New domain name .ngo would be for charities only

[Rebecca MacKinnon]

For the record, it appears to be a British group spearheading this effort.
But either way, the same problems would seem to apply.
I guess this is an interesting
foreshadowing of the problems people are going to face in creating new
"community based" gTLDs that would have various requirements attached
to them,
and which aspire to be global.

Best,
Rebecca

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 5:36 AM, David Cake <dave at difference.com.au> wrote:

> At 12:19 AM -0300 30/7/09, Carlos Afonso wrote:
>
>> Hi Norbert, it seems not to be the worldwide ngo community, but the US
>> ngo community. Even the concept of "charities" varies widely from
>> country to country, depending on quite different local laws. This seems
>> to be a TLD for the 501(c) organizations in the USA and this is it. We,
>> in the planet outside of those US boundaries, should not bother about
>> it, I guess.
>>
>
>        Yeah, that was sort of my concern. An NGO is not the same as a
> charity in most jurisdictions. A .ngo gTLD 'for charities only' would not
> only be of no use to most of the NGOs that I am involved in, but would be
> mildly annoying.
>        (the requirements for 'tax deductible gift recipient' status (ie an
> official charity) in Australia are much more stringent than those for a US
> 501 (c), most NGOs are non-profit organisations, but that isn't the same
> thing as a charity at all)
>        Seems to be a case where a gTLD is being proposed for a US-centric
> purpose that should really be served by something under the .us ccTLD,
> partly as a result of laissez-faire management of the appropriate gTLD.
>        FWIW, .org.au is restricted to non-profits and charities.
>        Cheers
>                David
>



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