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[ga] Org gets the nod from ICANN
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http://news.com.com/2100-1023-954532.html?tag=fd_top
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The Internet's governing body has recommended that the Virginia-based
Internet Society (ISOC) take over the .org domain.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
issued a report Monday recommending the nonprofit ISOC over 10 other
competitors vying to run the .org domain when domain name registrar
VeriSign relinquishes it in January.
In May 2001, VeriSign signed an agreement with ICANN and the Commerce
Department to relinquish control of the .org domain in exchange for
keeping the rights to oversee the lucrative .com domain. ICANN has
been looking for a successor to oversee .org.
Eleven candidates submitted proposals, and ICANN ordered three
evaluation teams to study whether the plans met the technical and
practical requirements of the .org community, which mostly consists
of nonprofit organizations.
"The ISOC proposal was the only one that received top ranking from
all three evaluation teams," ICANN President Stuart Lynn said in a
statement. "On balance, their proposal stood out from the rest."
Other applicants included Register.com subsidiary Register
Organization and the Union of International Associations, which is
affiliated with VeriSign.
ISOC is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization involved in
standards, policy issues and educational workshops. Its members
include industry bigwigs such as Microsoft and 3Com. It will run .org
in conjunction with Affilias, operator of the .info domain. ISOC
officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Upon learning of the proposal, some ICANN watchdogs blasted the plan,
saying it amounted to an "insider deal" that will derail the .org
mission of serving nonprofit organizations.
"The ISOC board is now controlled by corporations that buy
memberships," Michael Froomkin, operator of ICANNwatch.org, wrote in
a comment on the site after learning of the report.
He pointed out that ICANN has two people associated with ISOC on its
board, including Chairman Vint Cerf, a former head of the
organization, and Alejandro Pisantry, ICANN's vice chair and chair of
ISOC-Mexico.
The proposal for ISOC to take over .org is still open for public
input.
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