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Statement on ICANN’s Rejection of the Dot Org Transfer to Private Equity


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A BETTER WAY FOR .ORG




CCOR


Cooperative Corporation of .ORG Registrants


BY AND FOR NONPROFITS 

The Cooperative Corporation of .ORG Registrants, CCOR.ORG, is the membership
cooperative organization that embodies and collectively represents the community
of .ORG domain name registrants. 

CCOR is an organization created by nonprofits for nonprofits to maximize the
security and stability of the open and non-commercial Internet. CCOR is your
source for domain name registration and domain name management services for the
.ORG domain suffix.

To register your interest in the cooperative dot-org domain you can directly
send us an email or just submit the form attached below by mentioning your
email, name, and a dot-org domain of your need. After that, we'll contact you
for further verification and provide access to your requested dot-org domain.
This process involves following steps.




Step 1Request for a domain.
Step 2Go through verification.
Step 3Get a domain access.



CONTACT US






DEDICATED TO AN OPEN INTERNET

Ensures the technical stability and continuity of operation of the .ORG domain
for the benefit of the open Internet community.


COMMITTED TO HUMAN RIGHTS

Protects the privacy and human rights of .ORG registrants,  freedom of
expression, and platforms for anonymous political speech.


FOUNDED BY CHARITABLE LEADERS

Dedicated to differentiating the .ORG domain as representative of
not-for-profit, public-benefit, and charitable purposes.


COMMITMENTS





CCOR.ORG'S ARTICLES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING COMMITMENTS TO .ORG REGISTRANTS,
NONPROFITS, AND THE OPEN INTERNET:  


 * Ensure the technical stability and continuity of operation of the .ORG domain
   at or surpassing the level that has prevailed since 2004, for the benefit of
   the Internet community as a whole.

 * Differentiate the .ORG domain as representative of not-for-profit,
   public-benefit, and charitable purposes, distinct from the intended purposes
   of other domains.&n bsp;

 * Ensure that the privacy and other human rights of dot-org’s registrants,
   which include many organizations that handle sensitive health records,
   facilitate the freedom of the press, and provide platforms for anonymous
   political speech, are protected. 

 * Ensure that the .ORG domain is not used as a point of control or censorship
   over the speech or conduct of its registrants or their constituencies. 

 * Ensure that, in the execution of its duties, CCOR.ORG will seek to maximize
   diversity, including consideration of gender, ethnicity, professional
   experience and nationality. 

 * Distribute the remaining savings to its member-patron registrants,
   proportional with the number of .ORG domains held by each. 

 * Return the lesser of one-fourth of gross revenue or the maximum allowable
   under law to the community in the form of support for not-for-profit
   organizations critical to the operation and governance of the Internet,
   specifically including, but not limited to the not-for-profit public-benefit
   Root DNS Operators, as well as, optionally, the Internet Governance Forum,
   chapters of the Internet Society, and other such deserving organizations and
   projects as may be serving the Internet’s users and infrastructure in a
   public-benefit manner.

Download the complete Articles of Incorporation (clean version)





DIRECTORS 

Esther Dyson

Esther was the first chair of ICANN’s board of directors and is currently
executive founder (full-time) at  Wellville, a 10-year non-profit project
focused on health and equitable wellbeing. She is also an active angel
investor. 

Katherine Maher

Katherine runs the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia’s parent organization. 
Wikipedia is the only dot-org website in the Alexa top 50
most-frequently-visited web sites.

Michael Roberts

Mike led the establishment of Internet2 and was central to the transition of
academic networking to the modern Internet. He went on to become ICANN’s
founding President.

Marietje Schaake

Marietje served as a Member of the European Parliament (2009-2019) from The
Netherlands. She’s now International Policy Director at Stanford’s Cyber Policy
Center and President of the Cyber Peace Institute.

Jeff Ubois

Jeff has been central to a number of non-profits dealing with digital archiving
and librarianship, and has built a number of philanthropic programs for digital
development.

William Woodcock

Bill is Executive Director of Packet Clearing House (which provided the
technical back-end for the dot-org domain from 2004 to 2020), and chairman of
the board of Quad9.

Bevil Wooding

Bevil is the Chief Knowledge Officer of Congress WBN, a large faith-based
development aid NGO, and is the Caribbean regional manager for the Regional
Internet Registry ARIN.




FAQ





Q. WHY DOES THIS MATTER SO MUCH - WHAT IS AT RISK?

Millions of nonprofits around the world rely on dot-org to help them provide
critical health, infrastructure, human rights, freedom of the press, advocacy
and fundraising services. Our sole focus is developing a solution for dot-org
that serves the interests of the dot-org registrants and the public.




Q. WHAT PRINCIPLES ARE INVOLVED HERE? 

We stand behind the principle of a dot-org domain run solely in the interests of
its most important stakeholder group, the world’s nonprofits.. This is the best
way to ensure the long-term, stable and secure operation of .ORG. 




Q. ARE YOU AGAINST COMMERCIAL INTERNET OPERATIONS IN A GENERAL SENSE?

No. There are many solutions suited to commercially driven Internet operations.
We support a vibrant private sector Internet. The .ORG domain is a unique
infrastructure that was originally intended to be run in the interests of
non-commercial Internet users. We support maintaining that status.




Q. WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR? 

We believe that the best way to transition the dot-org domain is to undertake a
full, open, deliberative, community process consistent with the best current
practices of the global Internet community. 




Q. WHY DO YOU BELIEVE A COOPERATIVE WILL HELP ALL DOT-ORG REGISTRANTS?

The co-operative model is simple and proven. It is used by some of the world’s
largest top-level domains, including dot-de, the country code top-level domain
for Germany. It is a proven means to ensure dot-org stability and good
governance in alignment with Internet and nonprofit good practices. 




Q. HOW WOULD THE COOPERATIVE FUND COMMON INFRASTRUCTURE?

The cooperative is committed to redistributing up to 25% of annual revenues to
support an open Internet and key nonprofit Internet infrastructure. This
includes specific commitments to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and
to nonprofit Domain Name System Root Server Operators as well as, optionally,
the Internet Governance Forum, chapters of the Internet Society, and other such
deserving organizations and projects as may be serving the Internet’s users and
infrastructure in a public-benefit manner.




Q. WHAT’S TO STOP THE CCOR.ORG FROM SPENDING .ORG REVENUE ON OTHER PURPOSES?

Having Article V, Prohibited Activities in the Articles, “Notwithstanding any
other provision of these articles, this Corporation shall not, except to an
insubstantial degree, engage in any activities or exercise any powers that are
not in furtherance of the specific purposes of this Corporation” means that the
CCOR.ORG is prohibited by California law from engaging in or spending .ORG
revenue on other purposes. The CCOR.ORG is legally bound to prioritize
distributing savings to .ORG registrants over anything outside of its other
enumerated Purposes.





PRESS

Internet Nonprofit Leaders Fight Deal to Sell Control of .org Domain

Private equity seeks .org domain control via purchase of the Public Interest
Registry

ICANN’s founding chairman joins the battle to keep .org out of private hands


Questions or Inquiries?
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CCOR.ORG is a proud supporter of the #SaveDotOrg Campaign