[nc-org] Re: Dot org

[Mike Roberts <mmr@darwin.ptvy.ca.us>]

At 10:36 AM -0500 12/19/01, Milton Mueller wrote:
>Philip:

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>
>Sponsorship means the SO has a right to define
>its own WHOIS policies and to be exempt from
>the UDRP. I got a very strong sense from
>IPCC and B&C that they did NOT want that.
>I will continue to assume that that is the
>case until I hear the delegated member of
>this TF tell me otherwise.
>
>Sponsorship also means that the SO has the
>right to "qualify" registrars. The registrars
>have made it clear that they want ALL
>accredited ICANN registrars to be
>eligible to register in .org.


Milton - I think these comments are a bit disingenuous. Neither the 
NC nor the Board is about to sanction a sponsored registry agreement 
for dot-org that contains either of these provisions, so the alleged 
danger is a red herring.

As you and others have complained about, the level of detail in the 
sponsored agreements that have just been completed is intended to 
ensure that the promises made by the applicants are enforceable in 
their subsequent agreements with ICANN.  The promises in turn are 
derived from the criteria and policy rules contained in the Board's 
decision on the manner in which the registry is to be [in this case] 
redelegated.  So the object here is to identify, find consensus for, 
and recommend the right set of dot-org policy principles to the 
Board, and let the application, selection and agreement process 
appropriately memorialize them.

- Mike
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