Los Angeles, November 12th, 2001
Resolution #1 (proposed by Mueller)
Whereas:
a) The .org TLD is the TLD where most members of the NCDNHC with global generic domain names register; and
b) The .org TLD now contains a wide variety of Internet users, including individuals; unincorporated organizations, alliances, and groups; and some informational sites and defensive registrations from commercial organizations; and
c) There is no single, globally applicable, clearly defined and easily applied standard for determining who should be eligible to register in the .org TLD; and
d) Advance restrictions on who can register raise the costs of domain name registrations; also, dispute initiation procedures designed to impose restrictions after registration also raise the costs and risks of registering a domain; and
e) Evicting current registrants in the .org TLD or cancelling their registrations upon expiration would destabilize user expectations, raise the costs of administering the TLD, create needless legal conflict and contribute little of value to the noncommercial Internet community or the domain name system;
Be it Resolved:
1. That the Noncommercial Domain Name Holders Constituency fully supports the concept of making .org into a "sponsored, unrestricted domain" as proposed by the Names Council Task Force on .ORG Divestiture.
2. That sponsorship of the .org TLD should be placed in the hands of an organization that has strong support from the NCDNHC and that will use revenues from the sale of registrations to support the participation of noncommercial interests in the ICANN process.
3. NCDNHC urges ICANN to create additional TLDs devoted to civil liberties, NGOs, and cultural entities, among others as soon as possible. And to ensure that redelegation of dot org does not detract from this process.