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But there are no changes. It's just a mispaste
from what was understood from the original
discussion and vote. 

~ Ole


On Sun, 5 Feb 2017 00:13:26 +0000
mk <mk AT mkwia.com> wrote:

> That's not correct. As per the OpenNIC charter "changes
> to peering arrangements,
> introduction of new TLDs, and **policy/charter
> amendments** will be presented
> for discussion, then voted upon by the appropriate
> membership category."
> 
> There are 3 membership categories:
> - general member
> - administrator
> - maintainer
> 
> "A general member is anyone who uses the services offered
> by OpenNIC." This means
> holders of *any* domain name, and even users that only
> use the DNS servers, and
> have no OpenNIC domains. ALL members can vote on ANY TLD;
> not only persons that hold a, in this instance, .o domain.
> 
> OpenNIC charter:
> http://wiki.opennicproject.org/OpenNICCharter
> 
> 
> On 04/02/2017 18:04, Jonah Aragon wrote:
> > Re Amendment 2: I apologize for the misprint on the
> > charter regarding domain pricing, it seems I pasted in
> > an earlier revision of the charter that included that
> > wording. The official charter does indeed state domains
> > will remain free in perpetuity, and we had no intention
> > of raising prices ever.  I will update the website soon
> > with the correct wording. This amendment isn't
> > necessary.
> >
> > Re Amendment 1: The terminology "members" in the
> > situation you've posed refers to domain holders (i.e.
> > persons who hold an .o domain), not the OpenNIC
> > community. We require the ability to veto such votes so
> > as not to create instability. On the page you
> > referenced
> > (http://wiki.opennicproject.org/RegisteringATLD) this
> > is stated quite clearly: "All OpenNIC
> > <http://wiki.opennicproject.org/OpenNIC> TLDs must be
> > governed democratically, with ***each domain registrant
> > receiving a single vote***. A vote of the "membership"
> > of a TLD is always binding. Therefore, an OpenNIC
> > <http://wiki.opennicproject.org/OpenNIC> TLD does not
> > belong to any one person or group, but rather to the
> > community of its users." Clearly it in no way refers to
> > OpenNIC decisions as a whole.
> >
> > The OpenNIC community at large has voted in favor of my
> > charter overwhelmingly, after making some changes when
> > it was originally up for discussion. I believe it's
> > well written and requires no changes: I vote *NO* on
> > all aforementioned proposals.
> >
> > Additionally, all policies are de facto valid under
> > current OpenNIC policies, as the OpenNIC community
> > voted in favor of the charter, effectively making it an
> > official policy in the community.
> >
> > Hopefully this clears things up for everybody,
> >
> > Jonah
> > ModernTLD Administrator
> > https://www.moderntld.com/
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 11:43 AM <mk AT mkwia.com
> > <mailto:mk AT mkwia.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hello friends,
> >     I has come to my attention that some elements of
> > the .o charter is not inline
> >     with the OpenNIC charter. I think this would be
> > best resolved by voting
> >     through
> >     some amendments that solve my concerns.
> >
> >
> >     --Amendment 1--
> >     To remove the clause "The mTLD administration holds
> > the right to veto any
> >     member
> >     votes, in order to retain control of .o operation."
> > from the .o Organizational Policies document.
> >
> >     Explanation: This clause is in direct violation of
> > the "Registering a new TLD"
> >     policy, where it is stated that you can only manage
> > a TLD "if you are willing
> >     to
> >     manage a TLD which will always be subject to any
> > **binding** vote of the
> >     entire
> >     OpenNIC membership."
> >
> >     References:
> >     https://www.moderntld.com/about/policies/
> >     http://wiki.opennicproject.org/RegisteringATLD
> >
> >
> >     --Amendment 2--
> >     To remove the clause "All registrations will be
> > available for free after
> >     approval, however, the modernTLD administration
> > holds the right to raise
> >     prices
> >     as needed to cover operating costs" from the .o
> > charter, and replace it with
> >     the
> >     clause "All registrations are and will remain
> > available for free"
> >
> >     Explanation: As per the OpenNIC charter, its
> > mission is "to offer **free**/
> >     open
> >     access to DNS services to everyone by establishing
> > new domain hierarchies."
> >     It also "encourages the establishment of
> > non-revenue-generating domain hierarchies."
> >
> >     References:
> >     https://www.moderntld.com/about/charter/
> >     http://wiki.opennicproject.org/OpenNICCharter
> >
> >
> >     With this the discussion period of 7 days begins.
> >
> >     Voting shall begin at 18:00 UTC Saturday 11th
> > February 2017. Voting shall end at 18:00 UTC Saturday
> > 18th February 2017.
> >
> >     Please vote YES/NO during this period for each of
> > the amendments.
> >
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