I agree. A brief read of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization indicates that
drawing a definitive line would not be easy.


joly


On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Carlos Afonso <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> If it were open to any non-profit, they would have to devise a unique
> way to identify applicants as non-profit -- how to do this for 200+
> countries and keep the process simple? PIR/ISOC escaped this by
> continuing the existing policy for .org at the time they won the bid
> (just let anyone in).
>
> frt rgds
>
> --c.a.
>
> Rebecca MacKinnon wrote:
> > For the record, it appears to be a British group spearheading this
> effort.
> > But either way, the same problems would seem to apply.
> > I guess this is an interesting
> > foreshadowing of the problems people are going to face in creating new
> > "community based" gTLDs that would have various requirements attached
> > to them,
> > and which aspire to be global.
> >
> > Best,
> > Rebecca
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 5:36 AM, David Cake <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> >> At 12:19 AM -0300 30/7/09, Carlos Afonso wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Norbert, it seems not to be the worldwide ngo community, but the US
> >>> ngo community. Even the concept of "charities" varies widely from
> >>> country to country, depending on quite different local laws. This seems
> >>> to be a TLD for the 501(c) organizations in the USA and this is it. We,
> >>> in the planet outside of those US boundaries, should not bother about
> >>> it, I guess.
> >>>
> >>        Yeah, that was sort of my concern. An NGO is not the same as a
> >> charity in most jurisdictions. A .ngo gTLD 'for charities only' would
> not
> >> only be of no use to most of the NGOs that I am involved in, but would
> be
> >> mildly annoying.
> >>        (the requirements for 'tax deductible gift recipient' status (ie
> an
> >> official charity) in Australia are much more stringent than those for a
> US
> >> 501 (c), most NGOs are non-profit organisations, but that isn't the same
> >> thing as a charity at all)
> >>        Seems to be a case where a gTLD is being proposed for a
> US-centric
> >> purpose that should really be served by something under the .us ccTLD,
> >> partly as a result of laissez-faire management of the appropriate gTLD.
> >>        FWIW, .org.au is restricted to non-profits and charities.
> >>        Cheers
> >>                David
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>



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