[ga] Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] ICANN lays out draft .org bidding schedule, sets tentative applic ation fee at US $35 000

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Jamie and all,

  These are very good suggestions.

  The DNSO GA should also take a look at these and consider them
seriously as well and than vote upon them.

James Love wrote:

> I think we should do a quick resolution which addresses points.
>
> 1.  Asks the board to follow its own bylaws withregard to the NC .org
> report, and limit bidding to a non-profit organization.
> 2.   Tell the board to eliminate the fee for applying for the .org, because
> it screens out too many potentially good applicants, particularly when
> non-profit applicant are offering to perform a public service.  ICANN can
> charge significant fees to the winner if it wants, since Verisign is giving
> them $5 million, it won't be a problem.
> 3.   Ask the ICANN board to have a two stage application process, where the
> non-proit applies without any promises to the company that actually operates
> the registry, and the operator contract comes later, possibly after a
> competitive bid, after you pick the non-profit and management style we like.
> This should also deal with the sham non-profit issue.
>
> Jamie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Chiu" <CCHIU@aclu.org>
> To: "NCC Discuss list (E-mail)" <discuss@icann-ncc.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 5:17 PM
> Subject: [ncdnhc-discuss] ICANN lays out draft .org bidding schedule, sets
> tentative applic ation fee at US $35 000
>
> > The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has established a
> > "target schedule for requesting, receiving, and evaluating applications to
> > succeed VeriSign, Inc., as the registry operator for the .org top-level
> > domain." Under this scheme, Request for Proposal (RFP) materials will be
> > released on May 1, 2002 for Names Council comment and for applicants to
> > begin working on their proposals. The Board expects to select a winner in
> > late August 2002. In addition, ICANN plans to charge an application fee,
> > tentatively set at US $35 000; ICANN's Board of Directors "the Board will
> > finally establish the examination fee (which will not exceed the tentative
> > fee) at its meeting to be held in Bucharest, Romania, on 28 June 2002."
> The
> > organization claims that rebates will be given out "if the final
> examination
> > fee is less than the US$35 000 tentative examination fee."
> >
> > See
> > http://www.internetdemocracyproject.org/#highlights
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Christopher Chiu
> > Global Internet Liberty Campaign Organizer
> > American Civil Liberties Union
> >
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> >
> >
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Regards,
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