[ga] Org gets the nod from ICANN

[Don Brown <donbrown_l@inetconcepts.net>]

FYI

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-954532.html?tag=fd_top
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The Internet's governing body has recommended that the Virginia-based 
Internet Society (ISOC) take over the .org domain. 
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 
issued a report Monday recommending the nonprofit ISOC over 10 other 
competitors vying to run the .org domain when domain name registrar 
VeriSign relinquishes it in January. 

In May 2001, VeriSign signed an agreement with ICANN and the Commerce 
Department to relinquish control of the .org domain in exchange for 
keeping the rights to oversee the lucrative .com domain. ICANN has 
been looking for a successor to oversee .org.  

Eleven candidates submitted proposals, and ICANN ordered three 
evaluation teams to study whether the plans met the technical and 
practical requirements of the .org community, which mostly consists 
of nonprofit organizations. 

"The ISOC proposal was the only one that received top ranking from 
all three evaluation teams," ICANN President Stuart Lynn said in a 
statement. "On balance, their proposal stood out from the rest." 

Other applicants included Register.com subsidiary Register 
Organization and the Union of International Associations, which is 
affiliated with VeriSign. 

ISOC is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization involved in 
standards, policy issues and educational workshops. Its members 
include industry bigwigs such as Microsoft and 3Com. It will run .org 
in conjunction with Affilias, operator of the .info domain. ISOC 
officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment. 

Upon learning of the proposal, some ICANN watchdogs blasted the plan, 
saying it amounted to an "insider deal" that will derail the .org 
mission of serving nonprofit organizations. 

"The ISOC board is now controlled by corporations that buy 
memberships," Michael Froomkin, operator of ICANNwatch.org, wrote in 
a comment on the site after learning of the report. 

He pointed out that ICANN has two people associated with ISOC on its 
board, including Chairman Vint Cerf, a former head of the 
organization, and Alejandro Pisantry, ICANN's vice chair and chair of 
ISOC-Mexico. 

The proposal for ISOC to take over .org is still open for public 
input.



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