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 > >> > > > > > > > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 917 442 8665 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---------------------------------------------------------------