CENTR workshop for ccTLD Managers
Fay Howard fay at ripe.net
Thu Aug 27 18:21:48 CEST 1998
Dear ccTLD Managers, As previously announced, a CENTR workshop is to be held for managers of TLD registries in Edinburgh 21 September 1998. The meeting is schedule between 10.00 and 17.00 and will take place at The University of Edinburgh, George Square Complex, William Robertson Building, Edinburgh, Scotland. As with the technical workshop, the aim of the managerial workshop will be to encourage discussion and exchange of experiences. Discussion leaders for each topic will give presentations and then open the debate to all participants. Four proposed topics are listed below. If you manage a ccTLD and wish to attend, please reply completing the template at the end of this email. Places are restricted to 26 and so initially we must limit participation to one person per TLD. Preference will be given to CENTR participants should applications exceed 26. Developing local TLD policy and naming rules: Many ccTLD are at some stage in the process of restructuring their registry and/or reviewing their current naming policy example being: - Creation of a new organization to replace work done on a voluntary basis by a university or academic network. - Introduction of charges for registering domain names or review of existing charging model. - Review of naming policy and naming restriction (liberal stance of first-come-first-served versus strict naming policy) - Government requirement Whatever changes are envisaged, it is often necessary to consult with the local networking community/service providers and even the general internet using public within the country. The participants will see examples of how this process has been handled in some countries followed by open discussion on how to manage consultation and to "sell" the changes to the public. Possible areas of harmonization for ccTLDs There are many organizations keen to document the practices of TLD registries around the world and the CENTR project has been collecting information on the participating ccTLDs. There is often talk of 'best practice' and even standardization of ccTLD rules and policies. With one of the key requirements of ccTLDs being autonomy and with the diversity of economies, legal systems and cultures, is there any room for harmonization? This session will examine information gathered in accordance with the CENTR template and also discuss areas where some level of harmonization may be achieved. Example might be who-is database policy, quality, pricing structure. Pooling Resources and Joint Funding One of the roles of the established CENTR should be to coordinate or commission projects on behalf of members. Pooling of resources or sharing the cost of software developments for example would be a significant benefit of CENTR membership. This item relates also to discussion at the technical workshop at which there was general agreement that the development of BIND Software is very important and should be supported by ccTLDs. A short presentation will be given by David Conrad of Internet Software Consortium on how CENTR members, as funders, could have input into the direction that new BIND developments take. Discussion will then be opened to identify other areas where CENTR can initiate work or coordinate the pooling of ideas/manpower on behalf of its members. Who-is Policy There has already been some debate on the issue of acceptable use of who-is database information. The session will begin with a presentation on the problems of confidentiality, misuse and possible solutions. There will also be a presentation on possible legitimate and acceptable use of who-is data before the debate is opened up to the participants. ************************** REGISTRATION FOR CENTR WORKSHOP I wish to attend the CENTR workshop for Managers of TLD Rgistries Name: Organization and country: Position held: Any other Comments: ************************* -------- Logged at Thu Aug 27 23:57:27 MET DST 1998 ---------
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