@ISOCNY MEETUP/WEBCAST/PARTY DEC 18 – @dotnyc #premium names and the #publicinterest @connectingnyc

dotnyc premium namesOn Thursday December 18 2014 the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) and Connecting .nyc will be holding its 2014 Holiday Party. The party will be preceded by a panel – Premium .nyc Domain Names & Public Interest Commitments which will consider whether major generic .nyc domain names such as hotels.nyc, news.nyc, pizza.nyc, schools.nyc & sports.nyc have public interest conditions attached to their operation? Or should they, as planned, be sold to the highest bidder for whatever purpose they fancy? Confirmed panelists: Avri Doria, ISOC-NY; Gabriel Levitt, V.P. Pharmacychecker.com; and Thomas Lowenhaupt, Connecting.nyc Inc. plus we hope to have representatives of the Mayor’s Office and .nyc operator Neustar. This will all happen at the BLIP Clinic DUMBO Outpost and there will be a live webcast (of the panel only) via the Internet Society Webcast Channel. Tom Lowenhaupt has made an introductory video for the event which you can see below.

What: Premium .nyc Domain Names & Public Interest Commitments
Where: Blip Clinic DUMBO Outpost, 55 Washington St #321, Brooklyn
When: Thursday December 18 2014 6:30pm EST | 23:30 UTC
Webcast: https://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/dotnyc
Register: http://www.meetup.com/isoc-ny/events/219169729/ (free)
Twitter:#premiumnames + @dotnyc

What: ISOC-NY and Connecting .nyc Holiday Party
Where: Blip Clinic DUMBO Outpost, 55 Washington St #321, Brooklyn
When: Thursday December 18 2014 7:45pm EST
Webcast: None
Register: http://www.meetup.com/isoc-ny/events/219169844/ (free)
Twitter:#party + @isocny

View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/_yrDOu26RVc
Transcribe on AMARA: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/EN7Cc7f0gkNv/