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As the Internet ­becomes ever more central to civic, commercial, community, and cultural life, those with the best understanding of its capabilities, quality access, skills, and tools will thrive. Our mission is to prepare the city for its networked future. To do so, Connecting.nyc Inc. will use the .nyc TLD - like .com and .gov but just for NYC - to educate, organize, and empower New York City's residents and organizations to better connect with one another and the world. We created this wiki to engage the public's imagination on how to best plan and develop .nyc as infrastructure for our increasingly digital city.

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Everyone asks, When can I get a .nyc domain name? Best estimate: ICANN delegates .nyc  in 2012 with the first .nyc domain name used in 2013.

But see the Acquisition Campaign for details on this and ways you can help move .nyc forward.

(Commons clocks photo courtesy of bip.)

A message from the director.

Hey world,

There are more than 150 chapters on this wiki, with the largest requiring 25 single spaced pages to print out. Some might inspire, others are outdated, and a few stubs (unfinished). To provide a running start, here are my favorites:

1. The Voter Page - Describes how voters.nyc will engage residents in a civic network.
   
2. dotNeighborhoods - On how neighborhood names - e.g. JacksonHeights.nyc, Soho.nyc, Harlem.nyc, etc - will provide the basis for great local communication.
   
3. Toward City TLDs in the Public Interest - A White Paper on city-TLDs and global cities.
   
4. Our Blog - With our latest plans and activities.
   
5. The Flushing Community - Because it's funny, and maybe $2,300,000,000 real.  
   
6. Regional Consolidation - This traces city growth from an outpost, to a county, to five boroughs, and with .nyc, "the sixth borough."
7. Other Visions - Some beautiful, some strange. 

Let me know your favorites.

Best,

Tom Lowenhaupt, Director

To be the master of its future, New York City needs to establish and control its own space on the Internet. Connecting.nyc Inc. is leading the way toward a city-friendly Internet, where a carefully planned and managed .nyc TLD will make it easier for both residents and visitors to locate city resources within a safe environment.­

Our Advantages of the .nyc TLD page details the benefits the .nyc TLD will bring. Here is a sample:

Economic Development - Good domain names (short, descriptive, and memorable) will be available to entrepreneurs and small businesses, especially the young and those from immigrant communities. The .nyc TLD says "Made in New York City" and provides billions of New York City mindshare ads and improves our position in the Anholt City Brands Index.

Tourism / Marketing - The city can better market itself globally as a tourist destination and business center by assuring that portals such as hotels.nyc make our city visitor-friendly.

Intuitive City - The quality of life in the city will improve as we begin to simplify access to the city's resources. For example, when searching for a school, begin at schools.nyc.

Community: Identity, Trust, Justice, and Civic Pride - Residents and businesses can more easily locate and network with one another within a zoned .nyc top level domain. Civic awareness, community pride, self empowerment, and prosperity will follow.

Internet Access & Training - If developed under our community model, funds raised through name sales and other revenue opportunities will be used to provide Internet access, technical training, and educate New Yorkers about opportunities that arise from a networked world.

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Key Pages

Each of the 150+ chapters on this wiki invites user contributions and is linked to one of the following key pages. Read and write on them. Note however, to write you must first join the project.

• Mission & Objectives - Why we exist and what we hope to accomplish.
  
• Governance - Like the air, water, streets, and schools the .nyc TLD is infrastructure that will best serve city residents when an informed public is fully engaged in its governance. See our governance plans,  info about our board, and our founder's statement.
  
• The TLD Acquisition Campaign - The .nyc TLD's development as a public interest resource requires that New Yorkers view it as infrastructure. In these nascent days for .nyc we advocate for these views with the public and city officials. See the opposing forces and how you can help.
  

• The Operating Environment - Learn about a TLD's role in issuing names, operating the registry, maintaining portals, and creating a safe communications environment.
  
• Domain Name Allocation Plan - Help identify domain names to be set aside for public and civic use, for operational purposes, for auction, for distribution on a first-come first-served basis...

• The Development Environment - Here we will explore personal, family, civic, community, and business networking applications that might help create a more livable city. Should security and privacy be our highest development priority? Where should education, training, and access be on our priority list? Help decide.

• FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about the .nyc TLD.
  
• Towards City-TLDs in the Public Interest - A White Paper (or download it here) - A primer about the impact TLDs have had on cities and the special advantages that will arise with their operation in the public interest.
• Connecting.nyc Inc.'s Home Page
  
• Our Blog

 

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