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.Org non-profit is looking for new members of Board of Directors

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Want to be on the board of a non-profit domain name registry?

Public Interest Registry (PIR), the non-profit that runs the .org top level domain name and a few related new TLDs, is looking for new members for its Board of Directors. Nominations, including self-nominations, are due by December 11.

This role is not to be taken lightly, as the description and time commitment makes clear. Board members are expected to attend 15 full days of face-to-face meetings (not included travel time) each year and correspond daily over email.

PIR wants people with a strong financial background, experiences with startups or new ventures, and a solid understanding of the non-profit world that PIR serves. Experience outside of the domain name industry is a plus.

Compensation is quite limited (up to $12,000 per year), so Board members definitely need to look at this as a volunteer opportunity.

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.Org sticks with Afilias for backend

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Afilias maintains contract to run technical services for the .org top level domain name.

afilias-logoPublic Interest Registry (PIR), the company that operates the .org top level domain name, has decided to keep Afilias as its technical backend registry operator after a competitive bidding process.

Afilias has managed technical registry operations for .org since the domain’s management was transitioned from Verisign to Public Interest Registry (PIR) in 2003. It has been a very lucrative contract for Afilias, which was paid over $33 million in the most recent year disclosed by PIR on its 2014 tax return.

That’s certainly above market rates for just under 11 million domains under management. So PIR put the contract out for bids at the beginning of the year. 20 service providers responded to the request for proposal.

After the competitive process, PIR decided to stick with Afilias, although it was certainly under more favorable contract terms (which have not been disclosed).

The new contract is expected to go into effect at the beginning of 2018.

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A Domainer’s Dashboard – DNW Podcast #72

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This service lets you get a handle on your domain name investing business.

Domain Name Wire podcastCan Efty help domain name investors make more money? Co-founder Doron Vermaat explains how Efty creates a dashboard for your domain business, and how it can help you sell more domain names.

Also: Berkens’ big payday, Tesla gets Tesla.com, big .org contract out for bid, Rightside’s biz and .Cloud shoots up into the clouds.

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PIR CEO Brian Cute – DNW Podcast #65

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CEO of non-profit that runs .org discusses the past, present and future of domain names.

Brian CutePublic Interest Registry is a not-for-profit that operates the popular .Org domain name. CEO Brian Cute explains the unique nature of his registry, as well as its rollout of .Ngo, .Ong and IDN domain names. Cute explains what needs to happen for these new domain names to be successful, and why he believes validation will be key for domain names in the future.

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Interesting rationale for a city changing its domain name

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City cites credibility for switching from .org to .gov.

The Town of West Hartford recently changed its domain name from a .org to a .gov, and I found its rationale for doing so rather interesting.

Here’s a news brief from West Hartford News:

This month, the Town of West Hartford changed its domain name from westhartford.org to westhartfordct.gov. The .gov domain offers a higher level of scrutiny that only federal, state and local governments are allowed to use. Joining the .gov community verifies that our internet address is the official Town of West Hartford, CT and that we have been vetted by the General Services Administration (GSA), an independent agency of the United States government. All visitors to the old website address will automatically be redirected to the new website address.

Town employee email addresses will also change to the new domain name and will end with westhartfordct.gov. Messages will also be automatically forwarded to the new one.

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