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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 01 April 2009 17:00 |
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The Trinidad and Tobago government is in a process to develop a plan for local administration of the Trinidad and Tobago ccTLD - .tt. It has been ably run for many years by the ttNIC, a local company run by the only .tt administrator ever, Patrick Hosein, but the time has come in the minds of many in the Government to have a national consensus multi-stakeholder policy for the local management of this Internet resource, and an inclusive and transparent consultative process to get there. This site is a small part of the early consultation process. There are several issues that need multistakeholder input, and these issues are explained in the document here. Please add comments and/or
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to provide input. There will also be a face to face consultation at the Ministry of Public Administration on April 6th. See invitation HERE. In summary the issues for consultation are: - Administrative structure - we need to determine the best administrative structure for us. There are almost as many models for ccTLD administration as there are ccTLDs. However, the majority fall into one of 5 possible structures. Under almost all of them, the Government has the primary role in policy setting, but the day to day administration can and does vary widely.
- Governance Issues
- Registry model
- Accreditation agreements if registrar model chosen
- Second level domains - restricted or not (e.g. joynic)? what about current registrants? ma.tt, u.tt, sco.tt etc?
- Registrant links to country? - Should .tt registrants be local? Should differential policies be put in place for foreign-based registrants?
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Last Updated on Monday, 06 April 2009 11:57 |
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Invitation to 2nd Follow up to 2nd consultation |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 18 May 2009 11:44 |
Dear Stakeholders
The National Chief Information Officer (NICTC), Cleveland Thomas, has asked me to invite you to a meeting to continue to follow up on the 2nd Consultation. This meeting is to continue to discuss the way forward.
The meeting is scheduled for 12:30 pm on Friday May 22nd at the Ministry of Public Administration offices on Pembroke St. It is scheduled to last 1 hour. Lunch will be provided. Please find notes and documents arising out of the last meeting on May 11th for your consideration.
Please indicate your availability by RSVP-ing to me at ( jam at jacquelinemorris dot com) or to Charles Glasgow at
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Even if you are unable to make the meeting, we are still interested in your input and you can email comments or suggestions to the above email addresses.
Sincerely
Jacqueline A. Morris
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Minutes from Second Consultation |
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 07 May 2009 20:36 |
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See the minutes in attachment. Comments received: Patrick Hosein: We discussed models etc. but at no time did I even talk about re-delegation. I am not sure why there was this interpretation. We can discuss re-delegation when the proper time comes. Please make this clear.
I agreed to a Policy board but did not agree to having the Govt approve of the board. This board must be completely independent of the Govt. This also needs clarification. I am a bit concerned about having the Govt collect fees. In this way they can easily withhold payment to the operating company and force them to give up the function.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 07 May 2009 20:57 |
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Invitation to second consultation meeting |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 01 April 2009 17:06 |
The Ministry of Public Administration (MPA) cordially invites you to attend a consultation on the .tt country code Top Level Domain policy at the offices of the National ICT Centre, Lord Harris Court, 52 Pembroke Street, Port-of-Spain on Monday April 6th from 10 am to 1 pm.
The .tt ccTLD is the country code top level domain for Trinidad and Tobago. A country code top level domain is an Internet top-level domain, generally used or reserved for a country or a dependent territory. ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and currently all two-letter top-level domains are ccTLDs. Creation and delegation of ccTLDs is performed by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), and generally corresponds to the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes maintained by the United Nations.
In some countries they are very popular (.de is the most popular, second only to .com in number of registrations), less so in others. Some countries use the ccTLD as a revenue generator (.tv) while others use it as a national resource and for country branding (.uk, .au). In general, .tt is little known either inside or outside the country, and there has been little interest among most of the local Internet stakeholders in its use or policies.
The Trinidad and Tobago government has been working on a process to develop a plan for local policy development for the Trinidad and Tobago ccTLD - .tt. The local ccTLD has been run for many years by the ttNIC (a local company), but the time has come to have a national consensus multi-stakeholder policy for the local management of this Internet resource, and an inclusive and transparent consultative process to get there.
The key objective of this consultation is to get the views of Internet stakeholders on the major policy issues that inform the management of the .tt ccTLD. Other objectives of this consultation include:
* To present models for ccTLD management
* To discuss potential for re-delegation of the .tt ccTLD from the
current administrator (TTNIC)
* To identify prioritised actions, processes and indicative
schedules for developing the .tt ccTLD as a national resource
Your presence will contribute significantly to advancing the development of an integrated approach to the management of our local Internet resources so we encourage you to participate or to send a representative from your organisation.
Ministry of Public Administration
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 April 2009 17:41 |
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Draft Minutes of First Consultation |
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 02 April 2009 14:17 |
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These are the unconfirmed draft minutes from the rapporteur at the first consultation on the .tt ccTLD, held on Dec 19, 2008 Comments and input (failed to be included in the draft minutes): Peter Wimbourne: 1. I think that we need to first define what we want from .tt - it's really not important to get bogged down in the management structure or ownership. My point of view is that we want more national take-up of the name. Clearly that isn't happening now because the .tt is seen as less valuable than .com - this is a marketing issue and left to whoever controls .tt in the future
2. Regardless of the model chosen, and I would vote for a private non-profit consortium with representation from GORTT, ISPS, Web developers, and end users on a Board, we need to have transparency in operation and dealing. GORTT cannot be allowed complete control as they have not shown the ability to deal at arm's length in the past on such issues. Since the Internet also creates issues of censorship then GORTT should not be put in the position of approving names
3. We need to avoid re-inventing the wheel here. Running name servers is no rocket science. The tools and the software are simply bought on the open market. Registry operators can be outsourced to operate online Registries. All of this is available, but the real issue is still going to be marketing.
4. We need to promote .tt usage at National Levels - schools, NGOs, National Associations, charities. This is the only way to develop a public awareness of .tt and acceptance.
5. It's far to easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the online world needs new rules. WHOIS should be treated like the Companies Registrar - publically accessible data
Just one more quick thought.
Now that Patrick has indicated the total number of registered domains to be less than 3000 I have to ask why the MPA is even bothering with this effort...
Clearly there is little uptake or interest in .tt and frankly it can't be seen as a revenue stream for the GORTT.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 07 May 2009 21:22 |
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