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[Zach Gibbens <infocop411 AT gmail.com>]

Well, if we have a legal presence in the US, we have the same Risks as
Verisign did, getting a court order to mess with a domain. If we're
setup in Australia we're under the ACMA, where we register is a big bit
of the issue for that reason.

On 12/20/2010 02:22 PM, Hanselka, Alex wrote:
> I remember Robin and all of those things... however, times are changing and 
> I feel like it is kind of necessary, especially if we expect to hold on to 
> our TLDs once TLDs become a free-for-all.
> 
> Just a thought :)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces AT lists.opennicproject.org 
> [mailto:discuss-bounces AT lists.opennicproject.org] On Behalf Of Brian Koontz
> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 10:53 AM
> To: OpenNIC Discuss
> Subject: Re: [opennic-discuss] Non Profit
> 
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 09:32:55AM -0900, teamcoltra AT gmail.com wrote:
>> The one issues I have with being organized anywhere, is then we start 
>> becoming centralized. However, with a limited liability organization 
>> then it reduces the risk to any of our T1/T2 operators... and gives us 
>> a central place to store money.
> 
> The founder of OpenNIC, Robin Bandy, was always against the idea of 
> organizing OpenNIC into a legal structure for the same reason you give.  
> But to add to your list:
> 
> We can accept donations
> We protect the OpenNIC name
> We have a collective voice
> 
>   --Brian
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