[ncdnhc-discuss] Names Council Task Force ORG policy

[Vany Martinez]

Hi Milton:

Thanks for sharing this document before it release for
public comments.   I have some concerns:

> NAMES COUNCIL .ORG DIVESTITURE TASK FORCE
> 
> Statement of Policy (v 3.3, October 2, 2001)
> 
> The DNSO finds that responsibility for the policy
> and 
> operation of the .org TLD should be delegated to an 
> organization that conforms to the following
> criteria:
> 
> 1. The .org TLD Should be a Sponsored, Unrestricted 
> Domain
> 
> The revised .org TLD should be sponsored but no 
> eligibility restrictions should be imposed on the 
> prospective registrants.
I though that, at least, the .ORG should be restricted
for Commercial Uses and/or Commercial Registrants.
  
[ SNIP ]

> 2. Characteristics of the Sponsoring Organization
> Administration of the .org TLD should be delegated
> to a
> non-profit Sponsoring Organization (SO) with 
> international support and participation from current
> .org registrants and non-commercial organizations
> inside 
> and outside of the ICANN process.
It should include those non-commercial organizations
that are also under the ccTLDs.   If not, in fact you
are excluding the majority of non-commercial
organizations since with exception of US based
non-commercial ones, the majority of non-commercial
organizations are registered under ccTLDs.

> It should be 
> authorized to contract with commercial service 
> providers to perform technical and service
> functions.
Why is this excluding non-commercial providers?
 
> Either new or existing organizations should be
> eligible 
> to apply to become the SO. A new organization need
> not 
> be formally incorporated prior to submitting its 
> application.
I would add that it should be incorporated at the time
of the signature of the contract with ICANN.

[SNIP]
 
> The new entity must not alter the technical 
> protocols it uses in ways that would impair the
> ability 
> of accredited registrars to sell names to end users.
I would change the word "SELL" for "REGISTER", since
this would imply that a Registrar can BUY a domain
names and then the Registrar can sell it to an end
user.
 
> 5. Follow Up
> The DNSO Task Force developing policy for the .org
> TLD should review the request for proposals prepared
> 
> by the ICANN staff prior to its public dissemination
> 
> to ensure that it accurately reflects the DNSO
> policy. 
> Task Force approval should be obtained before 
> publishing the request for proposals. 
Is the charter of this TF to review the applications
for .ORG Registry and receive its consent?
 
I would appreaciate a lot your answers to these
concerns.

Best Regards
Vany


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Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales
Information Technology Specialist
Sustainable Development Networking Programme/Panama
http://www.sdnp.org.pa e-mail: vany at sdnp.org.pa

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