Alexander Schubert: Difference between revisions

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Country:	Germany since 2008 in Latvia
Email:	alexander [at] nichetlds.com
Website:	[NicheTLDs.com NicheTLDs.com]
LinkedIn:	[Alexander Schubert Alexander Schubert]

Alexander Schubert is heavily involved in new gTLDs, both as a consultant and as an Internet entrepreneur. Alexander has been working as a domain consultant since 2000. He was the first person to propose the idea of the .gay TLD to ICANN in June, 2009. He was also a founder of the .berlin initiative, along with Dirk Krischenowski; thus, he has been involved in the gNSO process for the approval of new gTLDs, and has been attending ICANN meetings since 2004. He (co-)founded .berlin in mid 2005, and .gay in mid 2009.

Philanthropy[edit | edit source]

dotgay LLC plans to return 2/3 of their profits back to the gay community.

Industry Participation[edit | edit source]

Alexander is also a regular attendee of domaining conferences, such as T.R.A.F.F.I.C., the Domain Roundtable, and DOMAINfest. He attends some 12 Internet related conferences per year, including all ICANN meetings.

Education[edit | edit source]

Mr. Schubert has a masters degree in Aviation and Space Engineering.

References[edit | edit source]

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+|country    = Germany since 2008 in Latvia
 |born = September 1965
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+|email      = alexander [at] nichetlds.com
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+|website    = [http://www.nichetlds.com/ NicheTLDs.com]
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-'''Alexander Schubert''' is heavily involved in new [[gTLD]]s, both as a consultant and as an Internet entrepreneur.<ref>[http://www.dot-miami.org/dotmiami-team/ Dot-Miami.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.schubert.info/html/consulting.htm Schubert.info]</ref> Alexander has been working as a domain consultant since 2000.<ref>[http://gaytld.org/main/alexander/index.htm GayTLD.org]</ref> He  was the first person to propose the idea of the [[.gay]] TLD to [[ICANN]] in June, 2009.<ref>[http://www.dotgay.com/team.html dotgay.com team page]</ref> He was also a founder of the [[.berlin]] initiative, along with [[Dirk Krischenowski]];<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/dotgay Linkedin]</ref> thus, he has been involved in the [[gNSO]] process for the approval of new [[gTLD]]s, and has been attending [[ICANN]] meetings since 2004. He founded [[dotBERLIN|.berlin]] in 2005, and [[.gay]] in 2009.
+'''Alexander Schubert''' is heavily involved in new [[gTLD]]s, both as a consultant and as an Internet entrepreneur. Alexander has been working as a domain consultant since 2000. He  was the first person to propose the idea of the [[.gay]] TLD to [[ICANN]] in June, 2009. He was also a founder of the [[.berlin]] initiative, along with [[Dirk Krischenowski]]; thus, he has been involved in the [[gNSO]] process for the approval of new [[gTLD]]s, and has been attending [[ICANN]] meetings since 2004. He (co-)founded [[dotBERLIN|.berlin]] in mid 2005, and [[.gay]] in mid 2009.
-Alexander is also responsible for the [[.miami]], [[.florida]], and [[.riga]] initiatives;<ref>[http://www.dotriga.org/contact/ DotRiga.org]</ref> [[.florida]] is the first [[gTLD]] initiative that is specifically designed for a US state.<ref>[http://www.dot-miami.org/dotmiami-team/ Dot-Miami.org]</ref>
 === Philanthropy ===
-Both .gay and .florida plan to return 2/3 of their profits back to the communities that they represent; the LGBT community and Floridian community.<ref>[http://www.dot-miami.org/dotmiami-team/ Dot-Miami.org]</ref> DotMiami also aims to run on the same philanthropic entrepreneur model.<ref>[http://www.newdomains.org/newTLDs/dot-miami NewDomains.org]</ref>
+dotgay LLC plans to return 2/3 of their profits back to the gay community.
 ==Industry Participation==
-Alexander is also a regular attendee of [[domaining]] conferences, such as [[T.R.A.F.F.I.C.]], the [[Domain Roundtable]], and [[DOMAINfest]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/dotgay LinkedIn]</ref> He attends some 12 Internet related conferences per year, including all ICANN meetings.<ref>[http://forum.icann.org/lists/rfi-domaintasting/msg00015.html forum.icann.org]</ref>
+Alexander is also a regular attendee of [[domaining]] conferences, such as [[T.R.A.F.F.I.C.]], the [[Domain Roundtable]], and [[DOMAINfest]]. He attends some 12 Internet related conferences per year, including all ICANN meetings.
 === Education ===
-Mr. Schubert has a masters degree in Aviation and Space Engineering. <ref>[http://www.dotgay.com/team.html dotgay.com team page]</ref>
+Mr. Schubert has a masters degree in Aviation and Space Engineering.
 == References ==