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[Jonah Aragon <jonaharagon AT gmail.com>]

Hi JC, hopefully the following provides some insight into how we work :)

On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 10:41 AM <jc AT motorsports-x.com> wrote:

as for my questions.  Just a couple of basic ones about your process..  Our
hardware that we are building will also be based on a network of communication
and pass through servers.  these servers are the number 2 most critical aspect
of our plans.  Having a TLD extension to match our network would be absolutely
wonderful, as we could then issues domain names to each user.  I cant tell you
how far this would go to helping us.  So I'm curious what your process looks
like?  I saw that its a community based decision making process,   so I really
would like to understand what you guys are looking for when someone comes to
you for a new extension.

The process is somewhat simple on a technical level. You need a Tier 1 DNS server setup as the authority for your TLD, a registration process, some email addresses setup, and a charter written. The charter should include exactly what you plan to do with your TLD, how registration/renewals/terminations work, abuse guidelines, etc. You can look at the one I wrote for .o here, as an example: https://www.moderntld.com/about/charter/

On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 10:41 AM <jc AT motorsports-x.com> wrote:

now that I know about your existence, I would like to set up
a DNS server.  I would like to become a contributing member NOW so that in a
years time, I will have hopefully earned a bit of support with our project. 

The best way to do this now is to be active in this mailing list and/or our IRC chat (#opennic on Freenode), and--especially if you want to be a TLD operator at some point--running 1+ Tier 2 servers would be incredibly helpful, both to support the infrastructure and prove your DNS experience (see: http://wiki.opennicproject.org/Tier2ServerConfig). 

Honestly though, I'm a bit confused about your intentions for your TLD, should it be added to the network. You say "Having a TLD extension to match our network" which sounds to me like you want to run a private, internal TLD for yourself; but OpenNIC is more geared towards running an open registration system as an alternative to ICANN. You'd need to allow registrations from community members for example, you couldn't have .YOURTLD and keep all domains for yourself.

Also, just making sure you know, so sorry if you already do: OpenNIC domains and TLDs won't be accessible from a vast majority of computers, only ones with OpenNIC setup. That's the main difference between us and ICANN ;)

Anyways, if you get a Tier 1 server setup, and write up a charter, all you'll need to do is post your charter to this mailing list, at which point the OpenNIC community members can discuss it, and maybe make some suggestions. After that you just need to call for a vote, and if approved you'll be a part of the network!

Hopefully all that helps,

Jonah