Re[2]: [ga] New FAQs Posted

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

Hello Chuck,

Saturday, March 24, 2001, 4:34:22 AM, Gomes, Chuck wrote:

> Roland,

> I agree that the .org issues are clearly policy issues that should be
> decided through the DNSO consensus building process.  In the latest FAQs
> posted by ICANN, that is what will happen.  So there certainly does not seem
> to be an end run around that process.  Also, for such a process to be done
> well, it will take a great deal of time.  But I believe  there is nothing in
> the new .org agreement that anyway bypasses or removes any of the .org
> policy control from ICANN or the community in any significant way unless you
> think these requirements do that: the new registry will be a non-profit
> organization, VeriSign cannot be associated with the new registry in any
> way, the new registry needs to begin operation not later than January 1,
> 2003, the new registry will have $5M start-up for operating costs, and the
> new registry will be able to use VeriSign Registry's global resolution and
> distribution facilities.

At least we get confirmation now that the new registry being a
non-profit is a part of this deal.

-- 
Best regards,
 William                            mailto:william@userfriendly.com


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