The petition put into the Parliament closed at the beginning of May, and last week appeared before the petitions committee. I went down to witness the proceedings, as we weren't allowed to go before the committee to give evidence. Christine Grahame MSP spoke for us (as she's allowed to demand to speak to them) and put across our case very well. The Committee agreed to write to the Ministers to seek their views.

We plan to meet with Government Ministers in due course to push the case

Petition was launched in Parliament on Wednesday. There's been a lot of support so far. A lot of people involved since the start of the campaign in 2005 have come forward with loads of helpful info. We're planning to send a briefing to MSPs, outlining the technical and cultural case for obtaining dotSCO. ICANN are very funny about these applications - if they suspect it's being used for political reasons, they'll run a mile. We will be pushing the cultural angle, obviously, and hope to obtain cross-party support.

For and idea of what we aspire to in the near future, check out our Celtic cousins' campaign in Wales www.dotcym.org - they're a bit further down the road, but have the one thing that dotSCO needs most - momentum.