CoCCA Council of Country Code Administrators

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CoCCACouncil of Country Code Administrators

• Realising Cost and Technical Efficiency
• in the Management and Operation of
• Small and Medium ccTLDs
• through Cooperation and Joint Development
• LACTLD May 2007 Elaine Pruis

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About CoCCA

• Member Owned, Not for profit organization
• CoCCA Members seek, through consensus, to develop
  administrative models, policies, and technologies
  that improve the utility, technical stability,
  and interoperability of member ccTLDs with the
  DNS.

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CoCCA Membership

• ccTLD Trustee member
• Consulting Member
• No such thing as CoCCA policy, only CoCCA
  recommendations.
• Adoption of CoCCA ccTLD policy recommendations or
  technology is optional. Our members are NOT
  outsourcing, each member remains responsible for
  their ccTLD.

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Services to Members

• Shared Registry System
• Server co-location if desired
• Registrar Accreditation Liaison
• Policy templates
• Complaint Resolution Service
• Re-delegation guidance

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Value realized by members

• Economies of scale in the technical operation of
  a ccTLD - where outsourcing is not desirable
• Access to state of the art technologies
• Registrar access and accreditation
• Harmonised AUP- based policy framework.

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Complaint Resolution

• The CRS seeks amicable resolution of complaints
  at no cost to the complainant and addresses
  acceptable use, prohibited and adult content,
  spam, etc.
• CoCCA members may adopt UDRP and use the CRS
  service to deal with AUP violations and other
  forms of complaints, they are autonomous.

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In Summary

• Ensure long term stability and interoperablity
• Introduce competition at the registrar level
• Ensure ccTLD policies reflect public policy and
  civil society
• Ensure international trans-border issues relating
  to intellectual property are addressed
• Acceptable use
• Complaint and dispute resolution
• www.cocca.cx