On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 7:00 AM, Sam Lanfranco <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I would like to add a comment to flag the problems around maintaining > adequate domain name registration data, this in the case of ICANN’s targeted > support for the Internet in Africa, and NCSG’s focus on the not-for-profit > sector. > > Consider South Africa, by ordinary measures the most developed country in > Africa. Earlier this year the government de-registered over 300 South > African NGO’s and put an equal number on alert that they are about to lose > their registration. Without registration the NGO cannot even own a bank > account. The reason: failure to keep their required document filings up to > date. If they own a domain name (gTLD or ccTLD) ccTlds are not subject to contact re-verification AFAIK. there is a high probability > that they are not even aware of those registration data obligations and a > high likelihood that they won’t keep that data current. > > As well, think of the nightmare that will arise for registrars, et. al. if > the civil society groups that are de-listed have one of the new domain names > where registered status is a requirement. Any policy that carries > requirements should not be based on the ideal situation, and should take > seriously subjecting itself to stress testing. As well, there is scope for > enlightened or unenlightened government policy here on the continued > ownership of particular gTLD domain names. If, for example, .ngo means a > registered NGO and registration is lost, who will be empowered, or obliged, > to act? no one, it seems: http://pir.org/what-are-the-eligibility-requirements-for-registering-ngo-and-ong-for-nonprofits-and-ngos/ So as long as you show you are an NGO at initial registration, there does not seem to be re-verification of status as there is in highly regulated industries (.bank or .pharmacy for examples), apart from the contact data re-verification that is the subject of this thread. Registrars who signe the 2013 RAA know what the sign up for, nightmare or not. -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel