<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">To the NCC:<BR>
I wanted to share with you the results of my recent correspondence with Vint Cerf. Since I view email as private, I asked him if he would mind my posting his responses to our list and he said: "by all means please feel free to share my comments below."<BR>
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The issue is the critical one of .ORG policy, and what exactly the Board concluded. As you will see below, I am especially concerned about and oppose certifications in .ORG and any new types of after--registrations challenges that .ORG registrants might face. <BR>
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In brief, here are my questions and here is how the Board acted, according to its chair Vint Cerf. <BR>
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My questions, in brief: <BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">>>a) did the Board endorse the recommendation that there be a requirement of a </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
>>noncommercial certification in a future .org registration? Such a certification <BR>
>>might <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">create a terrible new set of legal problems online..... </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
>>... b) challenges after registration. Did the Board support the use of challenges <BR>
>>after the registration in .ORG -- challenges beyond the UDRP? ....<BR>
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Vint's answers:<BR>
><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">the board concluded that no certification or even post-registration challenge </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
>process as regards non-commercial status be introduced. ...<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">> the board wanted to simplify the operation of .org as much as possible<BR>
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I will post the full exchange in my next email. I think Vint's responses are good news for the future of .ORG.<BR>
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regards, kathy kleiman<BR>
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