[NA-Discuss] NARALO Agenda Item

Mon Feb 10 19:47:31 UTC 2014

I agree with Evan.

Some CityTLDs are  part of the GeoTLD constituency, where you can also 
find community and cultural TLDs.

I think that Dirk Krischnowski from DotBerlin is still the spokesman of 
the group.

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Le 2014-02-10 12:59, Evan Leibovitch a écrit :
> Hi Garth.
>
> There is no group of the kind Thomas is asking for, at least of which I'm
> aware.
>
> There has been (and may still be) an organized group of cityTLD applicants,
> but that's different from getting a list of ALSs based in cities targeted
> to get a TLD.
>
> Indeed, it is not obvious that all TLD strings that may appear as city TLDs
> are indeed so:
>
>     - The .spa TLD is current under controversy, as a city in Belgium is
>     claiming rights even though the applicants have no interest in the
>     municipal use of the string
>     - The .la TLD is focused on Latin America, not Los Angeles or Louisiana
>
> Also, does an ALS's being based in a city necessarily mean that it is
> interest in that city's TLD? IMO, even identifying the group Thomas wants
> to collect may be harder than it looks.
>
> - Evan
>
>
>
>
> On 10 February 2014 12:24, Garth Bruen <gbruen at knujon.com> wrote:
>
>> Tom, do you have any idea who runs the group?
>>
>> From: Thomas Lowenhaupt [mailto:toml at communisphere.com]
>> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 12:12 PM
>> To: Garth Bruen; na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org
>> Subject: NARALO Agenda Item
>>
>> Garth,
>>
>> Regarding the London ICANN meeting...
>>
>> I'd like to meet with representatives of At-Large Structures from cities
>> that will be acquiring TLDs. The assistance of NARALO in securing space and
>> support for this would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Tom Lowenhaupt
>>
>>
>> On 2/8/2014 11:56 AM, Garth Bruen wrote:
>> Hello NARALO'ers (-ites?),
>>
>> The NARALO Teleconference is scheduled for Monday 3PM ET/12PM PT
>>
>> The Agenda is here:
>> https://community.icann.org/display/NARALO/NARALO+2014.02.10+Teleconference
>> .
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>> *I will be presenting this afternoon to the Visual Impaired and Blind User
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>> they will be a strong advocate for their community within ICANN.
>>
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>> Thanks, Garth
>>
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>>
>> Garth Bruen
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>>
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