Thomas Lowenhaupt
Thomas Lowenhaupt's was interested in improving governance systems for geographic entities. He had been a member of his New York City community board for 15+ years.[1] His activities included the initiation of The BeyondVoting Wiki in February 2005 to engage the public in revamping local governance in NYC; and using the SecondLife.com metaverse to model and help select a park facility for his community.[2] The picture shown here is of his avatar who often resides on SecondLife's Democracy Island. (He claims to be less maniacal than the picture would lead one to believe.)
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| Email: | toml [at]communisphere.com |
| Twitter: |  @NYCWiki
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Thomas Lowenhaupt passed away on August 9, 2019.
Career History
Mr. Lowenhaupt's public involvement with Internet governance began with comments he filed on the NTIA's 1998 Internet governance NPRM.[3] A key goal remains reserving space for individuals, entities, and ideas not currently on the net. The .nyc campaign evolved from that goal.