RE: First draft of an ORG policy - please comment
Dear Milton, I am attaching a few comments to the proposed draft. Best regards Guillermo -----Mensaje original----- De: Milton Mueller [mailto:mueller@syr.edu] Enviado el: Viernes, 03 de Agosto de 2001 23:38 Para: gcarey@carey.cl; grant.forsyth@clear.co.nz; ck@nrm.se CC: elisabeth.porteneuve@cetp.ipsl.fr; kstubbs@dninet.net Asunto: First draft of an ORG policy - please comment ORG Task Force members: During the past week I conferred with representatives of the Noncommercial community and with members of the ISP, Business-Commercial, and Intellectual Property constituencies in Washington DC. Of course, that is just a start. In the statement below, I have tried to define a set of policy prescriptions that takes account of the various concerns I heard and the areas of agreement I discerned. Please let me know what you think of it. Perhaps we can have something ready by the Names Council teleconference on August 16. ======== NAMES COUNCIL .ORG DIVESTITURE TASK FORCE Statement of Policy (v 1.0, August 3, 2001) 1. Administration of ORG should be delegated to a new, non-profit entity with broad, international support and participation from non-commercial organizations inside and outside of the ICANN process. The new registry should develop policies and practices supportive of noncommercial constituencies. It should be authorized to contract with commercial service providers to perform technical and service functions. 2. The new ORG registry must function efficiently and reliably. The entity chosen by ICANN must show its commitment to a high quality of service for all .ORG users worldwide, including a commitment to making registration, assistance and other services available in different time zones and different languages. 3. The transition should make it clear at the outset that current legal registrants will not have their registrations cancelled nor will they be denied the opportunity to renew their names. 4. While "restricted" TLDs may play a role in the future development of the name space, .ORG's history of accessiility and openness, combined with the difficulties of establishing an easily enforcable, globally acceptable definition of "non commercial," make prior restrictions on registration a bad idea for .ORG in the future. .ORG should continue as an unrestricted TLD. 5. .ORG's original status as a place for registrants who "don't fit anywhere else" must be retained. While .ORG must remain a TLD for traditional noncommercial organizations and non-profits, it must also be recognized as a TLD that supports individuals, households, unincorporated organizations, business partnerships with non-profits, and other social initiatives. 6. While .ORG should remain an unrestricted TLD, the new delegee should identify ways to differentiate and strengthen the special identity of ORG, such as marketing and promotion strategies targeting noncommercial uses and users, and by not encouraging defensive or duplicative registrations. 7. .ORG's administration must be consistent with policies defined through ICANN processes, such as policies regarding registrar accreditation, shared registry access, dispute resolution, and access to registration contact data. Consistency does not mean total uniformity, however; the new registry's mandate to support non-commercial interests should permit it latitude to develop special policies and practices suited to those interests so long as they do not undermine critical policy objectives. 8. The DNSO Task Force developing ORG policy should work directly with the ICANN staff in drafting a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit applications for the delegation, and play a direct and co-equal role with ICANN staff in the selection of the new registry operator. #133987 v1 - domain name .org. TF.doc |