[ncdnhc-discuss] New .org draft

[KathrynKL at aol.com]

<<Please note that the problem with "sponsored, unrestricted" was raised in 
this forum long ago, and was ignored.>>

I see that we have returned -- in a personal and heated manner -- to the 
question of whether .ORG should be a restricted or unrestricted gTLD.  We 
have definitely focused on this issue, with discussion and debate.  It was 
hardly ignored. 

Among the things we discussed (fall), was:  The .ORG space is not 
homogeneous, and it is not solely used by organizations.  .ORG has become the 
default space for noncommercial speech in the gTLDs.  .COM and .NET are 
commercial.  That means that everyone else seeks the refuge of .ORG.  This 
includes organizations, political statements, educational groups, educational 
statements, and websites of individuals and families.  It has become a 
wonderful thing!

But our .ORG users are difficult to classify, and their speech and 
communication sometimes blurs lines because commercial groups can have 
noncommercial messages.  .ORG is a gem on the Net -- for individuals, 
organizations, alliances, shared personal, political and religious beliefs, 
unincorporated organizations, and ideas.   We discussed the deep concern that 
.ORG, as a sponsored gTLD, excludes some noncommercial communication and 
leaves it no place else to go.  

An alternative:  keep .ORG as the robust place for ideas, organizations and 
commentary that it has become.  Then, urge ICANN to create a new, sponsored 
gTLD that can be limited to noncommercial organizations.  

regards, kathy kleiman/acm-igp 



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