SEVERAL YEARS BACK WHILE IN ROME, I WAS INVITED TO VIEW THE PRIVATE
WORK AREA OF THE VATICAN ARTISTS...PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, MOSIAC
ARTISTS.  RECENTLY, I WAS APPROACHED BY A REP OF THE VATICAN ASKING IF
I WOULD LIKE TO BE THE EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR FOR VATICAL
MOSIACS...THEY ONLY MAKE ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN A YEAR FOR THE
PUBLIC...THE REMAINDER TO THEIR CHURCHES...MY QUESTION...CAN YOU FIND
OUT IF MOSIAC.COM.NET.ORG.ANYTHING IS AVAILABLE TO REGISTER...I HEARD
MOSIAC.COM WAS FOR SALE BUT I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW TO CONTACT
THAT PERSON...CAN YOU HELP?  RANDY

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Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 13 Jan 2004 15:15 PST

Dear 211563,

I found out that the following domains are already registered:

mosaic.com
mosaic.net
mosaic.org
mosaic.us
mosaic.info
mosaic.biz

Though "mosaic" is still available for registration in various
countries of the world, I assume you would prefer a rather well-known
and/or reputable domain (and not, for example, "mosaic.tv" from the
Pacific island of Tuvalu).

However, since the representative of the Vatican has approached you,
have you considered asking whether the Vatican would give you one of
their .va-domains? Usually, their domains are not available to the
public for registration, but in your case, things may be different. I
could provide you contact information for the Internet Office of the
Vatican, if you like, so you could negotiate with them directly.

Also, I could give you contact information for the current owners of
the domains listed above, provided they are no private individuals
(Google Answers guidelines do not allow publication of contact
information for individuals).

Finally, you could let me know what other countries would be
acceptable for your "mosaic"-domain.

Regards,
Scriptor

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Request for Question Clarification by omnivorous-ga on 13 Jan 2004 16:54 PST

211563 --

Note that all of these domains are not taken:
vaticanmosaics.com
vaticanmosaics.net 
vaticanmosaics.org 
vaticanmosaics.info 
vaticanmosaics.biz 

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

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Clarification of Question by 211563-ga on 14 Jan 2004 00:36 PST

ALSO, HOW DO I ADD A TIP?

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Request for Question Clarification by omnivorous-ga on 14 Jan 2004 03:00 PST

211563 --

Adding a tip is done when you're rating the answer.  So far, though
Scriptor and I have requested information, there is no "answer" yet. 
You can proceed to direct a researcher to post information as an
answer, if you're satisfied with what's been posted.

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

Dear Randy,

Here is as much information as I was able to find:


I. The Internet Office of the Vatican

To contact the Internet Office of the Vatican, please use the
following contact information:

Stefano Pasquini
Internet Office of the Holy See
Cortile del Triangolo
Vatican City
Vatican City State
VA 00120
--
E-Mail: pasquini@vatican.va
Phone: +39 6 6988 2354
Fax: +39 6 6988 2067

Please keep in mind that the use of the Vatican's va-domains is
usually limited to official websites of the Holy See. You may have to
explain you special case to the representatives of the Vatican's
Internet Office.



II. Availability of "mosaic" Domains from other Countries

I found the domain "mosaic" still available for registration in the
following countries. The prices relate to a registration for 2 years,
unless otherwise specified. For easy registration of one or more of
these domains, you might want to use the services of Alldomains.com:
http://www.alldomains.com/

 mosaic.ag - $855.00 (Antigua and Barbuda)
 mosaic.am - $500.00 (Armenia)
 mosaic.bz - $199.00 (Belize)
 mosaic.cd - $712.00 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
 mosaic.ch - $145.00 (Switzerland)
 mosaic.co.at - $305.00 (Austria)
 mosaic.co.gg - $269.00 (Guernsey, British Channel Islands)
 mosaic.co.je - $269.00 (Jersey, British Channel Islands)
 mosaic.co.pn - $285.00 (Pitcairn Island)
 mosaic.co.th - $125.00 (Thailand)
 mosaic.co.tt - 3 years - $285.00 (Trinidad and Tobago)
 mosaic.co.ug - $335.00 (Uganda)
 mosaic.co.vi - $570.00 (British Virgin Islands)
 mosaic.com.ag - $570.00 (Antigua und Barbuda)
 mosaic.com.ai - $285.00 (Anguilla)
 mosaic.com.bz - $242.00 (Belize)
 mosaic.com.kz - $427.00 (Kazakhstan)
 mosaic.com.lv - $199.00 (Latvia)
 mosaic.com.ly - $285.00 (Libya)
 mosaic.com.my - $145.00 (Malaysia)
 mosaic.com.nf - $1140.00 (Norfolk Island)
 mosaic.com.nr - $285.00 (Nauru)
 mosaic.com.ph - $199.00 (Philippines)
 mosaic.com.pk - $315.00 (Pakistan)
 mosaic.com.pl - $297.00 (Poland)
 mosaic.com.pr - $427.00 (Puerto Rico)
 mosaic.com.ro - $175.00 (Romania)
 mosaic.com.tt - 3 years - $285.00 (Trinidad and Tobago)
 mosaic.com.vc - $174.00 (Saint Vincent)
 mosaic.com.vn - $350.00 (Vietnam)
 mosaic.cx - $140.00 (Christmas Island)
 mosaic.fm - $370.00 (Mikronesia)
 mosaic.gg - $450.00 (Guernsey, British Channel Isands)
 mosaic.hm - $270.00 (Heard and McDonald Islands)
 mosaic.je - $450.00 (Jersey, British Channel Islands)
 mosaic.jp - $190.00 (Japan)
 mosaic.kz - $495.00 (Kazakhstan)
 mosaic.li - $145.00 (Principality of Liechtenstein)
 mosaic.lt - $228.00 (Lithuania)
 mosaic.lv - $199.00 (Latvia)
 mosaic.ly - $285.00 (Libya)
 mosaic.md - $565.00 (Moldova)
 mosaic.mn - $314.00 (Mongolia)
 mosaic.ms - $129.00 (Montserrat)
 mosaic.mw - $285.00 (Malawi)
 mosaic.net.cn - $94.95 (China)
 mosaic.nf - $3135.00 (Norfolk Island)
 mosaic.nr - $2850.00 (Nauru)
 mosaic.org.cn - $94.95 (China)
 mosaic.ph - $199.00 (Philippines)
 mosaic.pl - $355.00 (Poland)
 mosaic.pn - $570.00 (Pitcairn Island)
 mosaic.sh - $250.00 (Saint Helena)
 mosaic.sr - $1140.00 (Surinam)
 mosaic.tc - $129.00 (Turks and Caicos Islands)
 mosaic.tk - $570.00 (Tokelau)
 mosaic.tm - 10 years - $1995.00 (Turkmenistan)
 mosaic.tt - $1995.00 (Trinidad and Tobago)
 mosaic.vc - $125.00 (Saint Vincent)
 mosaic.vg - $129.00 (American Virgin Islands)
 mosaic.vu - $285.00 (Vanuatu)



III. The current Owners of selected "mosaic" Domains

mosaic.com (com = Commercial) is registered by:

Mosaic Sales Solutions
6051 North State Hwy 161
Irving, TX 75038
USA
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Phone: 877-870-4800 
Fax: 972-870-4845
E-Mail: contact_us@tmgus.mosaic.com
Website: www.mosaicsalessolutions.com 


mosaic.net (net = Network) is registered by:

Mosaic Art & Design
6112 44th Place
Riverdale Park, MD 20737
USA
--
E-Mail: judystone@mosaic.net
Website: http://www.mosaic.net/


mosaic.org (org = Organization) is registered by:

Mosaic Community of Faith
13200 Crossroads Parkway North #305
City Of Industry, CA 91746
USA
--
Phone: 562-908-2200
Fax: 562-908-2772
E-Mail: info@mosaic.org
Website: http://www.mosaic.org/


mosaic.info (info = Information) is registered by:

Gardere Wynne Sewell
c/o Eric Levy
1601 Elm Street
Suite 3000
Dallas, TX 75201
USA
--
Phone: 214-999-3000
Fax: 214-999-4667
E-Mail: elevy@gardere.com
Website: http://www.gardere.com/


mosaic.us (us = United States) is registered by:
(Private individual)


mosaic.biz (biz = Business) is registered by:
(Private individual)



Sources:

Alldomains.com Search Tool
http://dcart.alldomains.com/index.ald

IANA Root-Zone Whois Information: Vatican State
http://www.iana.org/root-whois/va.htm


Hope this will be helpful!
Very best regards,
Scriptor

"mosiac" or "mosaic"????

THANKS, GOOD WORK....I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE NAME OF THE VATICAN
OFFICE AND EMAIL ADDRESS...ALSO THE OTHER INFO WOULD BE HELPFUL...I
DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD GET EMAILS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES BUT FRANKLY I
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE..COULD YOU SEND ME A LIST OF THESE
COUNTRIES..RANDY

BY THE WAY, DID I MISSPELL THE NAME?