----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Conrad" <d...@virtualized.org>
> Jay, > > On Dec 3, 2021, at 4:46 PM, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: >> In general I could I understand that, but it is my understanding that the >> domain >> is still marked reserved at the Secretariat, > > Sorry, which secretariat? As far as I know, the official status of ISO 3166-1 > Alpha 2 codes is specified by the ISO-3166 Maintenance Agency and listed on > the > ISO website (the “online browsing platform” output for BV being the URL I > provided). The ISO 3166 secretariat, yes. >> which is to say they could not have assigned any domains in it yet, even if >> they >> were inclined to which we are told they are not. > > ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 codes are used for more than TLDs. True. >> In short, I think this is a possibility not an impossibility or I wouldn't >> have >> asked. > > “With enough thrust, pigs fly quite well although the landing can be messy.” > > However, realistically, I suspect you’d need to get the government of Norway > to > actively pursue something like transitioning BV from their auspices to > anywhere > else. I also suspect the government of Bougainville (which I gather doesn’t > yet exist) would need to request the change (and get an exception from the 50 > year hold down timer). I am a bit skeptical... Oh, there's a *formal* 50 year timer? Apologies, I'd missed that one. Yeah, as crappy as it will be for them to not have that 3166 code, you're probably right that it won't happen. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
