Presentation by Thomas Lowenhaupt to the Internet Society-NY about Connecting.nyc Inc.'s effort to acquire and develop the .nyc TLD.

2. The Net That Connects

4. Compare the Media of Two Communities 0 8 Radio Stations 0 1 Daily Newspapers 0 2 Television Stations 200,000 105,000 Population Community District 3 (NYC) Terre Haute, Indiana

6. … civics lesson… NYC is broken into 59 community districts.

7. … civics lesson… NYC is broken into 59 community districts. Each district has a Community Board.

8. … civics lesson… NYC is broken into 59 community districts. Each district has a Community Board. The first step in Democracy’s Ladder

13. Compare the Media of Two Communities 0 8 Radio Stations 0 1 Daily Newspapers 0 2 Television Stations 200,000 105,000 Population Community District 3 (NYC) Terre Haute, Indiana

14. Democratic Conversation 0 8 Radio Stations 0 1 Daily Newspapers 0 2 Television Stations 200,000 105,000 Population Community District 3 (NYC) Terre Haute, Indiana

15. Compare the Media of Two Communities 0 8 Radio Stations 0 1 Daily Newspapers 0 2 Television Stations 200,000 105,000 Population Community District 3 (NYC) Terre Haute, Indiana

17. Technical Background

18. Technical Background Network Working Group J. Postel Request for Comments: 920 J. Reynolds . ISI October 1984 Domain Requirements Status of this Memo This memo is a policy statement on the requirements of establishing a new domain in the ARPA-Internet and the DARPA research community. This is an official policy statement of the IAB and the DARPA. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Introduction This memo restates and refines the requirements on establishing a Domain first...

29. What’s a TLD?

42. New York City 1800

44. The Commissioners Plan of 1811

45. The Commissioners Plan of 1811 Why can you see the sun?

46. The Commissioners Plan of 1811 Created the Manhattan Street Grid

49. Why .nyc?

55. Why .nyc?

58. Why .nyc?

62. Why city-TLDs?

63. Proximity ~ Networking Ideas Opinions Feelings Passions Products Services

65. Proximity ~ Networking

66. Proximity ~ Networking … people of all shades, shapes, and sizes interacting in different ways... ( Note: The “map” is actually artist Jackson Pollack’s Image #7 )

67. Proximity ~ Networking

70. Proximity ~ Networking

71. Proximity ~ Networking

72. Proximity ~ Networking

77. Model A to Moses

78. Model A to Moses

82. Proximity ~ Networking

83. Proximity ~ Networking

84. Proximity ~ Networking

86. The .nyc TLDs Benefits But there’s more…

87. The .nyc TLDs Benefits But there’s more…

88. Public Interest TLD

93. Democratic Conversation 0 8 Radio Stations 0 1 Daily Newspapers 0 2 Television Stations 200,000 105,000 Population Community District 3 (NYC) Terre Haute, Indiana

121. … civic enterprise… Globally NYC is tiny 1/10 th of 1% of the world’s population squished into 400 square miles

123. … civic enterprise… TLD 21 st Century Airports 20 th Century Train Stations 19 th Century Shipping Piers 18 th Century

124. www.connectingnyc.org You Are Invited

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