Re: [ICANN-EU] .EU

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Alf and all,

Alf Hansen wrote:

> I support the resolution adopted at the ICANN Board meeting on 25
> September 2000:
>
> "It is therefore RESOLVED [00.74] that the IANA staff is advised that
> alpha-2 codes not on the ISO 3166-1 list are delegable as ccTLDs only in
> cases where the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency, on its exceptional
> reservation list, has issued a reservation of the code that covers any
> application of ISO 3166-1 that needs a coded representation in the name
> of the country, territory, or area involved;"
>
> ..which in short means that .eu will be accepted as a ccTLD.
>
> There are a lot of obstacles on the road ahead, but the result is good
> and will promote global competition.
>
> What do you think?

  We [INEGRoup] and specifically our EU members do not understand
why there should be any obstacles to .EU becoming a ccTLD or a
special TLD.  Can you or any current ICANN board member
explain this?  Detail please...

>
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Alf Hansen                     Mail address:
>                                  UNINETT FAS A/S
> aha@uninett.no                   N-7465 Trondheim, Norway
> Home page:                     Phone: +47 73 55 79 00
> http://domen.uninett.no/~alf/  Fax:   +47 73 55 79 01

Regards,

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