I think there was discussion about this when we first decided to
register a domain. The sticking point, I think, was whether we
*legally* qualified as being a coop. NCBA membership was thrown about,
but that's expensive. However, we might qualify for a .coop domain
under "organizations that are committed to the seven cooperative
principles".
Cheers,
--Dave
From http://www.domainbank.net/domains/domains_tlds_coop.php:
To be approved to register and use a .coop domain name, an applicant
must qualify under at least one of the following criteria:
* members of the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA);
* members of the International Cooperative Alliance(ICA);
* organizations formed as and/or considered cooperatives under
applicable local law;
* associations comprised of cooperatives;
* organizations that are committed to the seven cooperative principles;
* organizations that are controlled by cooperatives;
* entities whose operations are principally dedicated to serving
cooperatives; and
* for no more than 5,000 registrants, persons or entities whose use
of a .coop domain name would, in the opinion of the DCLLC Board,
advance the interests of the cooperative sector in general or
would assist in the development of cooperatives worldwide.
aaditya sood wrote:
> Björn Lindström wrote:
>
>> aaditya sood <aaditya at sood.net.in>:
>>
>>
>>> Björn Lindström wrote:
>>>
>>>> aaditya sood <aaditya at sood.net.in>:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Should we think about getting a h.coop domain name? Methinks it
>>>>> would not be available later on.
>>>>>
>>>> That would be nifty, if it's possible to register single-letter
>>>> domains.
>>>>
>>>> (Also, if it is possible, I would think it's very likely to be
>>>> taken already.)
>>>>
>>> dig h.coop (and http://www.nic.coop/whois.asp) doesn't seem to
>>> indicate so.
>>>
>>> Comments?
>>>
>> This is what you get if you type in 'h' in the search box in the page
>> header:
>>
>> ".coop names should include only letters, numbers and dashes (-), and
>> be at least three characters long. Spaces and other characters are
>> not allowed."
>>
>
> My bad. Should have seen that. So
>
> 1) Do we want to get one?
> 2) if so, what are the good choices?
>
> regards
>