Some of you may know that my country is going through a big change in the administration of its ccTLD (.co).  This is a fantastic opportunity for Colombia and we are excited to help out in the process. 

The Ministry of Communications (MINCOM) has established a committee that is defining new policies for the administration of the .co ccTLD.  Their first major step was to publish a document requesting comments from the Internet community in general.  The document laid out three potential models that MINCOM could use to operate the ccTLD:  Operate it internally, out-source part of it, out-source the entire operation.

Responses were published on MINCOM’s website.  A link to our response can be found there as well.

Next steps?  Unfortunately, I wouldn’t expect much until 2009.