Sir,I respectfully disagree with the proposal to put
in place requirements that force .ORG domain holders to become true non-commercial
organizations, and I am very concerned that though ICANN is aware of the concern
of individual holders, it will give this significant minority short shrift in the
up-coming discussions and decisions. ICANN has no legal responsibility to represent
anyone fairly, and while the voting membership of ICANN may endeavor to represent
the individual Domain Name System users with equanimity, their disparate objection
will be lost in the face of more organized commercial opposition.
Please, be mindful
of the fact that the users of DNS's ".ORG" zone include minorities of one, and that
for many of us "ones", procuring the necessary paperwork to prove we are non-commercial
entities is too-high a barrier to remain users of the system. For those that
suggest we re-register in some other, more appropriate zone, please consider that
the new zone name may already be in use by businesses or domain squatters, with little
or no recourse on the behalf of the individuals holding a ".ORG" zone.
It would
be better if membership if .ORG was never openned to commercial or potentially-commercial
entities, but now that membership is unconstrained, I believe that it is naive to
think that the Internet community can go back to the old rules without great difficulty
and inconvenience.
Kind regards,
#\Matthew
(holder of ECONOMOU.ORG and IRTNOG.ORG,
and technical contact for AMERICANCONSERVATORY.EDU)