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Username: sarah a clark
Date/Time: Mon, October 23, 2000 at 7:53 PM GMT
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Subject: e-commerce identity for cooperatives!

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On behalf of the 14,150 members of Roanoke Electric Cooperative, I am
> writing to urge the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
> (ICANN) to approve the proposal for a .co-op top-level domain.  The
> National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) and Poptel are proposing
> .co-op with the full endorsement of the International Cooperative
> Alliance.
>
> Roanoke Electric Cooperative this year celebrated its 61st year of providing reliable, courteous and affordable services to its members.  As coordinator of communications and public relations, we boast on Roanoke Electric Cooperative being committed to satisfying customer electrical needs, and prides itself as a cooperative our members know and trust.
> ]
>
> As a rural, consumer-owned electric cooperative, Roanoke Electric Cooperative works hard
> to provide our members with the best services possible. And we follow the
> International Cooperative Alliance cooperative principles, such as member
> ownership and control. That makes our job more challenging than
> investor-owned businesses, but it has also earned us the trust of the
> people we serve.
>
> As consumers become increasingly cynical about the constant ebb and flow
> of new and defunct e-businesses, it's critical that cooperative businesses
> have an opportunity to identify themselves to consumers and others who
> prefer to do business with us.  While many cooperatives use .com and .org,
> neither accurately characterizes co-ops to Internet users. Consumers need
> a way to find the businesses they trust on the Internet. The .co-op TLD
> will help do that.
>
> Though my cooperative provides electric service to predominantly rural
> consumers, co-ops operate in virtually all industries, in 100 countries,
> and in both rural and urban areas; there are 750,000 cooperatives
> worldwide with 725 million members. As a result, the .co-op TLD will apply
> to a broad range of businesses across the globe.
>
> I urge you to move quickly to approve .co-op.
>
 Sincerely,

Sarah A. Clark
Roanoke Electric Cooperative      
     

 


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