• RFI Wiki Workspace

last modified September 21, 2009 by tomlowenhaupt

­The city of New York issued a Request for Information (RFI) concerning the .nyc TLD in April 2009. The RFI DEADLINE was MAY 27, 2009. See our submission in "view attachments" at the bottom of this page.

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Responses to the RFI

There are several ways to contribute to the city's inquiry:

  • Enter your thoughts on this wiki page. (Note: to edit the wiki you must first join the project.) As significant diversity of opinion about a question arises, a related Discussion pages will be activated.
  • Email your thoughts to Connecting.nyc via info@connectingnyc.org.
  • Participate in a face to face meeting with members of the Connecting.nyc Inc. See our meeting schedule here.
  • Or send your thoughts directly to ­DoITT via jblanc@doitt.nyc.gov .





Connecting.nyc Inc. will present a body of information from this Wiki Workspace to the city as part of our RFI response. If you have thoughts that you'd rather not wiki, you may email them to Connecting.nyc Inc. at info@connectingnyc.org or send them directly to DoITT via jblanc@doitt.nyc.gov.

Here are the proffered RFI questions. Enter your thoughts in the gray shaded boxes. You'll find an "Other" box at the end. Enter your questions unasked (and answers if you know them), suggestions, etc. there. Note: To edit the wiki you must first join the project. 
  • Note: For reasons of logistics, we've chosen to use Google Docs to edit our response to the RFI. We welcome your thoughts and suggestion on this wiki or the channels identified at right. 
  • See our May 27, 2009 submission to DoITT in Word format at bottom in view AAttachments.
1. Suggested potential ­uses for the .nyc gTLD ­
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Names to support existing operations:
    Government
    Civic Organizations
    Neighborhood Names
    Small Business Names
    Portals
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Domain Name Allocation Plan

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2. Business model to partner with the City for the operation of the .nyc gTLD ­ 

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Governance

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3. The potential sources of future revenue streams 

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4. The ability for the City to reserve certain domain names for its own use/protection 

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5­. Options for domain registration, including pricing models, trademark protection measures, dispute resolution, terms and conditions of use 

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6. A platform for auction of popular domain names 

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­7. A platform to accept on-line payments 

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8. A plan to organize a sales network 

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9. A technical solution and plan of coordination with the City administrators 

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10. A plan to ensure a secure and reliable domain space 

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11. Suggestions for innovation and responsible growth 

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12. A plan for zero risk of transition 

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13. A Sunrise policy 

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14 A Dispute Resolution Process to protect intellectual property owners from the registration or use of a domain name in bad faith 

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15 A stated procedure of resolving trademark disputes during and after the Sunrise period 

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16. A Nexus Policy to preserve the gTLD for use by the community of New York City related users 

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­17. Additional policies essential for organizing the locality-based gTLD space, and for developing the expanded gTLD space, including among others
1. a Delegated Manager (“DM”) Tool
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­­ 2. DM DNS inspections 

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3. a Ban on Proxy domain name registration 

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4. a WHOIS Accuracy Program 

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5. the prevention of abusive domain name registration and DNS practices. 

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18. Transfer polices 

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19. Policies for the prevention of Phishing, Malware, Bot-nets, etc. 

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20. A contingency response plan(s) (in addition to a policy to prevent) technical problems, Phishing, Malware, Bot-nets, distributed denial-of-service attacks, etc. 

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21 Proposals for additional uses and functionality
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Other thoughts, suggestions, etc. 

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Key Pages

Each of the 100+ pages on Connecting.nyc Inc.'s wiki invites user contributions and is linked to one of the following key pages. Information on these pages will assist users with answering the above questions. But go broad and deep elsewhere to explore for ideas. (Note: To edit the wiki you must first join the project.)