I read the attached press release with interest, considering the
discussion about auDA's scope, and the constitutional amendments to
expand it that were overwhelmingly[1] passed at the EGM on Monday.
Imagine for a moment that you replaced "Canada" for "Australia", ".ca"
for ".au", "CIRA" for "auDA" and so forth.. would it be in scope for
auDA to do something like this?
kim
[1] http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-15082006/
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August 8, 2006
CIRA launches One Web Day Tour to celebrate One Web Day
Raises Internet awareness with fact-finding tour and celebration day
Ottawa, ON. August 8, 2006 - On September 22nd, Canadians from coast to coast
will have the opportunity to celebrate the first-ever One Web Day, a global
initiative designed to celebrate the Internet and highlight its positive impact
on the lives of individuals, businesses and communities. The One Web Day
initiative -- spearheaded by the Canadian Internet Registry Authority (CIRA) --
was created to connect the more than 21 million Canadians online either
surfing, emailing or cybering through the launch of a national tour to
discover, first-hand, the impact of the Internet in their daily lives.
Kicking off this week, the One Web Day Tour will be hosted by Tour Ambassador,
Canadian-born video/film writer and producer Gavin Michael Booth. Together
with a production crew, Booths team will travel by plane, train and automobile
across the country from August 7th to September 8th visiting 12 communities
from coast to coast to coast, to interview and shoot video footage of Canadians
sharing their online experiences and discussing the value of the Internet. The
Ambassador will encourage participants on-site to share their thoughts live and
on-camera, posing a series of thought-provoking questions in each community.
Scheduled tour visits include various historic and high traffic locations in
Whitehorse, Yukon; Vancouver, British Columbia; Edmonton, Alberta; Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Toronto, Ontario; Ottawa, Ontario, Montreal,
Quebec; Moncton, New Brunswick; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Charlottetown PEI, and
St. Johns, Newfoundland. The survey results and findings from the One Web Day
Tour will be collated, tabulated and posted online at www.onewebday.ca to
coincide with the global celebration of One Web Day on September 22nd.
One Web Day is an international celebration of the Internet. In Canada, were
celebrating One Web Day with a country-wide initiative designed to raise
awareness, understanding and appreciation of the Internet for positive
purposes, says Bernard Turcotte, president and CEO, CIRA. We want to inform
parents and children and other users about Internet usage. We want Canada to
celebrate being one of the worlds most connected nations. And we want to have
fun - just take a look at our website onewebday.ca! he adds.
Make history in One Web Day celebrations
At each stop, a different Internet-related topic (e.g. what is the biggest
impact the Internet has had on your life?) will be explored live, by the
Ambassador and local participants. The footage will be posted to the One Web
Day website (www.onewebday.ca or www.journeewweb.ca) as it happens. Canadians
across the country will be invited to provide feedback and vote online on the
same internet-related issues via the website; results will be compared province
to province to territory. The website, which will act as a source of valuable
information year-round, will also include content about the Internet such as
spam, pharming, sexual predators and phishing, designed to help educate
Canadians, and provide tools to users to eliminate or minimize problems and
combat internet abuse,.
Canadians are encouraged to participate in the celebration! Leading up to One
Web Day, additional information will be available online designed to provoke
discussion and interaction as one watches the Ambassadors cross-country
interviews or learns more about online challenges. Participants are encouraged
to visit www.onewebday.org, send an email, Google an item of interest or IM a
friend in another province or territory, to share thoughts and memories and
make history online, as part of the Canadian and international One Web Day
celebrations.
About CIRA
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is the not-for-profit
organization mandated by the federal government to operate the dot-ca top-level
domain for all Canadians. CIRA is responsible for setting policy and managing
the 715,000 plus dot-ca Internet domain name registry, as well as registering
domain names through its network of Certified Registrars. CIRA also develops
and carries out other Internet-related activities in Canada. Additional
information about CIRA is available at www.cira.ca.
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For additional information, please contact:
Manon Langlois
CIRA Communications and Marketing Advisor
613-237-5335 or 877-860-1411, ext. 292
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