Re: [wg-review] 3 EU countries without ccTLDs

[DPF <david@farrar.com>]

On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:44:40 -0000, Chaz Bocock wrote:

>Just thought I'd throw this into the pot, but there are 3 large, wealthy
>countries without ccTLDs.  These are England, Scotland and Wales.  

None of which are countries.

>All three
>have their own parliments 

So do all the states of Australia and the US.  DOes not make them
countries.

>now, and if the Isle of Man (.im) and Jersey (.jg)
>and Guernsey (.gg) can have their own ccTLDs, why not these 3 countries?  We
>currently, for instance, only have .gov.uk - but this doesn't cover the
>local governments in Scotland and Wales.
>
>Thus, I propose:
>
>.en - England
>.ss - Scotland
>.wa - Wales
>
>I realise these aren't in the ISO 3166-1 list, but then neither were Isle of
>Man, Jersey and Guernsey.
>
>Thoughts?

My main thought is that this is totally off topic for this working
group.  This WG is reviewing the structure and processes of the DNSO.
What you propose is for a policy change from the ICANN Board which may
be on topic in the general assembly but is off topic here.

DPF
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