[ncdnhc-discuss] Re: [ncdnhc-announce] ORG divestiturepolicynears completion!

[Rob Courtney]

Looks good to me, thanks Milton.

r

At 9:04 AM -0500 1/9/02, Milton Mueller wrote:
>Thanks, Rob for the suggestion. Here is what
>I am proposing:
>
>"The initial delegation of the .org TLD should be to a non-profit 
>organization that is noncommercial in orientation and the initial 
>board of which includes substantial representation of noncommercial 
>.org registrants. "
>
>It is a bit more specific than your proposal but
>it gets rid of the "controlled by" language which
>causes problems for several people.
>
>>>>  Rob Courtney <rob at cdt.org> 01/07/02 17:14 PM >>>
>At 9:26 PM -0500 1/5/02, Milton Mueller wrote:
>>   >>> Don Heath <heath at isoc.org> 01/05/02 16:07 PM >>>
>>>   My comment was based on the fact that VERY few non
>>>   profit organizations are "controlled" by
>>>   noncommercial .org registrants!
>>
>>OK, this is just a misunderstanding. We may need to clarify the
>>language, as you make a good point.
>>
>>ISOC is an .org registrant and is (more or less)
>>noncommercial. The Ford Motor Co. may have an .org
>>registration or two, but they are not noncommercial.
>>That is simply the distinction we were trying to make.
>>
>>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?
>>
>>If you can propose a better wording I'll put it
>>in there.
>
>What about:
>
>   1a.The initial delegation of the .org TLD should be to a non-profit
>   organization that is responsive and accountable to noncommercial
>.org registrants.
>
>r
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