[ncdnhc-discuss] Names Council Task Force ORG policy

[Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales]

Dear fellows:

In view of the document that will be released by .ORG TF policy, I
propose as a motion, to follow working in the document
about .ORG which was sent to the NC as "First Views of NCDNHC on .ORG"
and, as pointed out Milton in such e-mail:

"The following points indicate the direction
 in which the NCDNHC is headed. They have been
 discussed for about a week and seem to have support
 but there may be modifications, additions, deletions
 or refinements as additional comments come in."

http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/council/Arc05/msg00519.html

And produce an official  document from the NCDNHC in order to send such
document in response to the document that will be released for public
comments by the .ORG Task Force.

Best Regards
Vany


Milton Mueller wrote:

> Vany:
> This IS the document that will be released for
> public comment.
>
> I will try to answer your specific questions below.
>
> >>> vany_martinez at yahoo.com 10/03/01 03:39PM >>>
> I though that, at least, the .ORG should be restricted
> for Commercial Uses and/or Commercial Registrants.
>
> MM ===> This issue has been debated for some time,
> both on this list and among the Task Force. The consensus
> view is that there is no feasible way to restrict ORG
> using advance controls on registration without massively
> increasing the cost of registrations, and that such controls
> would be meaningless anyway because there are already
> numerous commercial registrations in ORG. There are
> too many "borderline cases" and nothing is gained by
> trying to weed them out.
>
> No one supports evicting current registrants.
> The approach we take to this problem is exactly what came
> out of our discussions in NCDNHC. We propose to reorient the
> marketing of ORG, and rely on end user choice. You have to
> get used to the idea that ORG is an EXISTING TLD, not a
> new one. You can't wipe the slate clear and start over.
>
> I do not understand this concern, anyway. There is no
> great demand by commercial interests to register in ORG.
> The only problem is defensive registrations.
> The existing UDRP can take care of infringing
> registrations. As new TLDs are added, there will be
> more alternatives for users. The people who register in
> ORG will be the people who want to be associated with
> the image or "brand" created by the newORG registry.
>
> [ 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.
>
> [The sponsoring organization]
> should also include those non-commercial organizations
> that are also under the ccTLDs.
>
> MM ===> Read the words carefully, please.
> Are the organizations you are concerned about
> "noncommercial organizations?" If so, the words
> include them.
>
> > It should be
> > authorized to contract with commercial service
> > providers to perform technical and service
> > functions.
> Why is this excluding non-commercial providers?
>
> MM ===> It doesn't exclude anyone. Read the
> words carefully.
>
> 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.
>
> MM ===> If this is legal under the current SRS, it
> will be legal under the new ORG. If it is not legal
> under the current SRS, it will not be under the new
> ORG. This is not a relevant issue.
>
> Is the charter of this TF to review the applications
> for .ORG Registry and receive its consent?
>
> MM ====> No. The TF reviews the request for
> applications drafted by the ICANN staff.
> The actual winner of the award is selected
> by the ICANN Board, of course. Review by the TF
> is merely intended to insure consistency of
> the document with DNSO policy.
>
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Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales
Information Technology Specialist
Sustainable Development Networking Programme/Panama
e-mail: vany at sdnp.org.pa
http://www.sdnp.org.pa