Re: [nc-org] Dot org report

[Marc Schneiders <marc@schneiders.org>]

My support for this, Milton.

Marc


On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, at 13:23 [=GMT-0500], Milton Mueller wrote:

> In preparing revisions in the org report, I 
> have considered some of Thomas Roessler's 
> comments. His comments are on the whole 
> excellent and well taken, but I think he 
> misunderstands the function
> of the DNSO policy-making process. 
> 
> In effect, Roessler is asking us to write a detailed
> Request for Proposals (RFP), which asks for such things
> as a detailed business plan, the contractual and
> legal capabilities of the sponsoring organization
> to enforce an outsourcing contract, etc.
> 
> I don't think that is our function at this stage. 
> That is the next step in the process:
> we hand a general policy to ICANN, and they
> write the RFP that implements it. So I will
> not be proposing any modifications to the
> report that respond to these concerns.
> 
> Finally, Roessler makes a comment about
> the $1000 application fee limit which misses
> the point. Of course, any serious organization
> could afford to put up more than $1000.
> But what reason is there to require it? 
> As Roessler himself points out, the real 
> costs here are in developing a proposal and
> in rounding up political, legal and financial
> support. Those costs will run in the tens of
> thousands of dollars. There is no legitimate 
> reason to pile additional costs on to the 
> process. The need for doing so is further
> obviated by the $5 million that Verisign is
> providing for the transitional process. 
> $1000 is enough to prevent any
> non-serious applicants. But unreasonably
> high upfront costs may scare away 
> legitimate applicants.
> 
> --MM
> 
> 
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