Re: [ga] FYI: dot-org

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

Jon and all assembly members,

Jon Lawrence wrote:

> Indeed...Nominet (.uk registry) is run as a non-profit entity.
>
> One could hardly suggest that they're running a best-practice registry.

  Maybe not, but they are doing a pretty good job of running a good
registry.  I am not sure what a "Best Practice" registry is.  If it is
what ICANN has represented as such, I am thankful as are our members
that Nominet is not doing so...

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

  Not a dam thing!  I am all for a good healthy profit motive for a
For-Profit company.  Hell I run one! >;)  But if such and entity
is like Enron, Afilias, Nuestar, Author Anderson, Global Crossing,
Microsoft, ect. ,ect....  Than there is allot wrong with that type
of profit motive.

>
>
> >-- 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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