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| − | Tom Lowenhaupt will | + | Tom Lowenhaupt will give a briefing on the longstanding campaign to bring about a .nyc top-level domain which finally, with Paris and Berlin also on similar paths, looks to be a practical reality. |
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| + | This is an important and vital issue for New York City's global identity. As Tom goes off to make his case at the ICANN meet in Paris later in the month let's show him that he has the people's support! | ||
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| + | When the Internet's designers planned its domain name | ||
| + | system, they allocated .com for commercial enterprises, | ||
| + | .edu for schools, .org for not-for-profits, .net for | ||
| + | networks, .gov for government, .mil for the military, and | ||
| + | 200+ names like .uk, .ru, .de, and .us for nation-states. | ||
| + | But they didn't provide such top level domain names | ||
| + | (commonly called TLDs) for cities. | ||
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| + | In 2009 the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and | ||
| + | Numbers (ICANN) plans to fill this lacuna by issuing city | ||
| + | TLDs for the first time. The Connecting.nyc presentation | ||
| + | will describe the origin of a grassroots New York City | ||
| + | effort to acquire the .nyc TLD and how it plans to be at | ||
| + | the front of the line for city TLDs alongside .paris and | ||
| + | .berlin. | ||
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| + | Thomas Lowenhaupt, founding director of Connecting.nyc Inc, | ||
| + | a New York not-for-profit created to acquire and develop | ||
| + | the .nyc TLD, will describe the many opportunities .nyc | ||
| + | will provide for small businesses, community organizations, | ||
| + | issue identification, civic discussion, and more. | ||
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| + | More info: http://connectingnyc.org | ||
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| + | <strong>About Tom Lowenhaupt</strong>: | ||
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| + | Thomas Lowenhaupt has served in technology policy and | ||
| + | development positions for 30 years. From 1992-2006 he was a | ||
| + | member of New York City's Queens Community Board 3 where he | ||
| + | introduced an Internet Empowerment Resolution calling for | ||
| + | the acquisition of the .nyc TLD. In April 2007 he formed | ||
| + | Connection.nyc Inc. to acquire and a TLD for New York | ||
| + | City's residents and their organizations. Thomas received a | ||
| + | BA in government studies from Queens College (CUNY) and a | ||
| + | masters from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. | ||
==June 4 Public Forum - Participation & Democracy == | ==June 4 Public Forum - Participation & Democracy == | ||
Revision as of 00:28, 17 May 2008
ISOC-NY holds public meetings at NYU on a monthly basis the following dates and times: Dates for June, July, & August are yet to be finalized. Sign on to the announce list to stay informed.
- All meetings are open to the public
- Meetings are wheelchair accessible.
- Meetings are free
- If you plan to attend a meeting, please RSVP to president@isoc-ny.org or via Meetup.com.
May 21 Public Forum - Connecting .nyc
Tom Lowenhaupt will give a briefing on the longstanding campaign to bring about a .nyc top-level domain which finally, with Paris and Berlin also on similar paths, looks to be a practical reality.
This is an important and vital issue for New York City's global identity. As Tom goes off to make his case at the ICANN meet in Paris later in the month let's show him that he has the people's support!
- Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
- Time 6.30pm - 8pm
- Location: Jefferson Market Library, 425 6th Ave (@9th St) New York NY
When the Internet's designers planned its domain name system, they allocated .com for commercial enterprises, .edu for schools, .org for not-for-profits, .net for networks, .gov for government, .mil for the military, and 200+ names like .uk, .ru, .de, and .us for nation-states. But they didn't provide such top level domain names (commonly called TLDs) for cities.
In 2009 the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) plans to fill this lacuna by issuing city TLDs for the first time. The Connecting.nyc presentation will describe the origin of a grassroots New York City effort to acquire the .nyc TLD and how it plans to be at the front of the line for city TLDs alongside .paris and .berlin.
Thomas Lowenhaupt, founding director of Connecting.nyc Inc, a New York not-for-profit created to acquire and develop the .nyc TLD, will describe the many opportunities .nyc will provide for small businesses, community organizations, issue identification, civic discussion, and more.
More info: http://connectingnyc.org
About Tom Lowenhaupt:
Thomas Lowenhaupt has served in technology policy and development positions for 30 years. From 1992-2006 he was a member of New York City's Queens Community Board 3 where he introduced an Internet Empowerment Resolution calling for the acquisition of the .nyc TLD. In April 2007 he formed Connection.nyc Inc. to acquire and a TLD for New York City's residents and their organizations. Thomas received a BA in government studies from Queens College (CUNY) and a masters from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program.
June 4 Public Forum - Participation & Democracy
Co-sponsored with OneWebDay, this will be a panel discussion on how technology in general, and the Internet in particular, affects the democratic process.
- Date: Wednesday, Jun 4, 2008
- Time 5.30pm - 7pm
- Location: NYU Law School, 40 Washington Square South, New York NY
Past meetings
- Minutes from the May 15 2008 Public Meeting are yet to be transcribed. Previous minutes are here.
