RE: [wg-c] Request .eur or .euro

[Chris Pelling <cpelling@netearth.net>]

Dear Alexander and the wg-c party,

This is somehting that we have been looking at for some time, however with
the ICANN standing on ISO names it is a bit of a sticky point.  We have been
in communication with ICANN for actually getting .eu registration, and going
on the grounds that it is the same as .com / .net / .org ... and therefore
must be exempt.

I enclose an email sent to ICANN on the 13th Feb 2000

>Hi ICANN,
>
>After visiting and reading most of the DNSO website, and then ICANN, I
can't find any information about the way 
>forward/steps to request a TLD outside of ISO3166.  The extension that I am
pursuing to become a TLD registrar for (.eu) is >much like .com / .net /
.org as these are also exempt from ISO3166.

>I breifly had a discussion about this when I inquired about becoming a .com
/ .net / .org registrar which is now looking to >go forward, the gentleman
directed me towards DNS0, but alas cannot find any information. 

I second the motion that we as Europe do need something in hand much like
the USA etc, however on speaking with Jonathan Weinberg, it is unlikely to
be this year :-(.

What we do need to do however is get things rolling, our ISP, NetEarth would
like to offer the domain as a cheaper alternative to the .com/net/org and
charge for it in Euro's, that way it would been seen as something promoting
the European Union.

Your thoughts, and everyone elses are definately required.

Yours,

Chris Pelling



-----Original Message-----
From: Edler & Nebel Softwareentwicklung [mailto:en-software@edler.at]
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 8:43 AM
To: wg-c@dnso.org
Subject: [wg-c] Request .eur or .euro


Ladies and Gentlemen!

We would like to introduce ourselves as a non-governmental work group
concerned with the presentation and marketing of the commercial and
cultural contents of the internet within the European Union.

Being the representatives of this particular group, we would like to
write to you with the following request:

We came to the conclusion that it would be extremely helpful to have a
gTLD '.eur' or '.euro' in order to be able to exploit the possibilities
of the internet to it's maximum extent.


Let us explain our general ideas and concepts:
We would set up a network of the European companies and organisations in
dot eur (there's already high demand, as you would expect). Every
participant would be encouraged to present all contents in both English
and native language, as most companies already do that are aware of a
common Europe.

Our vision would be a virtual market where on the one hand the European
Union is presented as an unity but on the other hand, every state has
it's own sites, all available under dot eur with features like search
engines and links to the former ccTLD locations.

Any responses on the probability as to have such a top level domain
created, would be very much appreciated. If you and ICANN would support
this request and create the TLD, a new company would be started for the
administration and maintenance of the registry.

Yours faithfully


Alexander Edler

Edler & Nebel Softwareentwicklung
Puntigamerstraße 4, 8041 Graz-Liebenau
AUSTRIA - EUROPE
Tel.: +43 316 425661 Fax: +43 316 425751

en-software@edler.at