Re: [nc-org] Revised (final?) ORG Policy Statement

[Marc Schneiders <marc@schneiders.org>]

On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, at 15:42 [=GMT-0500], Milton Mueller wrote:

> 
> NAMES COUNCIL .ORG DIVESTITURE TASK FORCE
> 
> Statement of Policy (v 4.0, November 8, 2001)

Text is fine with me, except for the question below.

> 2. Characteristics of the Sponsoring Organization
> Administration of the .org TLD should be delegated to a
> non-profit Sponsoring Organization (SO) with 
> international support and participation from current
> .org registrants and non-commercial organizations inside 
> and outside of the ICANN process. It should be 
> authorized to contract with commercial service 
> providers to perform technical and service functions. 
> Either new or existing organizations should be eligible 
> to apply to become the SO. A new organization need not 
> be formally incorporated prior to submitting its 
> application.
> 
> Applicants for the SO should propose policies and 
> practices supportive of non-commercial participants in 
> the ICANN process. 
> 
> The DNSO requires SO applicants to propose governance 
> structures that provide current .org registrants with 

Why was "current" added?

> the opportunity to directly participate in the 
> selection of officers and/or policy-making council 
> members.

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Marc@Schneiders.ORG