A quick update on the idea of a Hackathon @ ICANN55 Ram, Dennis & I had a call with folks at ICANN about a Hackathon @ ICANN55. We indicated that the UASG was not prepared to run a Hackathon there, but we would be happy to participate as one of the potential projects should ICANN want to pursue one. We provided some indicative information on costs and approaches used by AngelHack for their consideration. The ICANN folks are going to reconsider the idea with this information and will let us know if they decide to proceed. Don
Here is an alternative to a Hackathon - An open competition for ideas for 2 domain names for this group. An ascii new gtld domain name and an idn new gtld domain name. Entries will be judged on creativity, uniqueness, relevance …etc… The 2 winning entries will be registered and used by this group. The 2 winning entrants will receive prizes This seems to me to have a lot of potential because ① it will be totally open to absolutely everyone ② i consider this could take place over a long period of time ③ it will aid in promotion of UA ④ it could serve as a way into schools, colleges and universities ⑤ i think it less risky than a hackathon André Schappo On 18 Nov 2015, at 05:56, Don Hollander wrote:
A quick update on the idea of a Hackathon @ ICANN55
Ram, Dennis & I had a call with folks at ICANN about a Hackathon @ ICANN55.
We indicated that the UASG was not prepared to run a Hackathon there, but we would be happy to participate as one of the potential projects should ICANN want to pursue one.
We provided some indicative information on costs and approaches used by AngelHack for their consideration.
The ICANN folks are going to reconsider the idea with this information and will let us know if they decide to proceed.
Don
Andre, I like your idea and see no barrier to doing this. Perhaps even do this in collaboration with registries? -Ram ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ram Mohan o: +1.215.706.5700 x103; m: +1.215.431.0958; f: +1.215.706.5701 Skype: gliderpilot30 |@rmohan123|www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan -----Original Message----- From: Andre Schappo [mailto:A.Schappo@lboro.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 2:10 AM To: ua-discuss@icann.org Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Hackathon @ ICANN55 - Update Here is an alternative to a Hackathon - An open competition for ideas for 2 domain names for this group. An ascii new gtld domain name and an idn new gtld domain name. Entries will be judged on creativity, uniqueness, relevance …etc… The 2 winning entries will be registered and used by this group. The 2 winning entrants will receive prizes This seems to me to have a lot of potential because ① it will be totally open to absolutely everyone ② i consider this could take place over a long period of time ③ it will aid in promotion of UA ④ it could serve as a way into schools, colleges and universities ⑤ i think it less risky than a hackathon André Schappo On 18 Nov 2015, at 05:56, Don Hollander wrote:
A quick update on the idea of a Hackathon @ ICANN55
Ram, Dennis & I had a call with folks at ICANN about a Hackathon @ ICANN55.
We indicated that the UASG was not prepared to run a Hackathon there, but we would be happy to participate as one of the potential projects should ICANN want to pursue one.
We provided some indicative information on costs and approaches used by AngelHack for their consideration.
The ICANN folks are going to reconsider the idea with this information and will let us know if they decide to proceed.
Don
My first reaction to your suggestion to involve registries was - hmmmmm not sure But, in actual fact, they could be invaluable in publicising the competition. and …. their could be some friendly rivalry between the registries with each registry encouraging people to enter into the competition using their new gtld …and …. the registry that has the new gtld of a winning entry could award an additional prize André Schappo On 18 Nov 2015, at 14:36, Ram Mohan wrote:
Andre, I like your idea and see no barrier to doing this. Perhaps even do this in collaboration with registries?
-Ram
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-----Original Message----- From: Andre Schappo [mailto:A.Schappo@lboro.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 2:10 AM To: ua-discuss@icann.org Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Hackathon @ ICANN55 - Update
Here is an alternative to a Hackathon -
An open competition for ideas for 2 domain names for this group. An ascii new gtld domain name and an idn new gtld domain name. Entries will be judged on creativity, uniqueness, relevance …etc…
The 2 winning entries will be registered and used by this group. The 2 winning entrants will receive prizes
This seems to me to have a lot of potential because
① it will be totally open to absolutely everyone ② i consider this could take place over a long period of time ③ it will aid in promotion of UA ④ it could serve as a way into schools, colleges and universities ⑤ i think it less risky than a hackathon
André Schappo
On 18 Nov 2015, at 05:56, Don Hollander wrote:
A quick update on the idea of a Hackathon @ ICANN55
Ram, Dennis & I had a call with folks at ICANN about a Hackathon @ ICANN55.
We indicated that the UASG was not prepared to run a Hackathon there, but we would be happy to participate as one of the potential projects should ICANN want to pursue one.
We provided some indicative information on costs and approaches used by AngelHack for their consideration.
The ICANN folks are going to reconsider the idea with this information and will let us know if they decide to proceed.
Don
The Idea is quite interesting ... but we should not forget about two things 1. We need to have a clear rules (in the end domain/ domains need to be useful for our cause). 2. How do we deal with domainers (or portfolio investors, if you like), registering all interesting suggestions during the competition to sell it to UA for high price? (if we say - the list is secret ... almost everyone will think that we are trying to give the prize to someone we know .... it is almost inevitable, until we assign a jury with the people community trust ). Sincerely Yours, Maxim Alzoba Special projects manager, International Relations Department, FAITID m. +7 916 6761580 skype oldfrogger Current UTC offset: +3.00 (Moscow) On Nov 18, 2015, at 19:10 , Andre Schappo <A.Schappo@lboro.ac.uk> wrote:
My first reaction to your suggestion to involve registries was - hmmmmm not sure
But, in actual fact, they could be invaluable in publicising the competition. and …. their could be some friendly rivalry between the registries with each registry encouraging people to enter into the competition using their new gtld …and …. the registry that has the new gtld of a winning entry could award an additional prize
André Schappo
On 18 Nov 2015, at 14:36, Ram Mohan wrote:
Andre, I like your idea and see no barrier to doing this. Perhaps even do this in collaboration with registries?
-Ram
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-----Original Message----- From: Andre Schappo [mailto:A.Schappo@lboro.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 2:10 AM To: ua-discuss@icann.org Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Hackathon @ ICANN55 - Update
Here is an alternative to a Hackathon -
An open competition for ideas for 2 domain names for this group. An ascii new gtld domain name and an idn new gtld domain name. Entries will be judged on creativity, uniqueness, relevance …etc…
The 2 winning entries will be registered and used by this group. The 2 winning entrants will receive prizes
This seems to me to have a lot of potential because
① it will be totally open to absolutely everyone ② i consider this could take place over a long period of time ③ it will aid in promotion of UA ④ it could serve as a way into schools, colleges and universities ⑤ i think it less risky than a hackathon
André Schappo
On 18 Nov 2015, at 05:56, Don Hollander wrote:
A quick update on the idea of a Hackathon @ ICANN55
Ram, Dennis & I had a call with folks at ICANN about a Hackathon @ ICANN55.
We indicated that the UASG was not prepared to run a Hackathon there, but we would be happy to participate as one of the potential projects should ICANN want to pursue one.
We provided some indicative information on costs and approaches used by AngelHack for their consideration.
The ICANN folks are going to reconsider the idea with this information and will let us know if they decide to proceed.
Don
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Andre Schappo -
Don Hollander -
Maxim Alzoba -
Ram Mohan