Re: [ga] Contract Verisign / ICANN and statuschange of dot org from unrestricted to restricted

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

Kent and all remaining assembly members,

Kent Crispin wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 03:31:03AM +0200, Marc Schneiders wrote:
> > On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, at 16:26 [=GMT-0800], Kent Crispin wrote:
> >
> > > The charter of .org (whatever it might be or whether there even is one)
> > > is independent of the entity (whatever it might be) that runs the TLD.
> > > The only thing mentioned in the contract is that there is a presumption
> > > that a non-profit entity would run .org.  There is no statement
> > > whatsoever about the policies that might or might not be adopted for
> > > .org.
> >
> > A faq (http://www.icann.org/melbourne/info-verisign-revisions.htm) is
> > not a contract, sure. But why does ICANN deal with the matter
> > in the context of this contract at such length, if it isn't
> > relevant?
>
> Because there was a big stir in the community, and so they devoted some
> space in the FAQ to address the concerns that had been expressed.
>
> > The statements in the faq may have no legal force. But must
> > we assume that they are meaningless?
>
> What are you talking about? The statements in the FAQ explicitly state
> that *any* change to policies in .org would only come through community
> consensus.

  And the consensus from the straw poll as well as through the constituencies
such as the NCDNHC has already been expressed.  That consensus is
that there be NO changes in policy and/or practice in registrations in
.ORG.

>
>
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