I responded offlist, but I'll post here. I have a contact at CIRA and
I'll do my best to get an official answer tomorrow.
Charles Daminato
TUCOWS Product Manager (ccTLDs)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Swerve wrote:
> hmm,
> i'd request to speak to the President or director of Cira.
>
> swerve
>
> > From: "Heather Peel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 20:33:41 -0500
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Why can't I get a .ca domain for a town?
> >
> > Hello
> >
> > I would really appreciate some help with this one. I am trying to
> > find out what I need to do to complete a registration request I
> > received from a town in Saskatchewan. They wish to register a .ca
> > domain name, but the request was denied by CIRA because it is a
> > reserved name for that municipality. For example, toronto.ca is
> > reserved so that anyone may not register it (but I assume that the
> > City of Toronto sould be able to regsiter it) The town can provide
> > whatever documentation is required to process the registration.
> >
> > My problem is that no one seems to know how to do this. I phoned
> > CIRA....got the general support desk, who said he didn't know, but
> > I should be able to find out at tucows.
> >
> > I wrote support at opensrs, but got this answer:
> > "There is no procedure to register town names. It never occured to
> > them that people would actually need it... I'm sure they'll get
> > around to it someday..."
> >
> > So, I'm still scratching my head wondering is there SOMEONE who can
> > tell me how to get this domain registered?
> >
> > Heather
> >
> >
> >
>
>
