Message-ID: <2870201.1075840805292.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 05:12:54 -0800 (PST) From: afternic_support@adm.chtah.com To: louise@enron.com Subject: .Org Shake-Up, The Urly Indicator for February, 01.02 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: "Afternic" @ENRON X-To: louise@enron.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \ExMerge - Kitchen, Louise\Deleted Items X-Origin: KITCHEN-L X-FileName: louise kitchen 2-7-02.pst =09Issue 104=09=09 Urly Inidcator=09Friday, 2.01.02=09Afternic.com =09 =09=09Dear Afternic Member , Will your .org names be affected by the upco= ming registry shift? No doubt you know that the VeriSign registry agreed = to divest itself of the .org domain as part of VeriSign's deal to retain bo= th its registry and registrar business units. That means that a new regist= ry will be running .org by this time next year. But the divestiture's impa= ct on .org registrants remains uncertain. Rumors have suggested that .org= will be reserved exclusively for nonprofits or officially recognized nonco= mmercial organizations, that other .org registrants will lose their names o= r their ability to transfer or renew them. Others have suggested that thes= e rules will apply only to new registrations, grandfathering those existing= before the new registry takes over. The ICANN names council weighed in e= arlier this month with recommendations against evictions, transfer restrict= ions, and registration restrictions by the future .org registry, but neithe= r ICANN nor registry applicants are obligated to accept these recommendatio= ns. One that looks likely to win acceptance, though, is the suggestion tha= t the new registry strive above all to differentiate .org from other gTLDs.= This is good news. Regardless of what happens to the 2.5 million current= ly registered .org names, any effort to establish a stronger identity or br= and for .org will enhance the value of .org names. 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