[ncdnhc-discuss] ICANN lays out draft .org bidding schedule, sets tentative applic ation fee at US $35 000

[Marc Schneiders]

Yes, do ask that. I fear it will not help. If 'they' ignore the report
from the TF, UNANIMOUSLY approved by the NC, which did contain these
points, why would they then listen to us now?

Questions keep coming back: Is it a done deal? Will ISOC get ORG?
Something for Mike Roberts? Is the whole RFP process a fake?


On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, at 20:46 [=GMT-0400], James Love wrote:

> I think we should do a quick resolution which addresses points.
>
> 1.  Asks the board to follow its own bylaws withregard to the NC .org
> report, and limit bidding to a non-profit organization.
> 2.   Tell the board to eliminate the fee for applying for the .org, because
> it screens out too many potentially good applicants, particularly when
> non-profit applicant are offering to perform a public service.  ICANN can
> charge significant fees to the winner if it wants, since Verisign is giving
> them $5 million, it won't be a problem.
> 3.   Ask the ICANN board to have a two stage application process, where the
> non-proit applies without any promises to the company that actually operates
> the registry, and the operator contract comes later, possibly after a
> competitive bid, after you pick the non-profit and management style we like.
> This should also deal with the sham non-profit issue.
>
> Jamie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Chiu" <CCHIU at aclu.org>
> To: "NCC Discuss list (E-mail)" <discuss at icann-ncc.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 5:17 PM
> Subject: [ncdnhc-discuss] ICANN lays out draft .org bidding schedule, sets
> tentative applic ation fee at US $35 000
>
>
> > The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has established a
> > "target schedule for requesting, receiving, and evaluating applications to
> > succeed VeriSign, Inc., as the registry operator for the .org top-level
> > domain." Under this scheme, Request for Proposal (RFP) materials will be
> > released on May 1, 2002 for Names Council comment and for applicants to
> > begin working on their proposals. The Board expects to select a winner in
> > late August 2002. In addition, ICANN plans to charge an application fee,
> > tentatively set at US $35 000; ICANN's Board of Directors "the Board will
> > finally establish the examination fee (which will not exceed the tentative
> > fee) at its meeting to be held in Bucharest, Romania, on 28 June 2002."
> The
> > organization claims that rebates will be given out "if the final
> examination
> > fee is less than the US$35 000 tentative examination fee."
> >
> > See
> > http://www.internetdemocracyproject.org/#highlights
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Christopher Chiu
> > Global Internet Liberty Campaign Organizer
> > American Civil Liberties Union
> >
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