[NA-Discuss] New York City plans to raise cash selling .nyc domains

[Antony Van Couvering]

FYI, the plan brought to New York City Council Speaker Quinn's  
attention for her speech, and referenced by Crain's (and other press)  
is the one presented by me (at the 1:24:35 mark) in testimony after  
Tom Lowenhaupt's lengthy exposition and directly after Paul Garrin's  
contentious testimony.

The YouTube version (fast forwarding possible) is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA1pLg1eM6A

I am trying to get a video of Speaker Quinn's speech and will post it  
when I get it on http://www.dotnyc.net and send a link here.

Antony

P.S. Many thanks to Joly for getting this on tape.



On Feb 13, 2009, at 7:05 PM, WWWhatsup wrote:

> My video of the NYC Cpuncil's hearing last October on .nyc can be  
> found
> at http://punkcast.com/1451
>
> The 'third' proposal is a new development.
>
> joly
>
>
> Danny wrote:
>> [excerpt] During a Thursday address, City Council Speaker Christine  
>> Quinn said the ".nyc" domain will start generating a fresh stream  
>> of revenue for the city next summer. City Council Speaker Christine  
>> Quinn announced during her state-of-the-city address Thursday that  
>> the “.nyc” domain will start generating a fresh stream of revenue  
>> for the city next summer. dotNYC, a private group, has asked the  
>> city to let it sell Web addresses such as www.GrimaldisPizza.nyc or www.EmpireStateBuilding.nyc 
>>  for about $10 a pop to people, corporations and small businesses.  
>> In return, the company would give the city one-third of the  
>> domain's profits. However, a city spokesman says officials have not  
>> yet chosen a partner for the project. The city may decide to send  
>> out a request for proposals. http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20090212/SMALLBIZ/902129975
>
> Joly MacFie
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