Re: Regional iTLD Question

[Hank Nussbacher <hank@ibm.net.il>]

On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, Dr Nii Narku Quaynor wrote:

Good point Nii.  I think the matter of what is to become a two letter ISO
3166 country iTLD is not in the purview of the IAHC and probably not under
the purview of IANA but probably under the purview of the UN and ITU which
controls the ISO 3166 spec.

> I come from a distinct group of people in Ghana known as the Ga. The
> legend say that we are descendants of the Jews. Our language is
> different and our customs are different.
> 
> We want our own domain!???
> 
> This is not a good criteria for iTLDs. These kind of things have the
> potantial of hightening ethnic differences leading to problems. It may
> not be a good thing to encourage. What are the qualifying criteria
> for TLDs? This may be the issue.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Administracio del Sistema wrote:
> > 
> > Got a problem here:
> > 
> > We are sited in Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
> > Catalonia is a region in the north-east of
> > the country. Before 1714, it was an independent
> > country with more than 1,000 years of written
> > history.
> > 
> > The main problem:
> > 
> > Barcelona is the main city in Catalonia.
> > Catalonia has about 7 million inhabitants.
> > Most of them use catalan language, which is a very
> > different language than Spanish (nothing to do).
> > Most of the web sites here are in Catalan. Our addresses,
> > have the .es suffix. Lots of people of overseas enter
> > these webs and they say 'Ough ! this is not spanish !!'.
> > 
> > So, we want to ask for a iTLD for Catalonia. Because of
> > the different language, culture, and way of living.
> > Which is the best way to do it ????
> > 
> > 1) Ask for ISO-3166 update to include .ct as a TLD
> > for catalonia. (We have a website with more than
> > one thousand supporters --> http://www.domini-ct.org )
> > Our local government has approved a resolution to ask
> > spanish government to act in consequence.
> > 
> > 2) Ask for a new iTLD, as .cat (Catalonia) which is
> > a half sollution for us because we are a recognized
> > nation without own state.
> > 
> > Which is the appropiate way to go ???
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > 
> >         Jordi Bruguera & Adria Garcia
> > 
> >         =================================
> >             Administracio del Sistema
> >               GRN Serveis Telematics
> >          Tlf: 972-230000 admin@www.grn.es
> >         ==================================
> 

Hank Nussbacher
IAHC member
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