[edit] ’’’Birthing a New TLD!’’’

As we move forward with all of the stresses and commotion of our everyday lives, we need to be reminded that a new TLD will be available soon, that being “.asia”.

Change is always interesting and this will be no different. It will be interesting to see what impact .asia has not only within the domainers community, but within industry itself.

With respect to the process, I wanted to take a quick moment to look at the beginnings of .asia. While the official signing ceremony was held on 6 December, 2006 between ICANN and DotAsia a couple of events had to take place prior. Prior to the signing of the .asia Registry Agreement. DotAsia had to obtain support, file an application, that was reviewed by a non-ICANN review panel over a period of six sessions, a time for public comment and then the process where comments were addressed regarding the application for the .Asia gTLD. As you can see, “Compared to hundreds of emails articulating anxiety with regards to .ORG, .INFO and .BIZ registry agreements, there were only two emails expressing issues with the .asia contract from the public comments forum.”

When you think about the process, a lot of work goes into the “birthing” of a new TLD.

What are your thoughts on .asia?

Check back again when I post on how I see this community becoming a social networking goldmine!