Subject: FCN: Domain Name Service Provider

From: Bob Allisat <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:38:17 -0500 (EST)

Free Community Network:
 Domain Name Services Provider

 By Bob Allisat, FCN Administrator

 Beyond my motivation as a concerned 
 citizen my involvement in this process
 towards Internet Governance is as the
 administrator of Free Community Network.
 Our .FCN Domain Name Services Provider
 allows persons and groups Domain names
 currently at no cost. We claim steward-
 ship (*not* ownership) over the .FCN
 Top Level Domain Name in order to serve
 the people of the Internet.

 In private e-mail someone once asked
 me "What is so important about a name?"
 refering to Domain Names. My answer:

> How can one function in the
> world without one? A name is
> identity, legitimacy, location
> and power once you get past
> all the nonsense. *Everyone*
> from the poor and homeless
> on up deserves one. That's
> what FCN is all about.

 We cannot use the long strings of
 numbers behind these names to work
 on the net. Many of us cannot afford
 Internic and also find it hard to
 function using other peoples Domain
 Names. So we require ALTERNATIVES.

 One of these is the .FCN registry.
 We have unique policies and approaches
 and will work to keep our services
 at no or very low cost. We offer a 
 unique niche and support others
 who offer similar services (such
 as ML.ORG <http://www.ml.org/ml/freed/>
 and EU.ORG <http://eu.org> and look
 forward to many more to arise in
 our common future.

 As you may see we are *not* interested
 in any profit from this though we
 are not adverse to others doing so.
 FCN is dedicated to creating thousands
 of new Top Level Domain Names and
 Services Providers world-wide our-
 selves as pioneers among them. We
 have fought long and hard for our
 right to what should be a common
 resource open to everyone: simple
 character set names.
 
 If you can support FCN financially
 or in any other way please feel free
 to drop me a line. We are a volunteer
 organization in the original, non- 
 commercial spirit of the Net. Please
 visit our site at <http://fcn.net>
 and thank you for this moment of your
 time.

 Sincerely,

 Bob Allisat

 Free Community Network _ [email-masked] . http://fcn.net
 http://fcn.net/allisat