Re: [atlarge-discuss] FW: [atlarge-panel] 006 Name - Panel approves Timeline and Schedule

["Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@ntlworld.com>]

I personally prefer a name for our organisation which sounds like more than
a website.

Do you talk about ICANN or ICANN.org?

Do you talk about Ford or Ford.com?

Do you talk about The Red Cross or theredcross.org?

Do you talk about Disney or Disney.com?

Etc etc etc...

Personally, I feel we are going to be reported in the media as one of many
vying organisations, and I feel it is probably bad for our corporate image
to be branded with some stupid .TLD ending stuck on the end.

The .TLD ending points to a domain which points to a website ...

The website is "about" the organisation : it is not the organisation itself.

Obviously there are some who can recognise the subtlety of using the TLD
ending in our internet age, but I honestly think most members of the public
will not get that subtlety and to them it will just look "naff".

Just my views : let the membership decide

Richard

----- Original Message -----
From: Judith Oppenheimer <joppenheimer@icbtollfree.com>
To: 'Richard Henderson' <richardhenderson@ntlworld.com>; 'Vittorio Bertola'
<vb@vitaminic.net>
Cc: 'Atlarge Discuss List' <atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de>
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 2:15 PM
Subject: RE: [atlarge-discuss] FW: [atlarge-panel] 006 Name - Panel approves
Timeline and Schedule


> > (b) TLD-ending
> > to be excluded from formal name.
>
> I am unclear as to your intent here.
>
> Are you suggesting that a name sans domain registration (and therefore
sans
> TLD-ending) should be considered?

Not what I had in mind - it's obviously useful to have a web address that
identifies the words in our name, just as Icann does not have a website at
Neulevel, and Ford does not have a website at Peugeot etc etc

>
> Or that a name with matching registrations should be considered, but that
> the primary TLD-ending be excluded from the name as it is written/drawn as
> a logo?

Exactly

>
> Whether the first or the latter, please explain why.

Please see my comments above. It's elementary, my dear Oppenheimer!

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