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David Dawson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mattias Brundell [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 2:20 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask];
> [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fwd: ENG: Dot-Museum Domain will begin accepting Requests
> June 30, 2001
>
>
> I forward a news release about preliminary registration on the new TLD
> ".museum" that was posted recently to ICOM-L, since I believe that it is
> important to all museums. At present, ICOM-L has 912 subscribers, and I
> wish
> to spread the release to a wider part of the international museum
> community
> by forwarding the news release to multiple museum discussion lists.
>
> In my opinion, it is of great importance to the entire museum community
> that
> we make use of possibilities offered by the new museum TLD. The first step
>
> is to send preliminary registrations to the Museum Domain Management
> Association (MuseDoma). I do apologize for any inconvenience caused by the
>
> crosspostings that may occur.
>
> If you need more information about the ideas behind .museum, please study
> the first entry ("Why have a museum domain?") in the FAQ page maintained
> by
> MuseDoma, available on:
>
> http://www.musedoma.org/faq.html
>
> And before sending any preliminary registrations to MuseDoma, please study
>
> the naming principles on:
>
> http://www.musedoma.org/name_requests/
>
>
> Yours Sincerely, Mattias Brundell
> The Museum of Science and Technology
> The Library
> Box 27842
> 115 93 Stockholm
> SWEDEN
>
> Phone: +4684505653
>
>
> >From: Valerie Jullien <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: International Council of Museums Discussion List
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: ENG: Dot-Museum Domain will begin accepting Requests June 30,
> 2001
> >Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 23:32:29 +0200
> >
> >News Release
> >
> >Museum Domain Management Association
> >The .museum Registry
> >
> >Press Contacts:
> >Elizabeth Tobey
> >Hill and Knowlton Public Relations
> >+1 323 966 5785
> >[log in to unmask]
> >
> >Valerie Jullien
> >Communications Officer
> >International Council of Museums
> >Barcelona, through July 6: +34 93 233 2392
> >Paris, after July 9: +33 1 4568 2836
> >[log in to unmask]
> >
> >For Immediate Release - June 28, 2001
> >
> >DOT-MUSEUM DOMAIN WILL BEGIN ACCEPTING REQUESTS JUNE 30
> >New TLD .museum will create shared focus for the global museum community
> >
> >PARIS -- The Museum Domain Management Association (MuseDoma) has
> >announced that it will accept preliminary requests for name
> >reservations in the new top-level domain (TLD), ".museum" beginning
> >June 30. The .museum TLD, one of the first sponsored TLDs, was
> >created to provide bona fide museums, their professional
> >associations and individual members of the museum profession with a
> >distinct and unified online identity.
> >
> >The .museum TLD was proposed by MuseDoma (www.musedoma.org), a
> >nonprofit trade organization created by the International Council of
> >Museums (ICOM) with the assistance of the J. Paul Getty Trust. On
> >Nov. 16, 2000 the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
> >Numbers (ICANN) selected .museum as one of seven new TLDs to be
> >introduced into the nomenclature of the Internet, with MuseDoma to
> >act as the sole trustee of the .museum TLD, responsible for its
> >day-to-day operations, including policy decisions on the naming
> >conventions within the domain and the use of revenues. The .museum
> >domain will be restricted, with eligibility limited to museums and
> >their professional organizations.
> >
> >"We are enthusiastic about the opportunities presented by the
> >.museum TLD," said Cary Karp, president of MuseDoma and director of
> >Internet Strategy and Technology at the Swedish Museum of Natural
> >History. "We have received a great deal of initial interest and
> >comment from the cultural and scientific communities and this first
> >stage, when MuseDoma begins accepting name requests, is intended to
> >generate additional community input and bring .museum one step
> >closer to realization."
> >
> >"By establishing the .museum TLD, MuseDoma is changing the
> >visibility of museums and enabling museums everywhere, regardless of
> >expertise, size of collections or level of funding, to benefit from
> >Internet technology," said Manus Brinkman, Secretary General,
> >International Council of Museums. "The .museum TLD is a
> >breakthrough for the museum community and ICOM is pleased to be
> >among those who are leading this effort to increase public knowledge
> >and access to the world's cultural and scientific treasures."
> >
> >MuseDoma will introduce its directory service prototype for the
> >.museum domain during the ICOM General Conference and Assembly 2001,
> >which begins June 30 in Barcelona, Spain. Interested parties can
> >find additional information about the .museum registration process
> >at http://www.musedoma.org/name_requests or e-mail:
> >[log in to unmask] For information about the International
> >Council of Museums and ICOM 2001, visit www.icom.org.
> >
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