[ncdnhc-discuss] About Marketing Practices in .ORG

[Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law]

I agree with Milton on this issue.  

On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales wrote:

> Milton:
> 
> I will follow the wishes of the constituency as a whole, and not the
> wishes of four persons only.
> Online vote has to take place and to be more specific, I think the vote
> should take place by
> giving to the membership the freedom to select between all posibilities
> (UU, UR, SU, SR).
> 
> And, as far as I know, there's no official support yet from this
> constituency for 
> Unesponsored Unrestricted.
> 
> If the NCDNHC will propose Unesponsored Unrestricted, then the NCDNHC
> stake in .ORG is
> just for civic reasons and not for any interest in finally protect and
> watch the interests of
> Non-Commercial sector regarding Domain Names.   Our missions commands us
> to watch such interests and
> finally it is given to the NCDNHC the opportunity to defend, to watch,
> to promote such interests inside a TLD
> and you want to let such opportunity go away from the constituency.  You
> are not honoring the NCDNHC charter
> and by you proposing for .ORG to be in first place Unrestricted is one
> of your ways to simply
> not complying with the NCDNHC charter.
> 
> Best Regards
> Vany
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Milton Mueller wrote:
> > 
> > Vany:
> > This distinction between old and new registrations
> > is a lot more complicated that you make it seem.
> > 
> > It is clear from our meetings that the constituency
> > as a whole supports "unrestricted" ORG. We've
> > had a long debate and votes on the subject.
> > 
> > Because it is difficult if not impossible to
> > make ORG a sponsored domain without also restricting
> > it, I favor a unsposnored, unrestricted model,
> > and that is what most other members have indicated
> > to me.
> > 
> > Please follow the wishes of the constituency.
> > 
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> 
> 

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