Statements

We seek statements about dotGAY:

What is the benefit of a .gay TLD for the gay community?
Would you like to operate a certain .gay domain (e.g. your groupname.gay)?

E-Mail statementdotgay.com

Date	Organization		About the Organization	Statement
September 2009	Oxford Pride Group Mazz Image Chair & Director		Oxford PRIDE is a celebration of lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer life in Oxfordshire. The events supporting or arranged by Oxford Pride promote awareness of LGBT issues through providing information, education and entertainment in a safe and encouraging environment.	Oxford Pride Group wish to support the dotGAY TLD initiative. dotGAY is a fabulous idea – we are an international community and by providing a TLD this will help to ensure the ongoing sustainable future of our global villages. oxfordpride.org.uk but oxfordpride.gay would be so much better! > be OUT, be VISIBLE, be .GAY!
September 2009	Instra.com Andrew Barton CEO		Instra Corporation is an international, ICANN-accredited registrar providing an extensive range of over 300 country code Top Level Domain name extensions across the world.	“Instra is supportive of the dotGAY initiative. It is important that with the advent of new gTLD’s, those organizations that are focused on benefitting their community succeed in providing these new domains, dotGAY is such an organization.”
July 2009	Tucows.com Elliot Noss President & CEO		Tucows.com is an ICANN accredited registrar. Tucows is the fourth largest domain registrar in the world.	“At Tucows we believe that the most successful new domain names will be those that have a strong community and that people will want to identify with. We believe both of these definitely apply to dot gay. We think that this is the type of new domain that will lead to people changing their views on the way naming on the Internet works.”
July 2009	Strato.com Damian Schmidt CEO		STRATO is an ICANN accredited registrar with more than 4m domains registered. Over 1.3m subscribers in 6 countries benefit from more than 10 years of expertise of Europe’s 2nd largest webhosting service	“STRATO welcomes new Top Level Domains as they are able to add new potential to the market. Headquartered in Berlin, we’re in close touch with one of the largest GLBT Communities throughout Europe. From our personal experience, we know the power of the Gay Movement and thus strongly believe in a huge worldwide support for the dotGay TLD, turning it quickly into a success story, and providing identity and pride to the Community even in less ‘liberal’ regions of the world.”
July 2009	Key-Systems.net Alexander Siffrin Founder and CEO		Key-Systems is among the top-10 registrars in the world offering a wide range of ccTLD domains. The company is specialized in the automation of the entire domain registration and administration process with his API, XRRP and EPP.	“In our view it is crucial for the success of new gTLDs that they have a defined target group, that they are run by experienced people from the domain industry and that they are valuable to the registrant. Not many new gTLDs currently in discussion fulfill these criteria. However, we do strongly believe that .GAY meet the requirements and brings it to a perfect fit. .GAY will be among the new gTLDs that have a successful future in the community and the internet.”
June 2009	Name.com Bill Mushkin CEO		Name.com is an ICANN accredited registrar for domain names	“Name.com believes strongly in personal identity and supports dotGay in it’s endeavor to create a .GAY TLD. We believe dotGay will provide a unique opportunity for businesses to court gay dollars and for LGBTQ individuals to find highly targeted information in an easy to navigate manner.”
May 2009	Berlin Pride CSD Berlin By Robert Kastl Executive Director		The Berlin Pride is one of the largest Gay Prides worldwide.	“Berlin Pride (CSD Berlin) provides a gigantic stage for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in Berlin. The Parade attracts more than half a million participants and the cultural and educational program consists of hundreds of events from all walks of gay life. dotGAY could be the stage of the worldwide gay community in the internet. We support the initiative to create a .gay top level domain”
June 2009	Echelon Business Media Inc. Michael Lamb Editor in Chief		Echelon is a GLBT business magazine serving the entrepreneur and the career professional.	“I believe that a dot gay domain has great potential. It will act as a great new economic and political tool to bring more recognition and respect to the GLBT community”