Campaign for the .nyc TLD
As the Internet becomes central to civic, commercial, community, and cultural life, those with the best tools and understanding of its capabilities will prosper. Using research, education, training, and outreach, Connecting.nyc Inc.'s mission is to prepare the city for our networked future. To do so, we will use the .nyc TLD (like .com or .org but just for New York City) to plan, to organize, and to empower New York City's residents, institutions, and businesses to better connect with one another and the world.
The opportunity to acquire the .nyc TLD will arise in 2009.
The latest project we've sponsored is entitled Issue-Communities for which we've applied for a Knight Foundation grant. We have until November 30th to submit our Round Two proposal. Suggestions are welcomed.
Location
Box 1027 - Jackson Hts.
New York City, NY, 11372United States
Issue-Communities Round 2
We submitted our proposal to the New Challenge grant yesterday. In substance it's much like the original, but some clarity and detail have been added, along with the answers to several additional questions. Where there were originally 2,100 submissions, the weaning process has 234 applications remaining. We've been advised that if our project is looked upon favorably, we'll be asked to submit a budget. A final decision is not expected until next summer.
For those who've not seen the site's review process, it's worth a look. Those who register on the News Challenge site are allowed to rate and comment on the proposals. I'm uncertain of the role these ratings play. But if you like ours, please enter a star rating. But be warned, it's an unforgiving system. Run your cursor over the stars and click when you're sure of your decision. There no second chance to correct. If you're determined to test the truth of that statement, do it with a 5 star test.
Issue-Communities - Update
The Knight Foundation chose not to make the round 2 applications accessible to the public. We're sorry to hear that as we were hoping for some critiques of our Issue-Communities proposal. But our proposal is available on our wiki at http://www.openplans.org/projects/campaign-for.nyc/issue-communities. It's not the final version as we did much fine tuning on the application submission form, only discovering too late that it was not be made public. (I will always do backups. I will always do backups. I will always do backups. I will always do backups. I will always do backups. I will always do backups. I will always do backups. I will always do backups. I will always do backups. I will always do bakups. I will always do backups. I will always do backups.)
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