[ncdnhc-discuss] Re: [ncdnhc-announce] ORG divestiture policy nears completion!

[Milton Mueller]

More responses to Don's comments:

>>> Don Heath <heath at isoc.org> 01/04/02 06:42PM >>>
> Suppose a non profit organization decided to enter 
> the fray, they were selected, and then found themselves in a position 
> where the registrants voted out the senior management provided by 
> the selected organization.  I can tell you that any entity desiring to be 
> selected as the sponsoring organization for the .ORG registry, would be > at least slightly frightened by such logic.

I have settled this issue with Ken Stubbs. The current language does
not REQUIRE that Board members be elected by registrants, it 
allows applicants to propose EITHER that, OR election of a 
policy council, or BOTH. So any applicant that feels the way
you do can avoid proposing an officers' election. 

We will revise the language slightly to make that clearer. 

>>  Nevertheless, applicant
>>  organizations should be able to demonstrate support and participation
>>  from a significant number of international noncommercial .org
>>  registrants. The organization's policies and practices should strive to
>>  be  responsive to and supportive of the noncommercial Internet user
>>  community, and reflect as much of its diversity as possible.

> This is VERY exclusive and looks as though it was designed to fit some 
> organization that is yet to be formed!?!?!

It seems to be INclusive to me. It asks applicants to gain support from
a wide variety of the noncommercial community. 

As for "some organization that is yet to be formed," no, this is a policy 
criterion we would like to be imposed on ANY organization. The new ORG 
administrator must be responsive to, representative of, and supportive of 
the noncommercial .org registrant community broadly. Surely you don't
disagree with that?