[council] First views of NCDNHC on .ORG

["Milton Mueller" <mueller@syr.edu>]

Item Type:  Appointment
Start Date:  06/28/2001  10:00 pm EDT  (Thursday)  
Duration:  1 Hour

The following points indicate the direction
in which the NCDNHC is headed. They have been 
discussed for about a week and seem to have support
but there may be modifications, additions, deletions 
or refinements as additional comments come in.
--MM

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1. The Noncommercial Domain Name Holders Constituency 
has a greater stake in the future of ORG than any 
other DNSO constituency.  

2. <under discussion>

3. We oppose any evictions or refusals to renew names 
currently registered in ORG.

4. "While we urge that ".org" remain an unrestricted 
TLD, we do favor identifying other ways to maintain 
the noncommercial identity of ORG. These may include 
policies related to marketing and promotion strategies 
targeting noncommercial users, and may include a 
recommendation that ICANN select (in consultation with 
the NCDNHC) a broad-based noncommercial "partnership 
entity" to act in a sponsoring or advisory capacity.

5. While the .ORG must, of course, remain a TLD for traditional noncomercial organizations and non-
profits, it must also be seen as a TLD to support 
individuals, households, and unincorporated 
organizations.

6. <under discussion>

7. The entity chosen by ICANN as the registry must 
show its commitment to a high quality of service for 
noncommercial organizations, individuals, and all .ORG 
users worldwide, including a commitment to making 
registration, assistance and others services 
available in different time zones and different 
languages.

8. While "restricted" TLDs may play a role in the
future development of the TLD space, we believe 
that .org's history of accessibility and openness, 
combined with the difficulties of establishing a globally acceptable definition of "non commercial", 
makes restrictions on regitration a poor fit for .org 
in the future. We urge that .org continue its status 
as an unrestricted TLD.

9. The NCC urges ICANN to create additional TLDs 
devoted to civil liberties, NGOs, and cultural 
entities, among others, as soon as possible, 
and to ensure that the redelegation of .org does not 
distract from this process.