Invitation to TLD Best Practices Workshop

[J. William Semich]

Hi;

I'm forwarding this to this list in the event some of you may be at INET99
and would like to hear Mike Milligan talk about technical tactics for
managing a TLD and Eva Froelich on Y2K and DNS-sec issues.

Regards,

Bill Semich (NIC JWS7)
> 
> Hello;
> 
> You are invited to attend the Joint TLD (Top Level Domain) Best Practices
Workshop on June
> 22 in San Jose, California, USA at the Crowne Plaza Hotel (near the San Jose
> Convention Center) This workshop is being held during INET99 in hopes of
> attracting as many participants as possible. It is open to *anyone*
interested in learning >more about managing either the technical aspects of
a TLD Registry/Registrar or 
>the business apsects of doing it.
>
>Although we have made every
> effort to be sure that all the persons who have agreed to participate in
> this workshop have been notified of the agenda, we apologize if someone has
> not been contacted. Please contact me or Linda Kayla (lkayla at mail.nu) for
> further information.
> 
> The agenda is attached below.
> 
> See you in San Jose!
> 
> Bill Semich
> .NU Domain (In the South Pacific)
> 
> Chairman
> APTLD Workshop Committee
> and
> Host for the San Jose Workshop
> 
> Date: 
> Monday, June 22, 1999
> 
> Location:
> Crowne Plaza San Jose
> 282 Almaden Boulevard
> San Jose, CA 95113
> 
> The Plaza Room
> 
> THE JOINT TLD WORKSHOP AGENDA
> 
> 
> 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	TLD Best Technical Practices: TLD Technical Review
> and Mini-tutorial on BIND 8.12, including security systems, fault
> tolerance, delegation and secondary name server strategies; by Mike
> Milligan, Acme Byte and Wire		
> 
> 10:00a.m.			 Coffee Break
> 
> 10:20 a.m. - 11:20 p.m.	TLD Best Technical Practices: Dealing with Y2K and
> TLD Security Problems, by Eva Froehlich, .SE
> 
> 11:20 - 12:00 TLD Best Technical Practices: Outsourcing your TLD Services,
> by Patrick O'Brien, .NZ 
> 
> 12:00 p.m.			Lunch Break
> 				(lunch not provided)
> 
> 1:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.	TLD Best Practices: Managing a TLD: Case studies by 3
> ccTLDs, Antony Van Couvering (moderator)
> 
> .SG (Agnes Lee, SGNIC), .CL (Patricio Poblete, .CL), .CN (Hualin Qian,
> Overview of .CN Operations)
> 				    
> 
> 3:15 p.m. 			Break
> 
> 				TLD Best Practices: Community and Public Relations
> 
> 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Community Relations and			Fay Howard (CENTR)
> 				Public Awareness				And 3 ccTLDs
> 				-Case studies: building community input mechanisms and 				improving
> public awareness. 
> 	
> 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Getting Ready for "Dot-Com-Petition"   Clive Flory
> 				-Building a TLD brand			  (.com.au and .com)
> 
> REGISTRATION:
> 
> To register, please send notification of your desire to attend to
> lkayla at mail.nu, preferably prior to the meeting date.
> 
> Official registration will take place at the workshop on June 22 starting
> at 7:00 AM. A voluntary donation of $60 USD will be accepted from those
> able to pay.  However, the session is open to all interested INET and
> Developing County Workshop attendees with a role in TLDs, and
> scholarship/grants are available upon request. 
> 
> ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
> 
> APTLD:	       J. William Semich (.NU, Niue)
>    		Hualin Qian (.CN, China)
> AFTLD		Nii Quaynor (.GH, Ghana)
> 		Charles Musisi (.UG, Uganda)
> LACTLD 	Enrique Tores (.PE, Peru)
> 		Patricio Poblete (.CL, Chile)
> 		Oswaldo E. Aguirre (.VE, Venezuela)
> CENTR		Fay Howard
> 		Dennis Jennings (.IE, Ireland)
> IATLD		Antony Van Couvering
> 
> 
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>   
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