[ncdnhc-discuss] ISOC to bid on .org

[James Love]

Who on the ICANN  board will have to recuse themselves over this bid?
Jamie

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From: "James Love" <james.love at cptech.org>
To: <random-bits at lists.essential.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 3:55 AM
Subject: [Random-bits] ISOC to bid on .org


: To no one's surprise, The Internet Socoiety (ISOC) has indicated it will
bid
: to become the registry for .org, teaming up with Afilias, the group that
: received the .info new TLD, and which is run by a group of persons well
: connected to ICANN and the incumbent registry community.   If ISOC "wins"
: the bid, it will recieve $5 million from Verisign, and a business that
: generates 15 to 18 million in annual registry fees.   Jamie
:
: http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/board.shtml
: http://www.isoc.org/orgs/orgsbyname.shtml
:
: http://www.afilias.info/about_afilias/board_list
: http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175477.html
:
: http://www.afilias.info/about_afilias/
: Afilias is a privately held Irish limited corporation. It was founded in
: 2000 by a consortium of ICANN-accredited domain name registrars. In
: November, 2000, Afilias was selected by the Internet Corporation for
: Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to launch and operate .INFO, the first
: new gTLD in 17 years. .INFO launched in 2001 and has become the most
: successful of the new gTLDs. In 2002, Afilias acquired LibertyRMS, its
: back-end provider, and now operates it as a wholly owned subsidiary.
:
: In addition to .INFO, Afilias provides registry services to support the
.VC
: (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) ccTLD. Afilias is an affiliate of
: AusRegistry Pty. Ltd., the registry operator for the com.au, net.au,
asn.au,
: id.au and org.au second level domains.
:
:
:
: ---------- Forwarded message ----------
: Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 21:01:03 -0400
: From: Lynn St.Amour <st.amour at bluewin.ch>
: To: isoc-chapters-presidents at isoc.org
: Subject: [isoc-chapters-presidents] IMPORTANT: .ORG - Chapters
:
: Dear Chapter presidents,
:
: The ISOC Board recently voted to support a bid from ISOC to the
: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Inc. ("ICANN")
: to succeed VeriSign, Inc. as the registry operator for the .org
: top-level domain.
:
: Our partner for the back-end registry services provider will be
: Afilias, Inc. see http://www.afilias.info for more information.   As
: you can appreciate, as the bid period is still open, it is difficult
: for us to give  details on our application or on our agreement with
: Afilias but it is attractive for ISOC in a number of respects.
:
: We believe this is a good opportunity for both ISOC and the
: non-commercial constituency that .org serves.    ISOC's mission is
: wholly consistent with that non-commercial philosophy and our plans
: for .ORG will enable it to flourish as a truly global home dedicated
: to serving the unique interests of non-commercial organizations on
: the Internet.   And, we expect to be able to add significant value to
: the registry space in total, given our roots, values and technical
: knowledge.
:
: We will soon be beginning  a more visible outreach effort to solicit
: endorsements in support of our bid to run the .org registry.   Our
: intent is to solicit letters of endorsement from you - the ISOC
: Chapters,  and we would like to enlist your support in reaching out
: to your board members, either as individuals or on behalf of their
: organizations in the instances where this is appropriate.    It would
: also be helpful if you could reach out to other important or
: influential organizations or individuals.  We are particularly
: interested in other non-commercial organizations, as well as
: international ones, and it would be very helpful (once you have
: received the appropriate documents) if you would forward the request
: for support on to any individual or organization you feel appropriate.
:
: You will soon be receiving the documents mentioned above
: (electronically) and these are intended to help in the solicitation
: effort.   I certainly hope you join both myself and the Board in
: supporting this effort.   Should you receive any specific questions
: on our bid, please feel free to direct them to either David Maher or
: myself and as I mentioned earlier we should remember that the bid
: period is still open and therefore be somewhat thoughtful in our
: approaches.
:
: Best regards,
:
: Lynn
:
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: Internet Society
:
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: email: st.amour at isoc.org
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