Cary, Congratulations! We all know that it was your hard work that brought this about. I hope it is a satisfying achievement for you. I am sure that the museum community will take full advantage of this opportunity once all of its possibilities are revealed. You should be proud! Sandy Lorimer ----- Original Message ----- From: Cary Karp <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 11:49 PM Subject: Press release about .museum > Museum Domain Management Association - MuseDoma > > www.musedoma.org > > For immediate release - November 20, 2000 > > Press Contacts: > > Jean Miao > Assoc. Communications Specialist > The J. Paul Getty Trust > +1 310 440 6617 > [log in to unmask] > > Valerie Jullien > Communications Officer > International Council of Museums > +33 1 4568 2836 > [log in to unmask] > > DOT-MUSEUM (.museum) NAMED AS ONE OF SEVEN WINNERS IN EXPANSION > OF INTERNET DOMAIN NAMES > > General public to benefit from unified museum presence on > Internet > > Los Angeles-The Museum Domain Management Association (MuseDoma) > has announced the approval of its proposal to establish .museum > as a restricted top-level domain name on the Internet. The > approval was made by the board of directors of the Internet > Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the nonprofit > organization that provides oversight for domain names. MuseDoma's > plan will give museums the possibility of registering Internet > addresses with a dot-museum suffix and will allow Internet users > to recognize this as a sign of authenticity, ensuring that > sources of information about cultural and scientific heritage are > verifiable. > > "We're very pleased about ICANN's selection of dot-museum as a > new domain name," stated Cary Karp, president of MuseDoma and > director of the Department of Information Technology at the > Swedish Museum of Natural History. "Dot-museum will provide a > platform for facilitating and encouraging all of the varied and > unique activities that are part of a museum's mission. Its > existence will benefit the public, as well as professional > audiences that seek online communication and education. We look > forward to working with ICANN in the final steps of having > .museum in operation within the next year." > > MuseDoma is a newly formed nonprofit trade association created to > obtain, maintain, and operate a restricted, top-level domain for > and in the best interests of the worldwide museum community. It > was founded by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and > the J. Paul Getty Trust and will have an open membership. The > .museum domain will be restricted, with eligibility limited to > museums and their professional organizations based on ICOM's > definition of a museum, which continues to be discussed and > modified as the museum field evolves. > > ICOM is a non-governmental organization established in 1946 with > over 16,000 members. It defines a museum as "a nonprofit-making, > permanent institution in the service of society and of its > development, and open to the public, which acquires, conserves, > researches, communicates, and exhibits, for purposes of study, > education, and enjoyment, material evidence of people and their > environment." > > The J. Paul Getty Trust-in addition to operating the Getty > Museum, Research Institute, and Conservation Institute-plays a > philanthropic role for museums around the world and serves the > professional field in many ways, including through the Getty > Leadership Institute. > > Since submitting its application in October 2000, MuseDoma's > dot-museum proposal has received overwhelmingly positive support > from museums, both large and small, from around the world through > ICANN's online public comment forum. > > "MuseDoma applauds ICANN's vision and courage in the decisions it > has made and knows that this shared domain will help museums > coalesce their efforts on the World Wide Web," stated Kenneth > Hamma, director of MuseDoma and assistant director of the J. Paul > Getty Museum. "It will be of special benefit to museums that have > yet to establish themselves online. A shared domain identity is > precisely what is needed." > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the > archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html