Re: [ga-org] First Ten Policy Questions

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

Alex and all,

 As usual you have come up with some very good and relevant
question.  >;)  My answer would be "C".  I believe this is also the
position of our members as well, many of which have .ORG
domain names and are very concerned that the current registration
practice and policy will be dramatically changed.  As such I have
one other relevant question that should be answered that may
parallel your "C" question below...
To Wit:

  Should the current registration practice and policy for registration
of domain Names change or be otherwise modified when a new
organization takes over the .ORG Registry/gTLD? Or,
Should the current registration practice and policy be kept in
place in perpetuity regardless of what entity takes over the
.ORG gTLD?

Alexander Svensson wrote:

> Dear fellow ga-org readers,
>
> I believe we have to ask one question /before/ we
> can go into questions like UDRP, fee structure and
> registry operator.
>
> 0) What shall be the *purpose* of .org?
>
> E.g.
> (a) a TLD for non-commercial purposes (and all
>     current registrants?)
>
> (b) a TLD for non-commercial organizations (and
>     all current registrants?)
>
> (c) an uncharterted TLD (with or without UDRP)
>
> (d) ...?
>
> Ad (a)
> The definition of (a) would include personal
> purposes, (b) would not. It seems to me that there
> will be agreement that all current registrants
> will keep their .org domain name. If that is the
> case, is there a point in changing .org's purpose?
> There is currently a wide variety of uses, even
> though I suspect that the large majority of
> commercial .org registrations simply are defensive
> registrations of companies already holding the
> same string in .com.
>
> Ad (b)
> The definition of organization would inevitably lead
> to trouble. There are of course huge differences
> between organizations in various countries of the
> world, and it is not easy to determine their status.
> E.g. ICANNwatch.org is a non-commercial network of
> contributors, but as far as I understand it does not
> have a specific legal status.
>
> Ad (c)
> One could argue that instead of changing the status
> of .org, ICANN should create a TLD specifically for
> non-commercial purposes in the next round of
> applications and let .org remain an unchartered TLD.
> However, we know that this will take time and that
> the current application process does not seem to
> attract many not-for-profit proposals. It's easier
> to take over an existing, well-known TLD than to
> make a proposal for a new one which would be faced
> with enormous start-up costs.
>
> Best regards,
> /// Alexander
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