Dot Scot Registry (SC366311), incorporated on September 30, 2009, is a not-for-profit company that has been created to apply for and operate a .scot domain to represent an online identity for the worldwide family of Scots.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the international regulatory body for domain space, proposes to expand the number of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) and will invite applications in due course.
The Scottish Government is backing Dot Scot Registry because it shares the belief that .scot TLD should be a community-based public resource rather than a private asset. The Scottish Government has established a Policy Advisory Board to represent its own interests and those of the wider community who support the concept of a .scot internet domain. You can help the bid by registering your support.
The current directors of DotScot Registry are:
Gavin McCutcheon
Director, ICIPIA Limited
Harry McGrath
Director, Scottish Canadian Agency
Polly Purvis
Executive Director, ScotlandIS
Craig Cockburn
IT Consultant
The not-for-profit route is well established within the domain industry. I am a strong advocate of it, believing that the .scot domain must be a public resource with operational decisions discharged in the public interest rather than in any specifically commercial interest.
Finance Secretary John Swinney 