Update%20from%20DotAsia%20(.ASIA)

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Update from DotAsia (.ASIA)

• AP Meeting, Bali
• February 25th, 2007
• Ching CHIAO chiao_at_dotasia.org

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Overview

• The DotAsia Organisation
• Sunrise and Landrush process
• Utilizing the .ASIA domain
• Target Launch Schedule

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The DotAsia Organisation

• The Sponsoring Organisation / Registry Operator
  of .ASIA sTLD
• Not-for-profit bottom-up community-based
  organisation incorporated in Hong Kong
• Owned by Pan-Asia and Asia Pacific Internet
  community
• Sponsor Members ccTLDs in AP Region (20 members
  currently)
• Co-sponsor Members Regional based
  Internet/IT/Telecom groups and other relevant
  community organizations (3 members currently
  APNIC, APNG and PAN)

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Current Sponsor Members (20 ccTLDs)

• .AF - Afghanistan Network Information Center
  (AFGNIC)
• .BT - Bhutan Communications Authority
• .CN - China Internet Network Information Center
  (CNNIC)
• .ID - Country Code Top Level Domain Indonesia
  (ccTLD-ID)
• .IN - .IN ccTLD Registry, India
• .IR - .IR ccTLD Registry, Iran
• .JP - Japan Registry Service Co., Ltd. (JPRS)
• .KH - .KH, Cambodia
• .KR - National Internet Development Agency (NIDA)
• .KZ - Kazakhstan Network Information Center
• .MN - .MN ccTLD Registry, DataCom Co., Ltd.,
  Mongolia

• .MO - Macau Network Information Center (MONIC)
• .NU - Internet Users Society - Niue (IUSN)
• .NZ - The Internet Society of New Zealand
  (InternetNZ)
• .PH - PH Domain Foundation, Philippines
• .SG - Singapore Network Information Centre
  (SGNIC)
• .TJ - Information Technology Center, .TJ ccTLD
  Manager, Tajikistan
• .TW - Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC)
• .UZ - Computerization and Information Technology
  Developing Center, .UzInfoCom., .UZ ccTLD
• .VN - Vietnam Internet Network Information Center
  (VNNIC)

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Governance

• Board of Directors
• 11 members
• 8 sponsors (ccTLDs)
• 2 co-sponsors (regional organisations)
• 1 CEO
• Advisory Council
• 1 representative from each co-sponsor
• Other experts appointed by the Board
• Proceeds Steering Committee
• appointed by Board
• selects community projects to fund for surplus
  proceeds and special allocations

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Vision Mission

• Vision
• Leverage the successful and cooperative platform
  of the Pan-Asia and Asia Pacific Internet
  community to further this collaborative approach
  to other areas of the growing economies.
• Mission
• Sponsor, establish and operate an Internet
  namespace with global recognition and regional
  significance dedicated to the needs of the
  Pan-Asia and Asia Pacific Internet community
• Reinvest surpluses in socio-technological
  advancement initiatives relevant to the Pan-Asia
  and Asia Pacific Internet community
• Operate a viable not-for-profit initiative that
  is a technically advanced, world-class TLD
  registry for the Pan-Asia and Asia Pacific
  community

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Some History (2000-2006)

• 2000 first discussion about an Asia focused TLD
  at ccTLD meetings
• 2002 2 Initiatives were started (merged into one
  in early 2004)
• Dec 2003 ICANN sTLD RFP
• Feb 2004 Formal and Informal Discussions at
  APRICOT, AP, APTLD, APNG, etc.
• Mar 2004 ICANN Rome informal gathering
• Mar 2004 Submission of proposal to ICANN
• July 2004 Inaugural Board meeting at ICANN Kuala
  Lumpur
• Mar 2005 1st Informal meeting with GAC members
  from AP (Mar del Plata)
• Jun 2005 GAC Chair and Secretariat assists in
  formally contacting GAC members to introduce the
  .ASIA intiative

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Some History (continued)

• Jul 2005 Outreach from DotAsia Organisation to
  AP GAC members to explain .ASIA initiative
• Jul 2005 2nd Informal meeting with GAC members
  from AP (Luxembourg)
• Nov 2005 3rd Informal meeting with GAC members
  from AP (Vancouver)
• Dec 4, 2005 ICANN Board resolution on .ASIA
  approving the DotAsia TLD Application to enter
  into discussion of commercial and technical terms
  with effectively a unanimous vote
• March 2006 4th Informal meeting with GAC members
  from AP (Wellington)
• Jun 2006 5th Informal meeting with GAC members
  from AP (Marrakech)
• Oct 18, 2006 Approval of .ASIA Registry Operator
  Contract
• Dec 6, 2006 Signing of Contract with ICANN

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Draft Sunrise Policies

• Sunrise 1 Government Reserved Names
• Sunrise 2 Registered Marks
• Sunrise 3 Registered Entity Names (i.e. company
  names, etc.)

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Pre-Sunrise and Sunrise 1

• Pre-Sunrise
• Solicitation of reserved names from governments
  (through ccTLDs and GAC representatives in the
  community)
• Sunrise 1
• Government bodies to activate the reserved names
• Domains must be activated (i.e. registered) via
  an ICANN registrar

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Refinement of Sunrise 2

• SR2a Well-established Registered Marks
• Mark applied for before March 16, 2004 (issued
  and valid at point of domain registration
  application)
• Affidavit and supporting documents showing that
  Mark has been used in Class Registered
• SR2b Registered Marks
• Declaration of Mark Information via EPP
• Mark applied for before December 6, 2006
• SR2c Extended Protection
• Registered Mark Words in Class description
• E.g. ABC gt NICE Class 1 Chemicals gt
  ABCchemicals.Asia

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Acceptable Match

• Exceptions for spaces and special characters
• May be omitted or replaced by hyphen
• Exceptions for accented characters
• May be replaced by base character (i.e. without
  the accent)
• Exceptions for type identifiers
• E.g. , TM, SM, Ltd., PTE, Inc., May be omitted
• Exceptions for the term Asia
• May be omitted e.g. ABC Asia gt abc.asia
• Transliterations not accepted
• ö may not be replaced by oe, ?? may not be
  replaced by zhongwen

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Sunrise 3

• Registered Entity Names (i.e. Company names)
• Registered within the DotAsia Community
• Domain Name Applied For must match registered
  entity name (with acceptable match exceptions)
• Unverified
• Declaration of business registration via EPP
• Electronic copy of Certification of Incorporation
  (or equivalent) uploaded and Posted publicly
• Challenge process to be developed

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Multiple Applications for a Domain

• Sunrise 1
• First-Come-First-Served
• Sunrise 2, Sunrise 3 and Landrush
• All applications during each particular sunrise
  period are considered to be received at the same
  time
• If domain has only one successful application, it
  is allocated accordingly
• If domain has more than one successful
  application, auction is held between the
  successful applicants

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Auctions

• General Process
• Prior to auction being held, successful
  applicants will be provided information of other
  bidders
• English auction (each bid being higher than the
  previous bid, and each bidder able to observe
  each bid price)
• Concept
• Fair allocation (instead of lottery-like
  situation at initial rushes)
• Encourage usage (highest bidder more likely to
  use domain)
• No need to wait for FCFS live registrations (if
  domain has only one application it will not go to
  auction)
• Sizeable portion of proceeds will be specifically
  set aside for community initiatives (mandate for
  DotAsia Organisation)

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Charter Eligibility Requirement

• Any one of the associated domain contacts
  (Registrant, Admin, Tech, Billing) must be a
  legal entity in one of the jurisdictions in the
  DotAsia Community
• Legal Entity Natural Persons, Corporations or
  Companies, Cooperatives, Partnerships or
  Collectives, Government Bodies, etc.
• Registered Domain Holder for a .ASIA domain is
  considered to be the collective of the Registrant
  Contact and the CED (Charter Eligibility
  Declaration) Contact associated with the domain.
• Both entities are jointly responsible for the
  domain registration (i.e. disputes)
• Operating Contact remains Registrant Contact
  (i.e. for transfers, etc.)

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Utilizing the .ASIA domain

• Headquarters in Asia
• Versatile and neutral
• Global recognition regional significance
• Promotion at regional events
• Asian Games, ITU Asia, etc.
• XYZ Expo Asia, ABC Conference Asia
• Region wide initiatives or projects
• Local companies expanding to region

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Outreach

• Regional road show
• Industrial event, IPR related meeting, registrar
  panel
• Beijing, Tokyo (dinner reception)
• Seoul. Melbourne, New Delhi, and more
• Sponsorship and event
• APRICOT 2007
• ICANN Lisbon
• APNG Xian
• Press conference on late March / early April in
  Hong Kong
• Currently selecting PR partner

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Target Launch Schedule

• Feb 2007 Pre-Sunrise
• June/July 2007 Sunrise 1 Governments
• Sep 2007 Sunrise 2 Registered Marks
• Nov 2007 Sunrise 3 Entity Names
• Feb 2008 Landrush
• Mar 2008 Live FCFS registrations

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Thank You

• Leona CHEN leona_at_dotasia.org
• Ching CHIAO chiao_at_dotasia.org
• Edmon CHUNG edmon_at_dotasia.org
• Please join DotAsia Open session
• (free flow soft drinks / beer / wine served)
• 4PM, Feb. 26th, LOTUS room