Comments on: Relief.Asia: Regionally-Based TLDs, Community and Relief Support http://icannblog.org/2008/05/21/reliefasia-regionally-based-tlds-community-and-relief-support/ The opinionated blogging arm of ICANNwiki Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: ChuckKisselburg http://icannblog.org/2008/05/21/reliefasia-regionally-based-tlds-community-and-relief-support/#comment-6925 Thu, 22 May 2008 18:33:08 +0000 http://icannblog.org/2008/05/21/reliefasia-regionally-based-tlds-community-and-relief-support/#comment-6925 Thanks, Janet. It is always amazing and wonderful to me how well people come together in times of a crisis. I just feel that with what DotAsia has done with "Relief.asia" and the Internet community, establishes a good example for how members of the general ICANN "community" can tap into their relationships to help with such efforts. Thanks, Janet. It is always amazing and wonderful to me how well people come together in times of a crisis. I just feel that with what DotAsia has done with “Relief.asia” and the Internet community, establishes a good example for how members of the general ICANN “community” can tap into their relationships to help with such efforts.

]]> by: Janet Johnson http://icannblog.org/2008/05/21/reliefasia-regionally-based-tlds-community-and-relief-support/#comment-6921 Thu, 22 May 2008 13:44:19 +0000 http://icannblog.org/2008/05/21/reliefasia-regionally-based-tlds-community-and-relief-support/#comment-6921 Chuck, THIS, is the power of the global community in a simple, well told story. The "internationalization" or "globalization" of the world, as facilitated by the internet, has truly built communities that exist across geopolitical borders. I saw a lot of Twitter traffic on the day of the Sichuan earthquake recommending donations, and know thousands of people here online (in my tiny Twitter community) were moved as I was to donate. Whether the community is built on a service (like Twitter) or a TLD like Relief.asia, the grace and ease by which people reach out to help is heartening. Thanks for sharing. Chuck, THIS, is the power of the global community in a simple, well told story. The “internationalization” or “globalization” of the world, as facilitated by the internet, has truly built communities that exist across geopolitical borders.

I saw a lot of Twitter traffic on the day of the Sichuan earthquake recommending donations, and know thousands of people here online (in my tiny Twitter community) were moved as I was to donate.

Whether the community is built on a service (like Twitter) or a TLD like Relief.asia, the grace and ease by which people reach out to help is heartening.

Thanks for sharing.

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