[ncdnhc-discuss] ISOC to bid on .org

Sun Jun 2 14:15:20 CEST 2002

You mean there are some whose wives work for ISOC? That doesn't matter.
ICANN doesn't even reply to allegations of that kind. We know that now.

On Sun, 2 Jun 2002, at 05:02 [=GMT-0400], James Love wrote:

> 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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> : President & CEO
> : Internet Society
> :
> : US Office: +1 703 326 9880 ext. 106
> : European Office: + 41 22 807 1444
> : Mobile: + 41 79 202 3127
> : email: st.amour at isoc.org
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