[NA-Discuss] Re-delegation of the Puerto Rico ccTLD - .pr

[Eduardo Diaz]

I think that there was more than a name change. It was a change of the
administration to a different entity from one that was represented by the
University of Puerto Rico (educational) to a new one represented by a
non-profit corporation (commercial).  

We have been working with this issue since 2002. In 2005 ISOC-PR board of
directors approved a position paper (which David Younger just sent to the
list) and has been working with the Government of Puerto Rico since. I just
realized that we got the statement last year when the Senate approved the
recommendations that came out of the investigation.

Thanks.

Eduardo Díaz
President
ISOC-PR

-----Original Message-----
From: Bret Fausett [mailto:bfausett at internet.law.pro] 
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 3:20 PM
To: ediaz at prtc.net
Cc: 'NA Discuss'
Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Re-delegation of the Puerto Rico ccTLD - .pr

Thanks, Eduardo. It sounds to me as though there has not been an  
official redelegation by the IANA but merely a name change in the  
whois by the current delegated manager. If the government and ISOC-PR  
press IANA and ICANN for an official redelegation, I think you'll get  
it. With both the support of the government and the support of the  
relevant Internet community, Dr. Moreno is unlikely to retain his  
stranglehold on the ccTLD. If you form the non-profit and then write  
to ICANN (Cerf and Twomey) and the IANA (Conrad) asking for the  
redelegation, I think you'll see some forward progress.

      Bret