Connecting.nyc Inc.’s founding director Tom Lowenhaupt will present an overview of his organization’s development plans for the JacksonHeights.nyc domain on Thursday, January 12, at 8 PM. The presentation will be made at the Jackson Heights Jewish Center, 37-06 77th St. (map), a short walk from the Roosevelt Avenue – Jackson Heights subway stop on the E, F, M, and R trains, and the 7 train’s 74th Street station. The occasion will be the regular monthly meeting of the New Visions Democratic Club. All are welcome to this free event.
Tom’s presentation will begin with a description of the .nyc TLD and the city’s hopes for its neighborhood names licensing program. Then, after a project history and timeline, he’ll describe the system’s initial features – a neighborhood resource directory and common calendar – and the ways neighbors and organizations may join in developing and using them. He’ll then speak of the long term potential as social and civic features are developed and introduced.
He’ll conclude with a discussion of the ways existing neighborhood organizations might benefit, and of the plans to transition control of the endeavor from Connecting.nyc to neighborhood residents.
On December 2 2015 the Mayor’s Office of Tech and Innovation, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, and the Coalition for Queens presented the first of a series of citywide seminars where interested parties are invited to steward the reserved neighborhood 2nd level domains in .nyc. Introduced by Melva Miller, Deputry Borough President, Queens, and presented by Margie Weinstein, Strategy and Innovation Fellow, Mayor’s Office of Technology and Innovation, the seminar included plenty of lively discussion with Queens community leaders. Video is below:
Announcing an important meeting in support of a public interest .nyc TLD.