A proposal has been fielded for a new gTLD for the North American Indigenous community (.nai) -- details at http://wampum.wabanaki.net/vault/2008/04/004460.html This appears to be an effort spearheaded by Eric Brunner-Williams who earlier in DNSO Working Group C proposed the TLD .naa (a gTLD scoped to North America and the territories, trusts and treaty dependencies of the United States and Canada, and delegated to the designates of the National Congress of American Indians/Assembly of First Nations) -- see http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/19991023.NCwgc-report.html It looks like Eric is currently affiliated with CORE, (and he has had prior experience with the gTLD submission process via the SWITCH .org proposal). Some in the NARALO may wish to assist in this effort. The primary obstacle, of course, will be the cost of the the ticket to the ICANN Ball. ____________________________________________________________________________________ OMG, Sweet deal for Yahoo! users/friends:Get A Month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. W00t http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text2.com