> Differentiate the dot-org domain as representative of not-for-profit, public-benefit, and charitable purposes, distinct from the intended purposes of other domains.
Does that mean we won't be able to register .org for personal website/blogs?
The group's FAQ says .org was "originally intended to be run in the interests of non-commercial Internet users," which is true and, in my view, doesn't exclude individuals, even those who want to use a .org for commercial purposes. I read that statement as "we will prioritize the needs of the 'core' of .org users but everyone is welcome."
I would strongly doubt that people like Esther Dyson, Michael Roberts, and Katherine Maher got into this group to take .org domains away from individuals or to restrict individuals from using .org. Quite the opposite, I imagine; they, in my bet, want to keep it as it is now.
If any of you want to suggest language that you feel better conveys the goal, please propose it. We’d like to make the charter as clear and unambiguous as possible.
> The Cooperative Corporation of dot-org Registrants, or CCOR, is the cooperative organization that seeks to embody and collectively represent the community of dot-org domain name registrants, who will be its members.
As a .org registrant that doesn't fit into their enumerated purposes, I don't see how they can claim to represent me.
It would also seem at odds with a further commitment:
> Ensure that the dot-org domain is not used as a point of control or censorship over the speech or conduct of its registrants or their constituencies.
In that it seems to promote the idea that some speech or conduct (such as running a commercial business) should not take place on a .org domain, because of some distinct purpose of the domain.
If you feel that the existing language in the charter, that part of which was largely derived from the original .ORG establishment RFC, and subsequent definitional documents, should be updated in some way, please propose specific edits for debate.
No change is being proposed here. Instead, a formalization and locking-in of existing rights, is being proposed.
And besides, there are certainly too many people with the same name for this to be practical.