Update Summary of .Asia Bid (14 May 2004)

["Che-Hoo CHENG" <chcheng@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Further to my update summary on 30 Apr 2004, I would like to provide you 
updates for the last 2 weeks:

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Additional organisation which has signed Letter of Intent (LOI) to join DotAsia 
as member is:

PAN - Pan Asia Networking, International Development Research Centre

(All the LOIs can be found at http://www.dotasia.org/letters/.)

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Additional Initial Advisory Council members who provide policy advices to 
DotAsia are:

R.K. ARORA (Group Coordinator & Senior Director, Department of Information 
Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government 
of India)
Prof Kilnam CHON (KAIST / APAN)
Maria NG Lee Hoon (Regional Senior Program Specialist, PAN, IDRC)

(The bio information of all the Initial Advisory Council members can be found 
at http://www.dotasia.org/about/initialboard.html.  More Advisory Council 
members from various different backgrounds will be appointed in due course.)  

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Additional supporter for .Asia bid includes:

Individual:

MAEMURA Akinori

(All the support letters and support emails can be found at 
http://www.dotasia.org/letters/ or http://forum.icann.org/lists/stld-rfp-asia/.)

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Here are some final words:

We will continue to recruit eligible members which are ccTLD managers and 
regional organisations in the Pan-Asia and Asia-Pacific Region.  

We will continue to outreach to various constituencies in the Region including 
Commercial & Business, Internet Service & Connection Providers, Non-Commercial, 
Registrars and Intellectual Property constituencies.  We are taking a 
responsible and pro-active approach to addressing the issues raised by them and 
we are committed to work with them to alleviate their concerns.

We believe the structure of DotAsia is appropriate for Sponsored gTLD because:

- There are clearly definable boundaries for the community (the Pan-Asia and 
Asia-Pacific Region defined by ICANN as Asia / Australia / Pacific Region).
- DotAsia retains certain policy making responsibilities where appropriate such 
as augmenting the ICANN consensus reserved domain list with the reserved domain 
lists that are relevant to the community.
- The community has common interests that are clearly differentiated from the 
general global Internet community.

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Anyway, please visit www.dotasia.org from time to time to keep abreast of the 
development of DotAsia.  :)

With best regards,

Che-Hoo CHENG 
Interim CEO
DotAsia Organisation Limited


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Che-Hoo CHENG [mailto:chcheng@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 5:52 PM
> To: stld-rfp-asia@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Update Summary of .Asia Bid
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> After the proposal submission to ICANN on 16 March 2004, there have been
> some changes to DotAsia Organisation Limited (DotAsia; the sponsoring
> organisation of the .Asia bid).  The changes help DotAsia to have even
> broader community representation.  This message intends to help you get a
> clear picture of the up-to-date situation of DotAsia.  Here are the
> updates:
> 
> 
> As of this moment, the organisations which have signed Letter of Intent
> (LOI) to join DotAsia as members are:
> 
> .CN - China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC)
> .ID - Country Code Top Level Domain Indonesia (ccTLD-ID)
> .IN - .IN ccTLD Registry   *** New ***
> .IR - .IR ccTLD Registry   *** New ***
> .JP - Japan Registry Service Co., Ltd. (JPRS)
> .KR - Korea Network Information Center (KRNIC)   *** New ***
> .MO - Macau Network Information Center (MONIC)
> .NU - Internet Users Society - Niue (IUSN)
> .NZ - InternetNZ   *** New ***
> .PH - PH Domain Foundation   *** New ***
> .SG - Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC)   *** New ***
> .TW - Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC)
> .VN - Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC)
> APNG - Asia Pacific Networking Group
> APNIC - Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
> 
> All the LOIs can be found at http://www.dotasia.org/letters/.  The
> organisations listed above will become the Founding Members of DotAsia
> after the delegation of .Asia is done by ICANN, if ICANN approves it.
> 
> 
> The Initial Board members in charge of DotAsia are:
> 
> Indra K. HARTONO (Managing Partner, ccTLD-ID)
> Hirofumi HOTTA (Director, JPRS)
> LIM Choon Sai (General Manager, SGNIC)   *** New ***
> Tommy MATSUMOTO (Chairman, APNG)
> Dr. SIR Jae-Chul (Vice President, KRNIC)   *** New ***
> Richard ST. CLAIR (Co-founder and Technical Manager, IUSN)
> Dr. THAM Yiu Kwok (Administrative Contact, MONIC)
> Dr. TSENG Shian-Shyong (Chairman, TWNIC)
> YU Yang (Commissioner, International Affairs, CNNIC)
> 
> The bio information of the Initial Board members can be found at
> http://www.dotasia.org/about/initialboard.html.
> 
> 
> The Initial Advisory Council members who provide policy advises to DotAsia
> are:
> 
> Izumi AIZU (Member Asia / Australia / Pacific, Interim ALAC)
> Dr. Vincent CHEN (Advisory Board, APNG)
> Khaled FATTAL (Acting Executive Director, AINC)
> Dr. Kenny HUANG (Advisor, CDNC)
> Paul WILSON (Director General, APNIC)
> Dr. XUE Hong (Member Asia / Australia / Pacific, Interim ALAC)
> 
> The bio information of the Initial Advisory Council members can be found
> at http://www.dotasia.org/about/initialboard.html.  More Advisory Council
> members from various different backgrounds will be appointed in due course.
> 
> 
> Other supporters for .Asia bid include:
> 
> Companies / Organisations:
> 
> Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association (APTLD)   *** New ***
> Hon SIN Chung-Kai, Legislative Councillor, HKSAR
> Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited (CYBERPORT)
> Hong Kong Information Technology Federation (HKITF)
> Hong Kong Information Technology Industry Council (HKITIC)
> Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association (HKISPA)
> Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC)
> Hong Kong Telecommunications Users Group (HKTUG)
> Information and Software Industry Association, Hong Kong (ISIA)
> Invest Hong Kong, HKSAR Government (InvestHK)
> IP Mirror Private Limited (SGNIC-Accredited Registrar from Singapore)
> Netpia.com (ICANN-Accredited Registrar from Korea)   *** New ***
> Philippine Internet Service Organization (PISO)   *** New ***
> Web Commerce Communications Limited (ICANN-Accredited Registrar from
> Malaysia)
> 
> Individuals:
> 
> Prof. Kilnam CHON   *** New ***
> Khaled FATTAL   *** New ***
> Dr. Kenny HUANG   *** New ***
> Dr. Jin Ho HUR   *** New ***
> Prof. Xing LI   *** New ***
> Prof. MA Yan   *** New ***
> Dr. Taeha PARK   *** New ***
> Suresh RAMASUBRAMANIAN   *** New ***
> J. William SEMICH   *** New ***
> Gaurab Raj UPADHAYA   *** New ***
> Sanjaya   *** New ***
> 
> All the support letters and support emails can be found at
> http://www.dotasia.org/letters/ or http://forum.icann.org/lists/stld-rfp-
> asia/.
> 
> 
> Finally, I think it is worthwhile to re-emphasize the following points
> relating to the DotAsia Organisation and the .Asia bid in order to avoid
> possible confusion:
> 
> - DotAsia is a not-for-profit membership-based organisation with bottom-up
> structure.
> 
> - DotAsia's membership is opened to all eligible ccTLD managers and
> regional Internet/Telecom/IT organisations in the Pan-Asia and Asia-
> Pacific region.
> 
> - Most, if not all, of our ccTLD members have close ties with their
> governments.
> 
> - DotAsia will continue to recruit members and seek inputs from the
> community even after DotAsia successfully gets the delegation of .Asia TLD
> from ICANN.
> 
> - Surpluses from the operations of DotAsia will be reinvested in socio-
> technological advancement initiatives relevant to the Pan-Asia and Asia-
> Pacific Internet community.
> 
> - As DotAsia will have contract with ICANN if ICANN delegates .Asia TLD to
> DotAsia, DotAsia will strictly follow the policies and guidelines
> developed by ICANN in all areas including, but not limiting to:
> 
>       - IDN
>       - ICANN/IANA DNS Root
>       - Whois
> 
> - Although ccTLDs are the key members of DotAsia, DotAsia's operations
> will be totally independent of individual ccTLDs' operations.
> 
> - DotAsia's technical operations will be fully standards-compliant.
> 
> - Registrants under .Asia will be required to declare their proof-of-
> presence eligibility and be subjected to the CEDRP (Charter Eligibility
> Dispute Resolution Policy), which will serve to curb abusive registrations.
> 
> - While the policy-making framework of the Board and the Advisory Council
> provides a foundation for broad cross-section participation and
> solicitation of public input, the policy-making processes of the DotAsia
> registry will serve to further ensure a community-based bottom-up approach.
> Not only are members from a diversified base invited to raise issues of
> concern and matters of policy creation and amendments relevant to the
> DotAsia registry, the community at large will also be part of the policy-
> making process.
> 
> 
> Hope that you are now clear about the up-to-date situation of DotAsia.  If
> you want to keep abreast of the development of DotAsia, please visit
> www.dotasia.org from time to time.  :)
> 
> 
> With best regards,
> 
> Che-Hoo CHENG
> Interim CEO
> DotAsia Organisation Limited