The NCSG December 9th Requests to ICANN

[Sam Lanfranco]

	See: 
https://www.internetgovernance.org/2019/12/11/icann-told-to-make-ethos-capital-conform-to-original-org-rfp-criteria/
(https://www.internetgovernance.org/2019/12/11/icann-told-to-make-ethos-capital-conform-to-original-org-rfp-criteria/)


	In the December 9th NCSG letter to the Board we said: 

	Specifically, we want to see:  
	* A revised notification procedure in which wholesale price increases of
any amount give ORG registrants 6 months to renew their domains for periods
of up to 20 years at the pre-existing annual rate. Implementation of this
revised notification procedure must be obligatory to both PIR as well as
any registrar through which .org domain names are registered and/or
renewed.
	* A strong commitment that the administration of the ORG domain will
remain content-neutral; that is, the registry will not suspend or take away
domains based on their publication of political, cultural, social, ethnic,
religious, and personal content, even untrue, offensive, indecent, or
unethical material, like that protected under the U.S. First Amendment.
	* An elimination of the URS procedure within the ORG domain, as the rights
protection mechanisms specific to the URS were appropriate only for new
domains.  
	We went on further to conclude with: 

	We sincerely urge the ICANN board to step up and meet its clear
obligations to ensure that ORG continues to fulfill the conditions of its
delegation and that the noncommercial registrants are consulted and
protective modifications in the RA are made. 

	I note that to date the Board has not responded to the three specific
things we are asking for. Also, it has not consulted with noncommercial
registrants and it has not offered protective modifications on the Registry
Agreement. We are in the dark. The Board has also not addressed any of the
additional concerns (e.g. the legal structure of the buying organization)
that have come up over the past month and a half. 
	Sam Lanfranco NPOC/NCSG 

    
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