What dos .EU have going for it that makes it better than NetNames .EUR TLD ?
At 03:33 PM 3/14/00 -0500, !Dr. Joe Baptista wrote:
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>Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 17:08:58 +0000
>From: Fay Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [ga] Meeting on the creation of .EU TLD, Brussels, 28 March
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>Dear Names Council of the DNSO,
>
>I write to request you assistance in passing the following invitation to
>those within your constituencies who may have an interest in the creation
>of a .EU TLD.
>
>In an attempt to reach the wider Internet community, this notice will be
>posted to a number of mailing lists. Apologies to those who subscribe to
>more than one of those lists for any multiple postings.
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>
>Fay Howard
>CENTR General Manager
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>
>Invitation to attend an open Meeting on the Creation of .EU Top Level Domain
>Brussels, 28 March 2000.
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>Introduction
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>On 2 February 2000, the European Commission published a Working Paper on
>the creation of a .EU Top Level Domain for public comment. CENTR, the
>Council of European National Top Level Domains formed a working group to
>consider the Commission's Working Paper. A press release followed
>indicating CENTR's intention to initiate wide consultation before
>responding to the Commission. In the course of these consultations, it
>became clear that a public meeting would enable CENTR members and other
>interested groups to benefit from expert opinion and take input from all
>areas of the European Internet Community.
>
>CENTR will therefore host an open meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, 28 March
>2000 at which interested parties may attend and give their views.
>Representatives of the European Commission, ICANN board and staff and all
>constituencies of the DNSO will be invited as well as legal and business
>experts in relevant fields.
>Apologies for the short notice but we feel it is important to be able to
>give the Commission our report as quickly as possible.
>
>With the benefit of input from the open meeting, CENTR proposes to address
>the six questions raised in the Commission working Paper and give
>additional input to the Commission. The report will be published before 31
>March 2000.
>The agenda of the meeting will focus on some fundamental issues including
>the following:
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>Issues for the agenda:
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>1. The consequences of creating .EU from the perspective of the Internet
>end user, and the demand for such Domain Names throughout Europe
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>- Business initiatives and e-commerce developments
>- Addressing consumer protection and consumer confusion
>- Preventing the need for defensive registrations by current Domain name
>holders
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>2. The legal implications of creating .EU
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>- Competition issues
>- law governing registration agreements with .eu TLD registrants and the
>jurisdiction of courts in member states;
>- domain name dispute avoidance and online dispute resolution,
>- Domain Name warehousing and cybersquatting issues
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>3. The registration policies appropriate to such a new Top Level Domain
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>- Neutral second level domains
>- Appropriate registrants (EU institutions only, businesses in the EU,
>private
> persons...)
>- Consequence of EU naming policies on ccTLD registries in the 15 member
> states
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>4.The role of the national Internet communities in the process of
>determining the creation of such a new TLD.
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>- Clarification of the consultation and decision making process within the EU
>- Clarification of the consultation and decision making process within ICANN
>- Next Steps
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>Meeting Information:
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>There is no charge for attendance.
>The meeting will commence at 9.30 and the open session will finish at 16.00
>after which a closed session will take place to review input and draft a
>report.
>Lunch will be provided.
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>Venue:
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>La Maison de l'Europe a la Bibliotheque Solvay
>137 Rue Belliard
>1040 Brussels
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>Further information:
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>For further information about the meeting or CENTR :
>Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>This invitation and the agenda will be posted to the CENTR Website:
>URL: http://www.centr.org
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>Registration
>
>In order to assess numbers for catering and provision of papers, you are
>requested to complete the registration form below and return to the CENTR
>Secretariat.
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>***************Registration form******************
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>To CENTR Secretariat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Name(s):
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>Organisation:
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>Country:
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>E-mail Address:
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>CENTR
>Council of European National Top level domain Registries
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>Sandford Gate
>Sandy Lane West
>Oxford OX 4 5LB
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>Tel: +44 (0)1865 332400
>Fax: +44 (0)1865 332401
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>email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>URL: http://www.centr.org
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