Re: [council] Fw: [ga] Re: Last minute changes toVerisignagreements

["Milton Mueller" <mueller@syr.edu>]

I would like to see it do more than that. I would like to see the DNSO actually initiate and define policies. With regard to ORG, for example, we can and should make definitive decisions on such issues as:

a) whether current registration policy should be radically changed to a restricted one

b) whether a new chartered TLD for non-profits is a better alternative than restricting ORG

c) the competitive implications (impact on other open TLDs) of delegating ORG to a non-profit registry and of restricting registrations in it

d) (possibly also) competition policy concerns regarding the eventual divestiture of NET 

>>> "Erica Roberts" <erica.roberts@bigpond.com> 04/03/01 23:33 PM >>>

I would like to see the proposed .net and .org TF tasked with preparing a policy options paper which:
(i) identifies the key issues and the options avbailable ;and (ii) will provide a clear focus for further discussion and consultation on the issue.

erica
----- Original Message -----
From: "Milton Mueller" <Mueller@syr.edu>
To: <erica.roberts@bigpond.com>; <council@dnso.org>
Cc: <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 7:54 AM
Subject: [council] Fw: [ga] Re: Last minute changes to Verisignagreements


> Erica:
> Thanks for your well-considered suggestion. I support Options 1 and 2, but
do not think that Option 1 would be effective, given the obvious desire of
ICANN staff to circumvent the DNSO when convenient. They know we are
concerned. They don't care.
>
> I would take careful note of who on the Board voted for and against the
proposal. We can keep this in mind when we elect the next DNSO
representatives. We should also take seriously those working for a more
representative Board via ore rapid implementation of at-large elections.
>
> More significant than either of those, however, would be for the NC to be
more pro-active.
>
> Why don't we start a task force _now_ on ORG and NET divestiture. This
group could develop authoritative policy recommendations regarding the
status of ORG, and the seletion of a registry operator for NET?
>
> --Milton Mueller, Noncommercial constituency
>
> >>> "Erica Roberts" <erica.roberts@bigpond.com> 04/02/01 08:02AM >>>
>
> As I see it, we have three options before us:
> 1.  Write to the Board reiterating our expression of concern about the
lack
> of due process;
> 2.  Propose  a formal policy requiring an appropriate consultation process
> on all issues which are viewed by two or more DNSO constituencies as
> involving policy issues;
> 3:  Do nothing
>
>
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