[ncdnhc-discuss] Ushering in the death of the .org TLD - a clearification [EXPIRED TRIAL LICENCE]

[Dr. Daniel Carras]

"["More broadly, the intent of the policy is to require an organization that bids for .org

to gain support and participation from a wide variety of noncommercial .org registrants.
ISOC, or ACM, or Hong Kong University, for example, might want to "lead" an
application, but the policy is trying to tell them that their bid will be stronger if a
lot
of other organizations that are .org registrants, and individual .org registrants, line
up in support of their bid. Is that intent clear?"]

How long will it take for a .org to be approved? Do you have any idea what it will now
cost to hire a lobbyist, just as many .org's currently, have fundraisers and grantwriters.

Will they be able to find funding for this? If any of you are any of the Charity Channel
lists ( http://charitychannel.com/forums ), you know that funds are hard to come by. But
consider that with the number of choices in the commercial TLD and the virtual no
cost of the domain name, why would any .org spend the time or money on non commercial TLD?
Particularly when you have people who have problems
paying $25 USD!
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[on the Host side]
The policies regarding the .org TLD host place a cost that is not recoverable, because it
is in addition to the already significant cost of just running the service. Yet, it is
expected that the cost of registration will not increase, while the cost of operation
increases. However, this is only half the problem. This non commercial host must compete
against commercial hosts who can offer services at a cheap rate and better service.
Further, an internet Ghetto is created leaving out hosts in developing countries from
having hosting services. Where a hosting service is possible under the commercial model.

[on the customer side - the .org]
Sometimes it's just a matter of simple economics - if you don't have money in the budget
for a .org registration go with the cheaper commercial alternative.

So as customers drop off, how will the host pay the costs of operation and further how
will new non commercial host develop with a shrinking customer base? Remember a "Hong Kong
University" is an edu TLD not a org TLD. As well, will the remaining .org object to the
higher prices required to cover the cost of hosting? Finally, in the iffy world of non
profit fundraising, will the host be able to keep raising the money to keep operating?



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Dr. Daniel Carras
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