet domain names. To date, there are typically three commonly
> used TLDs: ".com", ".net" and ".org" The TLDA will promote the
> development, use and management of additional TLDs, and work with
> other organizations, such as ICANN, the IETF and others to ensure
> their smooth deployment.
> According to Richard Sexton of VRx Network Services, interim
> primary spokesman for the TLDA, "The Internet offers great potential
> for individuals and business around the world. Domain names are a
> key to understandable and identifiable locations on the Internet. A
> coordinated effort to support additional TLDs is essential to the
> future growth and success of the Internet and e-commerce world-wide.
> The formation of the TLDA is the beginning step to assure additional
> TLDs are addressed in a manageable fashion, and that organizations
> with an interest in TLD registry functions have their concerns
heard."
> Details of the TLDA organization and its functions are
> forthcoming, according to Gene Marsh, president of anycastNET
> Incorporated and interim secretary for the TLDA. "We envision the
> TLDA operating in a very open fashion. Participation will be sought
> from every interested party. The more ideas we have to consider,
> the more informed our views will be."
> "It's about time this group was formed" commented Einar
Stefferud,
> chairman of the Open Root Server Confederation (ORSC). "I feel this
> fits with the objectives of the ORSC, and fully support the effort"
> A Technology Company, Inc. founder Jason Hendeles wrote,
> "The domain name business has a window of opportunity. If the
players
> can remain focused on the task at hand and continue to make small
> steps forward, we may have an opportunity to innovate and benefit
from
> this new industry."
> Ed Gerk, Coordinator of the MCG, an international open group on
> security and certification standards that has participants from 28
> countries, notes "Security in various forms is often cited as a
> barrier to open new Internet top level domain names, but the MCG
> supports Internet security asa form of understanding not of
> confinement. The TLDA will, expectedly, provide an open forum for
> such understanding to be developed and tested."
>
> Initial TLDA associate organizations will be:
>
> VRx Network Services
> anycastNET Incorporated
> Iperdome, Inc.
> Image Online Design, Inc.
> Network Management Associates Inc.
> A Technology Company, Inc.
> Open Root Server Confederation Incorporated (ORSC)
> North American Root Server Confederation (NARSC)
> MCG
>
> Many other organizations have been contacted, according to
Sexton.
> "Over the next few weeks, you should see a number of other
> high-profile groups joining the TLDA. We hope to open discussion
> forums within the next few days as well." Any group with an interest
> in participating in the TLDA efforts should contact Richard Sexton
by
> email at [EMAIL PROTECTED], or Gene Marsh by email at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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