Re: [ga] FYI: dot-org

["Jon Lawrence" <jon@jonlawrence.com>]

Indeed...Nominet (.uk registry) is run as a non-profit entity.

One could hardly suggest that they're running a best-practice registry.

What's so wrong with the profit motive anyway???


>-- Original Message --
>Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 10:31:49 -0700
>From: William X Walsh <william@wxsoft.info>
>Reply-To: ga@dnso.org
>To: "James Love" <james.love@cptech.org>
>CC: ga@dnso.org
>Subject: Re: [ga] FYI: dot-org
>
>
>Thursday, Thursday, April 25, 2002, 9:52:37 AM, James Love wrote:
>
>> 1.  There is a concern among some board members that there will be
>> non-profit front bids, with commerical companies funding a bidder, but
>> basically it is for the benefit of the for profit....  I share this concern
>> also.   I recommend that there be a two stage bidding process, select
the
>> non-profit first, and then in the second stage, the non-profit selects
>the
>> operator.   ICANN could do whatever due diligence it feels it needs to
>on
>> the second stage.
>
>> 2.  The $35 fee to bid will screen out most of the best non-profits that
>> might apply for this.   This is a stupid fee, because the winner will
be
>> able to easily pay the cost of the reassignment, and the fee is just
to
>> screen out applicants.   A very insulting response to the NC .org report,
>> IMO.
>
>I don't believe the ICANN board is limiting the bids to non-profits in
>any fashion.
>
>Nor do I think they should.  .org is not now, nor has it EVER been,
>intended or restricted to non-profits, and there is no reason why it
>should be run by a non-profit, unless they submit the best possible
>proposal for running the registry.
>
>-- 
>Best regards,
>William X Walsh <william@wxsoft.info>
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