[NA-Discuss] [ALAC-Internal] Connecting.nyc Inc.- ALS Application 171

Gareth Shearman shearman at victoria.tc.ca
Wed Oct 31 21:39:17 UTC 2012


I agree with Evan - in fact this topic (in general) came up at one of the Toronto meetings and the meeting participants agreed with the position that Evan has outlined.

Gareth

On 2012-10-31, at 2:26 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:

> Hi Joly.
> 
> It was a delight to welcome Tom to my home -- figuratively and literally. I
> look forward to the participation of connecting.nyc. While Tom and I differ
> on the value of city TLDs, his approach to community involvement in
> Internet growth is to be applauded and encouraged.
> 
> While there's nothing wrong with being a member of multiple ALSs, I'm
> pretty sure it would not be kosher to attempt to represent more than one at
> once within NARALO. If it is, it shouldn't be. So I would expect that ISOC
> NY would designate someone else for that role should connecting.NYC be
> accepted and should Tom be its representative. I personally don't think
> this requires that Tom step down from his Board position, just that of
> NARALO represenative.
> 
> Having said all that, I would suggest that the talent pool within ISOC-NY
> is fairly deep and there are a number of others who could step in to
> represent them.
> 
> - Evan
> 
> 
> 
> On 31 October 2012 16:54, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:
> 
>> As most will be familiar Connecting.NYC founder Tom Lowenhaupt has long
>> campaigned for the .nyc TLD, and other city TLDs, to be used for community
>> rather than commercial purposes.
>> 
>> He has regularly held public meetings in the city to promote this idea.
>> 
>> He has,since 2010, been a board member of ISOC-NY - an existing ALS - .and
>> did travel to Toronto on our behalf. Whether this creates a conflict I
>> leave up to others to ascertain, but I am sure he would be prepared to step
>> down from his ISOC-NY post if required.
>> 
>> joly
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 4:35 PM, ICANN At-Large Staff <
>> staff at atlarge.icann.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear All,
>>> 
>>> This is to inform you that we received an ALS application from
>>> Connecting.nyc Inc. It is based in New York, USA. and would be a member
>> of
>>> NARALO  if accepted.
>>> 
>>> Please find the application form attached. We will provide the due
>>> diligence
>>> for this application in due course.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Kind regards,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Gisella Gruber-White, Matt Ashtiani,
>>> Nathalie
>>> Peregrine
>>> 
>>> ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
>>> 
>>> E-mail:  <mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org> staff at atlarge.icann.org
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>> 
>> 
>> 
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