Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Subject: Invitation to comment on Indigenous Requirements of the DNS Root Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 16:32:21 -0500 From: Eric Brunner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Greetings, You are invited to comment on Position Paper E, which advocates the creation of a gTLD in the doman name system, at the level of .COM, .US and .CA to be delegated to and operated by the Indigenous Nations and Peoples of North America. The comments period opened 17 November, and closes January 10, 2000. In brief, Position Paper E provides ICANN with the mechanism to provide to the National Congress of American Indians and the Assembly of First Nations as the sponsoring bodies, to in turn provide to the Native DNS operational community the opportunity to operate a top-level domain. This is a policy goal which has been pursued by the Native DNS community since 1992. This will allow improved support for economic, cultural and social use of the Internet for rural and urban Indigenous communities. To show support simply send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject line "I support Position Paper E". In the body of the mail you may add any comment you like -- Indians have been trying to get a TLD since 1992, now is when we can get one, but a lot of support needs to be shown. Position Paper E may also be found at the URL below, along with the prior (not yet successful) work to expand the protection offered within the UN System (International Labor Organization, Convention on Biodiversity, Working Group on Indigenous Populations) to the Internet. The working papers of the Indigenous Intellectual Property and DNS work parties may be found at: http://www.iipc.tp alternate http://www.world.std/~iipc This paper is one of several contained in the Interim Report of Working Group C of the Domain Names Supporting Organization (DNSO) of the new Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The text of the Interim Report may be found at: http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/19991023.NCwgc-report.html The full archives of the WG-C are on line at: http://www.dnso.org/wgroups/wg-c/Archives/maillist.html The full archives of comments on the Interim Report are on line at: http://www.dnso.org/dnso/dnsocomments/comments-gtlds/Archives/index.html Eric Brunner Principal Author, Position Paper E