[ncdnhc-discuss] Org divestiture: not a new gTLD-type process

[James Love]

We are very supportive of a prompt .org divestiture, and feel that Verisign
should have been required to do even more.....    However, on the .org
diverstiture, I agree with the ICANN staff and others that say the issue of
the criteria for who gets the bid needs to be addressed, and I haven't seen
any consensus on how to do that.  We are happy with giving it to the low
bidder (probably the easiest way, and one that benefits domain name holder
through the lower prices), and we are also happy to look a system of a fixed
price and a high cash bid, with the money allocated in a fair way, such as
the voting mechanism (by domain name holders).  We are uncomfortable with a
bid system that is fixed price, and no clear criteria for the winning bid.
We believe this is subject to abuse.

jamie



----- Original Message -----
From: "Milton Mueller" <mueller at syr.edu>
To: <discuss at icann-ncc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 9:52 PM
Subject: [ncdnhc-discuss] Org divestiture: not a new gTLD-type process


> >>> Chun Eung Hwi <ehchun at peacenet.or.kr> 03/13/02 18:52 PM >>>
>
> > [Louis Touton] pointed out that in last selection of
> > new gTLD operators, many applicants complained
> > about too poor interaction between Board and
> > applicants.
>
> ICANN management apparently was traumatized by the new
> gTLD process. They received a lot of criticism for it.
>
> However, those concerns should not be allowed to
> adversely affect the .org divestiture process.
> The two processes are quite different.
>
> In the new gTLD process, ICANN had no clear policy
> criteria to guide the decision.
>
> In the .org case it has very clear policy criteria,
> and it should be able to recognize bids
> which meet the criteria and those which don't.
>
> In the new gTLD process, ICANN had to make a choice
> among 43 applicants proposing over 200 TLD strings,
> all of which were totally different ideas. How do
> you decide whether a proposal to create a .tel TLD
> is more important than a proposal to create a .web
> TLD?
>
> In the .org process, there is only one TLD, its
> basic characteristics are well defined by the policy
> document, and we can expect less than 10 bids. There
> are fewer ideas and people to become acquainted with.
>
> In short, there is no reason to allow past
> experience with new gTLD awards to become an excuse
> for delay of the .org divestiture.
>
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