[council] Dot Org final report to ICANN Board

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ICANN/DNSO

                   Dot ORG Final Report to the ICANN Board

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February 5, 2002

Stuart Lynn
President and Chief Executive Officer

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
Marina Del Rey, CA 90202, USA


Dear Stuart,

The Names Council, at the teleconference held on January 17, 2002, endorsed
the dot Org Task Force's final report.

The Names Council hereby submits the report to the Board for approval.

The report documents:

  A. Background to dot ORG report
  B. Task Force members
  C. Mailing List archives
  D. Draft statement of policy and public comment archives - October 2, 2001
  E. Final Report endorsed by theNames Council - January 17, 2002
     http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20020117.NCdotorg-report.html
  F. Minority report submitted by the Business Consituency
     http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20020205.NCdotorg-final-annexF.html
  G. Public comments submitted during two week period after endorsement,
     18 Jan to 1 Feb 2002
     http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20020205.NCdotorg-final-annexG.html

Thank you for your time and consideration of these comments.

Respectfully,

Names Council Chair



A. Background to dot ORG report and terms of reference

On 25 May 2001 ICANN formally entered into new agreements under which the
Internet's .com, .net, and .org domains will be operated for the next
several years. The VeriSign, Inc. will give up control over the .org
registry by the end of 2002.

For more information on the ICANN/VeriSign registry agreements, see
<http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/verisign/>.

On 4 June 2001, in Stockholm, ICANN Board made the following decisions: cf.
http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-04jun01.htm

     Resolved [01.71] that the Board refers to the Names Council
     for its consideration the issues raised by the scheduled
     transition of the operation of the .org top-level domain from
     VeriSign to a new entity, including at least:

        (a) whether to select an existing entity to succeed VeriSign
            as responsible for operation of the .org TLD, or to
            establish a new entity;

        (b) the characteristics of the entity to be selected or established;

        (c) selection criteria for the entity or its organizers;

        (d) principles governing its relationship with ICANN
            (sponsored or unsponsored TLD, term of operation, etc.); and

        (e) policies for the entity's operation of the .org top-level
            domain (to the extent they are not to be established by the
entity).

     Further resolved [01.72] that the Names Council is requested
     to provide a report on its progress on the issues referred by
     resolution 01.71, including any policy recommendations it has
     developed, no later than 12 October 2001; and

     Further resolved [01.73] that the report will then be posted
     for public comment in advance of ICANN's third annual meeting
     in November 2001.

Board resolution 01.71 became the terms of reference for the dot org task
force.

B. The dot Org Task Force was composed of the following members:

     Milton Mueller, NCDNHC
     Guillermo Carey, IPCC
     Elisabeth Porteneuve, ccTLD
     Grant Forsyth, BC
     Cary Karp, gTLD
     Ken Stubbs, Registrars
     Marc Schneiders, GA representaive elected

see http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2001.DNSO-GA-IDN-dotorgTF.html

C. Mailing list archives

The mailing list, found under Names Council Task Forces and Committees, was
set up on 4 Aug 2001 with the archives in
http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/nc-org/Arc00/

E-mail discussion from the GA is archived in:
http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-org/Arc00/maillist.html

D. Draft statement of policy and public comments

The Names Council dot ORG divestiture Task Force submitted a draft statement
of policy (v3.3, October 2, 2001) for public comment,
see:http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/council/Arc06/msg00142.html

Public comments may be found at:
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/dnsocomments/comments-dotorg/Arc01/
11 October 2001 to 16 October 2001 (closed)

Following this the final report was drafted.

E. Final Report of the dot ORG Task Force on policy advice endorsed by the
Names Council of the DNSO at the teleconference meeting on January 17, 2002

(The report is short and an executive summary is not required.)

http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20020117.NCdotorg-report.html

F. The Business Constituency Minority Report

http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20020205.NCdotorg-final-annexF.html

G. Public comments submitted during two week period after endorsement, 18
Jan to 1 Feb 2002

http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20020205.NCdotorg-final-annexG.html

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