Eduardo, Presumably the questions you ask are rhetorical. As documented in RFC 1591, IANA generally does not intrude in internal ccTLD management matters. If you have any questions regarding the IANA redelegation process or requirements, feel free to contact Kim Davies, the IANA Names Liaison, or myself at your convenience. Regards, -drc On Jul 16, 2007, at 8:09 PM, Eduardo Diaz, PE wrote:

The move to a not-for-profit by Dr. Moreno was most probably done because the Government of Puerto Rico put out an investigative report in 2006 recommending this action; however, they (the government) when further and requested that the not-for-profit should be managed by a multidisciplinary board of directors. So far the only board is Dr. Moreno, who offers second level ccTLD domains for a $1000 a piece.

We, the Internet Society of Puerto Rico, are working with Government officials to finalize a statement to request an official re- delegation. So far what we have seen is a discriminatory, non-inclusive ccTLD manager. Why do think we do not have isoc.pr as our main domain name? Will you pay $1000 for it?

Eduardo Díaz ISOC-PR

-----Original Message----- From: David Conrad [mailto:david.conrad@icann.org] Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 6:06 PM To: ediaz@dconsultinggroup.com Cc: ccnsosecretariat@icann.org; Ada Garcia; Alba Leal Martin - El Nuevo Dia; 'Ana T. Ramos'; 'Ana T. Ramos'; 'Archer Lebron'; Ernesto Gonzalez; 'Ernesto R. Cruz'; 'Eugenio Torres'; Luis Rodriguez Baez - Estudios Tecnicos; Margarita Lloveras; 'Martin Castillo'; 'Naji Khoury'; Ricardo Rivera; 'Stefan Antonmattei'; 'Willie Miranda Marin' Subject: Re: Puerto Rico's ccTLD re-delegation

Dear Eduardo Diaz,

Apologies for the slow response.

The .PR domain was updated with a new sponsoring organisation to reflect a structural reorganisation of the entity that operated the domain. Since the underlying organization performing registry services for .PR did not change (it was Gauss Laboratories before and after the change), this is not considered a full redelegation, and therefore does not result in a public report with board approval.

In essence, the entity Gauss Laboratory was, and still is, the operator of the domain. Earlier the organisation was deemed to be under the University of Puerto Rico, but it is now organised as a not- for-profit organisation.

Due diligence is performed on all root zone change requests received by IANA. It is important to note this was done with the full consent of the parties that operate the domain, as well as the University of Puerto Rico. Further, this action does not in any way change the rights of UPR, or any other party, to seek a redelegation of .PR if they satisfy all the regular criteria for redelegation.

I hope this clarifies the situation.

Regards, -drc

On Jul 12, 2007, at 7:00 AM, Eduardo Diaz, PE wrote:

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David:

We noticed that the ccTLD for Puerto Rico (.pr) was re-delegated from the University of Puerto Rico to a new non-for-Profit Corporation on December 21, 2006. We could not find any public documents related to this re-delegation.

Please advice.

Eduardo Diaz President ISOC-Puerto Rico

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ccNSO Secretariat: Please forward this message to Chris Disspain for we want his advise on this too. Others copied in the mail are members of our board. Thanks.