I see a rule in the charter that an organisation should be the exclusive user of at least one domain name. I see no restriction that this domain name be non-commercial. The domain name http://www.kaswesha.kbo.co.ke/ clearly resolves to ' a website controlled by and representing the Member Organization', thus satisfying requirement 2.2.1.2.2 of the charter. 

So the problem McTim is worrying about here appears to be due to a misapprehension. The Kaswesha domain name looks to satisfy the membership requirement to me.

I thank Milton for his explanation of the reason for the domain name application, and its origins in the deep differences between the GNSO and ALAC mission. 

Cheers

David

On 17/11/2011, at 7:54 PM, McTim wrote:

On 11/17/11, William Drake <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
How to reconcile these two statements is a conundrum….

Indeed.

On the specifics of this application, while I am sure that KASWESHA is
a non-commercial organisation, the fact that they have a .co.ke might
be disqualifying.  I think this is unfair.

The domain kbo.co.ke is a multistakeholder PPP with the GoKenya,
Google, KENIC and others coming together to make it easy to get "kenya
Buisnesses Online", hence kbo.co.ke.

It's a free service, so fairly popular.

How does the NCSG-EC reconcile inclusion with rigid rules?

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Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel