Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Status report from the writing team

[Eric Brunner-Williams <ebw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Evan,

Part 2, bullet item 4, final two sentences reads:
"The majority of the current 21 New gTLD Registries are located in USA 
or Europe. There is one in Hong Kong and absolutely none in a 
developing country."

The .asia registry technical function ("the registry") is not located 
in Hong Kong, it is performed by Afilias, from Afilias' North American 
registry services platform, however it is correct that the .asia 
registry registrar liaison function ("sales") and marketing function 
("marketing") and web presence ("web") are located in Hong Kong.
I mention this as Afilias also frequently represents itself as being 
outside of North America, referring to its Dublin, Ireland corporate 
tax entity.
To the best of my knowledge, the only gTLD registry operators not 
located in Reston and Toronto are .museum, operated in Stockholm until 
2009, and subsequently in Dortmund, and .cat, operated in Dortmund.
Restated, 19 of the 21 New gTLD Registries are located in North 
America. The remaining 2 are located in Europe. One registry maintains 
a marketing and sales presence in Asia.
Eric