Dear ICANN, interested parties and the non-commercial constituency members:On
behalf of the ePhilanthropy Foundation and its international board of 29 Trustees,
I am proud to offer our support to the concept of non-commercial validation as a
way to improve the integrity the .org URL. We believe that promotion of a validation
program will help build public confidence in making online philanthropic transactions
and that validation is a critical component in growing this public confidence.
The ePhilanthropy Foundation is nonprofit organization devoted to fostering the
secure, private, efficient and ethical use of the Internet for Philanthropic purposes.
The ePhilanthropy Foundation serves multiple constituencies, most importantly, non-profit
organizations worldwide and the general public.
The ePhilanthropy Foundation has
provided online and offline educational services to more than 3000 individuals representing
over 1200 organizations located throughout North America, Australia, the United Kingdom
and South Africa. The Foundation was founded in 2000 by a coalition of nonprofit
and for profit organizations dedicated its mission of fostering the ethical use of
the Internet for philanthropic purposes.
We believe the validation concept is critical
to ensuring that the .org registry is operated in a way that is responsive to the
needs, concerns and views of the global nonprofit and philanthropic Internet community.
Sincerely,
Mr. Theodore R. Hart, ACFRE
ePhilanthropyFoundation.org
President/CEO
http://ephilanthropy.org