What does this domain do that .org doesn't? > -----Original Message----- > From: Non-Commercial User Constituency [mailto:NCUC- > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rebecca MacKinnon > Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 6:02 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] New domain name .ngo would be for charities only > > FYI, see article below. After the London consultation, Abraxas > Partners and Verisign held an invitation-only seminar for people in > the NGO sector who might want to consider applying to run a new gTLD. > They also appear to be helping Article 25 to set up a new .ngo domain. > Some of their materials - in PDF and PPT - attached. Not sure if this > list-serv does attachments to copying to Robin for further forwarding. > > Best, > Rebecca > > ----- > > http://thirdsector.co.uk/news/Article/922487/New-domain-name-ngo- > charities/ > > New domain name .ngo would be for charities only > > By Kaye Wiggins, Third Sector Online, 23 July 2009 > > Human rights charity Article 25 proposes internet scheme to be funded > by philanthropists > > Human rights charity Article 25 has proposed a consortium of charities > to run a new internet domain name that would be available only to > not-for-profit groups. > > The charity wants the proposed consortium to raise $185,000 (£112,000) > and bid for a .ngo domain because it says the .org address is open to > abuse by fraudulent groups. > > Its suggestion follows an announcement from internet regulatory body > Icann that from 2010 onwards any organisation will be allowed to bid > to run new internet domains. > > Victoria Harris, chief executive of Article 25, toldThird Sector > Online her organisation wanted to put together a consortium of > charities that would ask philanthropists and corporate firms for > funding to bid for and run the new domain. > > "Lack of regulation has meant that commercial entities, individuals > and even professional criminals have been able to register websites > with .org suffixes quite legally, with no check on their identities or > intentions," she said. > > "In order to have a web address ending in .ngo, a group would have to > prove to the consortium that it was a genuine charity. Once consumers > realise that legitimate charitable organisations are regulated by the > .ngo domain name, the battle against fraud will start to be won." > > Article 25 will hold meetings with interested charities and umbrella > groups to discuss a framework for the scheme over the next few months. > > -- > Rebecca MacKinnon > Open Society Fellow | Co-founder, GlobalVoicesOnline.org > Assistant Professor, Journalism & Media Studies Centre, University of Hong > Kong > > UK: +44-7759-863406 > USA: +1-617-939-3493 > HK: +852-6334-8843 > Mainland China: +86-13710820364 > > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > Blog: http://RConversation.blogs.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rmack > Friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/rebeccamack