Re: [ICANN-EU] .EU

["Jeanette Hofmann" <jeanette@medea.wz-berlin.de>]

> I support the resolution adopted at the ICANN Board meeting on 25
> September 2000: 

I don't care very much about .EU personally. I've never quite 
understood what about this special TLD is so very important. What I 
do care about, however, is the TLD's names policy. If we need .EU in 
the first place it should be open for all Europeans. Isn't it rediculous 
that non-EU members such as Switzerland have to go begging for 
admission? 

jeanette

 
> "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?
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
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