Revision history for OpenNICCharter
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<<Annotated version can be found [[OpenNICCharterAnnotated | here]].
OpenNIC is governed as a //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy | democracy]]//. All decisions are made by a democratically-elected administrator and/or through a direct ballot of interested members. All decisions, regardless of how they are made, are appealable to a vote of the general membership.
OpenNIC is governed as a //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy | democracy]]//. All decisions are made by a democratically-elected administrator and/or through a direct ballot of interested members. All decisions, regardless of how they are made, are appealable to a vote of the general membership.
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OpenNIC is governed as a //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy democracy]]//. All decisions are made by a democratically-elected administrator and/or through a direct ballot of interested members. All decisions, regardless of how they are made, are appealable to a vote of the general membership.
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Ratified 06Aug2008.
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To cast your vote, a member must be signed up on http://www.opennic.glue. When a vote is called, the voting official makes the vote public on the site, it will appear in left column, and will only be viewable to registered users.
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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. The vote process starts with public presentation of the issue in the appropriate forum, followed by a discussion window of not less than 7 days. After 7 days, a member of the OpenNIC community may motion a vote. The voting window will exist for 7 days, after which votes will be tallied and the decision made by the appropriate membership level will be announced. A simple majority of votes cast in favor of the issue (50% + 1) will determine whether the vote passes. Voting is regulated by the below rules.
1. Voting has to be started with an Announce Email that has the Title "VOTE: Subject"
2. The Email must state what the vote is about
3. The Email must state what happens when voting yes, and no
4. The Email must state the start and end time in UTC!
5. Voting will begin no earlier than 7 days from the date and time the proposal has been posted.
6. The active voting period before the end time may not be less the 48 hours
1. Voting has to be started with an Announce Email that has the Title "VOTE: Subject"
2. The Email must state what the vote is about
3. The Email must state what happens when voting yes, and no
4. The Email must state the start and end time in UTC!
5. Voting will begin no earlier than 7 days from the date and time the proposal has been posted.
6. The active voting period before the end time may not be less the 48 hours
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<<Annotated version can be found [[OpenNICCharterAnnotated here]].
Ratified 06Aug2008.<<::c::
Ratified 06Aug2008.<<::c::
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<<Annotated version can be found [[OpenNICCharterAnnotated here]].<<::c::
- A **general member** is anyone who uses the services offered by OpenNIC. Members can vote on general policies, the creation of new TLDs and budgeting the organization's resources (monetary, personal expertise, etc.). Any decision made by the other membership categories can appealed to a vote of the general membership.
- A **general member** is anyone who uses the services offered by OpenNIC. Members can vote on general policies, the creation of new TLDs and budgeting the organization's resources (monetary, personal expertise, etc.). Any decision made by the other membership categories can appealed to a vote of the general membership.
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//Historical note: The original OpenNIC charter has not been recovered. This charter has been recreated from historical records, and is intended to reflect the prevailing OpenNIC organization and policies prior to summer of 2007. References when available have been cited.//
~& This purpose statement is essentially identical to the original "Welcome to the OpenNIC" page archived at http://www.opennic.unrated.net/index_old.html and posted on or before 01Jun2001.
~& Paraphrased from Robin Bandy's "An Immodest DNS Proposal," posted 01Jun2000 and archived at http://nonish.net/OpenNIC/K5%20An%20Immodest%20DNS%20Proposal.html
~& Extracted from original organization statement dated on or before 01Jun2001, archived at http://www.opennic.unrated.net/index_old.html
- A **member** is anyone who uses the services offered by OpenNIC. Members can vote on general policies, the creation of new TLDs and budgeting the organization's resources (monetary, personal expertise, etc.). Any decision made by the other membership categories can appealed to a vote of the general membership.
~& Extracted from a K5 post by Robin Bandy 16Jul2000, archived at http://nonish.net/OpenNIC/Robin_K5_comments_2000-07-16.html
~& Voting history that supports this charter section can be found in the [[http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.network.opennic.general OpenNIC gmane archives]] (at least back to 2002); personal OpenNIC archives with similar voting procedures exist back to Dec2000.
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1) To offer free/open access to DNS services to everyone by establishing new domain hierarchies external to the existing ICANN-controlled domain infrastructure using current DNS protocols.
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====Voting====
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//Historical note: The original OpenNIC charter has not been recovered. This charter has been recreated from historical records, and is intended to reflect the prevailing OpenNIC organization and policies prior to summer of 2007. References when available have been cited.//
~& This purpose statement is essentially identical to the original "Welcome to the OpenNIC" page archived at http://www.opennic.unrated.net/index_old.html and posted on or before 01Jun2001.
~& Paraphrased from Robin Bandy's "An Immodest DNS Proposal," posted 01Jun2000 and archived at http://nonish.net/OpenNIC/K5%20An%20Immodest%20DNS%20Proposal.html
~& Extracted from original organization statement dated on or before 01Jun2001, archived at http://www.opennic.unrated.net/index_old.html
General membership in OpenNIC is open to every user of the Internet. There are three categories of membership designed to prevent any person or group within the organization from achieving a position where they can force arbitrary or personally greedy decisions on the system, since any decision by any person or group can be appealed up to the general membership for a vote.
- A **member** is anyone who uses the services offered by OpenNIC. Members can vote on general policies, the creation of new TLDs and budgeting the organization's resources (monetary, personal expertise, etc.). Any decision made by the other membership categories can appealed to a vote of the general membership.
- An **administrator** is anyone who runs an OpenNIC-affiliated name server. Administrators are expected to have some expertise in DNS and have an interest in how the global system is structured and maintained. They vote on issues of technical organization and infrastructure with which general members cannot be expected to have expertise. Administrators exist as a subset of the general membership, and therefore may vote as members.
- A **maintainer** is anyone who operates the OpenNIC core (root files, organizational infrastructure, auxiliary servers, etc.) as well as TLD administrators. Maintainers are expected to be the most involved and experienced category of members. They vote on issues controlling the operation of Tier 0 and Tier 1 servers. Maintainers exist as a subset of administrators, and therefore may vote as administrators and members.
~& Extracted from a K5 post by Robin Bandy 16Jul2000, archived at http://nonish.net/OpenNIC/Robin_K5_comments_2000-07-16.html
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. The vote process starts with public presentation of the issue in the appropriate forum, followed by a discussion window of not less than 7 days. After 7 days, a member of the OpenNIC community may motion a vote. The voting window will exist for 7 days, after which votes will be tallied and the decision made by the appropriate membership level will be announced. A simple majority of votes cast in favor of the issue (50% + 1) will determine whether the vote passes. Voting will take place in the appropriate membership-level mailing list unless another public voting forum is decided upon by the general membership.
~& Voting history that supports this charter section can be found in the [[http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.network.opennic.general OpenNIC gmane archives]] (at least back to 2002); personal OpenNIC archives with similar voting procedures exist back to Dec2000.
~& This purpose statement is essentially identical to the original "Welcome to the OpenNIC" page archived at http://www.opennic.unrated.net/index_old.html and posted on or before 01Jun2001.
~& Paraphrased from Robin Bandy's "An Immodest DNS Proposal," posted 01Jun2000 and archived at http://nonish.net/OpenNIC/K5%20An%20Immodest%20DNS%20Proposal.html
~& Extracted from original organization statement dated on or before 01Jun2001, archived at http://www.opennic.unrated.net/index_old.html
General membership in OpenNIC is open to every user of the Internet. There are three categories of membership designed to prevent any person or group within the organization from achieving a position where they can force arbitrary or personally greedy decisions on the system, since any decision by any person or group can be appealed up to the general membership for a vote.
- A **member** is anyone who uses the services offered by OpenNIC. Members can vote on general policies, the creation of new TLDs and budgeting the organization's resources (monetary, personal expertise, etc.). Any decision made by the other membership categories can appealed to a vote of the general membership.
- An **administrator** is anyone who runs an OpenNIC-affiliated name server. Administrators are expected to have some expertise in DNS and have an interest in how the global system is structured and maintained. They vote on issues of technical organization and infrastructure with which general members cannot be expected to have expertise. Administrators exist as a subset of the general membership, and therefore may vote as members.
- A **maintainer** is anyone who operates the OpenNIC core (root files, organizational infrastructure, auxiliary servers, etc.) as well as TLD administrators. Maintainers are expected to be the most involved and experienced category of members. They vote on issues controlling the operation of Tier 0 and Tier 1 servers. Maintainers exist as a subset of administrators, and therefore may vote as administrators and members.
~& Extracted from a K5 post by Robin Bandy 16Jul2000, archived at http://nonish.net/OpenNIC/Robin_K5_comments_2000-07-16.html
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. The vote process starts with public presentation of the issue in the appropriate forum, followed by a discussion window of not less than 7 days. After 7 days, a member of the OpenNIC community may motion a vote. The voting window will exist for 7 days, after which votes will be tallied and the decision made by the appropriate membership level will be announced. A simple majority of votes cast in favor of the issue (50% + 1) will determine whether the vote passes. Voting will take place in the appropriate membership-level mailing list unless another public voting forum is decided upon by the general membership.
~& Voting history that supports this charter section can be found in the [[http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.network.opennic.general OpenNIC gmane archives]] (at least back to 2002); personal OpenNIC archives with similar voting procedures exist back to Dec2000.
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~& Paraphrased from Robin Bandy's "An Immodest DNS Proposal," archived at http://nonish.net/OpenNIC/K5%20An%20Immodest%20DNS%20Proposal.html
~& Extracted from original organization statement, archived at http://www.opennic.unrated.net/index_old.html
Membership in OpenNIC is open to every user of the Internet. A **member** is anyone who uses the services offered by OpenNIC.
Any changes to OpenNIC will be discussed then voted upon by its members. This includes peering arrangements, new TLDs and policy amendments. The vote process starts by a 7 day discussion on the issue. Then a member of the OpenNIC community will motion a vote. This will then last for a 7 day period, where at the end votes are tallied up and a decision is reached. The voting mechanism is not set forth in stone, and thus not covered by the charter.
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OpenNIC (Open Network Information Center) is a user-owned and user-controlled community service offering a democratic, non-national alternative to traditional top-level domain (TLD) registries. Users of OpenNIC DNS servers, in addition to resolving host names in the legacy US-controlled DNS (administered by ICANN), can also resolve host names in OpenNIC operated namespaces as well as in namespaces with which we have peering agreements. OpenNIC accepts for membership anyone who can use a computer and who chooses to use the services offered by OpenNIC.
~& This purpose statement is essentially identical to the original "Welcome to the OpenNIC" page archived at http://www.opennic.unrated.net/index_old.html
1) To offer free/open access to DNS services to everyone by establishing new domain hierarchies external to the existing ICANN_controlled domain infrastructure using current DNS protocols.
3) To promote the benefits of a DNS that provides for global access to services regardless of geographical, political, ideological, or economic constraints.
4) To encourage the establishment of non-revenue-generating domain hierarchies in order to ensure continued freedom of access to the Internet.
~& Paraphrased from Robin Bandy's "An Immodest DNS Proposal," archived at http://nonish.net/OpenNIC/K5%20An%20Immodest%20DNS%20Proposal.html
OpenNIC is governed as a //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy democracy]]//. All decisions are made by a democratically-elected administrator and/or through a direct ballot of interested members. All decisions, regardless of how they are made, are appealable to a vote of the general membership.
~& Extracted from original organization statement, archived at http://www.opennic.unrated.net/index_old.html
Membership in OpenNIC is open to every user of the Internet. A **member** is anyone who uses the services offered by OpenNIC.
~& This purpose statement is essentially identical to the original "Welcome to the OpenNIC" page archived at http://www.opennic.unrated.net/index_old.html
1) To offer free/open access to DNS services to everyone by establishing new domain hierarchies external to the existing ICANN_controlled domain infrastructure using current DNS protocols.
3) To promote the benefits of a DNS that provides for global access to services regardless of geographical, political, ideological, or economic constraints.
4) To encourage the establishment of non-revenue-generating domain hierarchies in order to ensure continued freedom of access to the Internet.
~& Paraphrased from Robin Bandy's "An Immodest DNS Proposal," archived at http://nonish.net/OpenNIC/K5%20An%20Immodest%20DNS%20Proposal.html
OpenNIC is governed as a //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy democracy]]//. All decisions are made by a democratically-elected administrator and/or through a direct ballot of interested members. All decisions, regardless of how they are made, are appealable to a vote of the general membership.
~& Extracted from original organization statement, archived at http://www.opennic.unrated.net/index_old.html
Membership in OpenNIC is open to every user of the Internet. A **member** is anyone who uses the services offered by OpenNIC.
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1) To continue offering open access to DNS services to everyone.
3) To promote the benefits of an Internet that is open and free (as in "freedom") for all to use.
OpenNIC is governed as a //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy democracy]]//. No one person is in charge of OpenNIC, its voice is its members. All issues in regards to OpenNIC's operation is discussed via the mailing lists, and when decisions are needed a vote is called. However in the OpenNIC certain working groups are responsible operating parts of OpenNIC, thus some decisions in regards to OpenNIC infrastructure, public websites and so on, lie with the corresponding working group.
- A **member** is anyone who participates on the OpenNIC mailing list and/or forums and uses the services offered by OpenNIC.
==Contributions==
OpenNIC is an open community, and as of such any contributions to OpenNIC must be Open Source. OpenNIC will not accept any contributions that are closed source. This includes;
~- Websites
~- Applications
~- Code
~- Documentation
====Working Groups====
OpenNIC has created working groups within the project to deal with certain operations within OpenNIC. These working groups are(with a brief description);
- ArchitectureWG - Plans system changes and integration between the systems other teams create.
- HostmasteringWG - Administers the DNS services and manages the zone files for the root and opennic.glue zones.
- PublicRelationsWG - Responsible for OpenNIC's public relations.
- WebmasteringWG - Runs OpenNIC's web services.
- [[TranslationES TranslationWG]] - Translates OpenNIC's documentation into various langauges.
Any member of OpenNIC may join any working group, and membership to more then one working group is permitted. To have a say on any of the issues covered by a working group, a member must join that working group if a member wishes to help out. OpenNIC policies are not covered by a working group.
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=====OpenNIC Charter=====
OpenNIC is governed as a //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy democracy]]//. No one person is in charge of OpenNIC, its voice is its members. All issues in regards to OpenNIC's operation is discussed via the mailing lists, and when decisions are needed a vote is called. However in the OpenNIC certain working groups are responsible operating parts of OpenNIC, thus some decisions in regards to OpenNIC infrastructure, public websites and so on, lie with the corresponding working group.
====Membership====
====Working Groups====
OpenNIC has created working groups within the project to deal with certain operations within OpenNIC. These working groups are(with a brief description);
- ArchitectureWG - Plans system changes and integration between the systems other teams create.
- HostmasteringWG - Administers the DNS services and manages the zone files for the root and opennic.glue zones.
- PublicRelationsWG - Responsible for OpenNIC's public relations.
- WebmasteringWG - Runs OpenNIC's web services.
- [[TranslationES TranslationWG]] - Translates OpenNIC's documentation into various langauges.
Any member of OpenNIC may join any working group, and membership to more then one working group is permitted. To have a say on any of the issues covered by a working group, a member must join that working group if a member wishes to help out. OpenNIC policies are not covered by a working group.
OpenNIC is governed as a //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy democracy]]//. No one person is in charge of OpenNIC, its voice is its members. All issues in regards to OpenNIC's operation is discussed via the mailing lists, and when decisions are needed a vote is called. However in the OpenNIC certain working groups are responsible operating parts of OpenNIC, thus some decisions in regards to OpenNIC infrastructure, public websites and so on, lie with the corresponding working group.
====Membership====
====Working Groups====
OpenNIC has created working groups within the project to deal with certain operations within OpenNIC. These working groups are(with a brief description);
- ArchitectureWG - Plans system changes and integration between the systems other teams create.
- HostmasteringWG - Administers the DNS services and manages the zone files for the root and opennic.glue zones.
- PublicRelationsWG - Responsible for OpenNIC's public relations.
- WebmasteringWG - Runs OpenNIC's web services.
- [[TranslationES TranslationWG]] - Translates OpenNIC's documentation into various langauges.
Any member of OpenNIC may join any working group, and membership to more then one working group is permitted. To have a say on any of the issues covered by a working group, a member must join that working group if a member wishes to help out. OpenNIC policies are not covered by a working group.
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OpenNIC is governed as a //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy meritocracy]]// by a Council consisting of five members who have demonstrated commitment to the OpenNIC project over the long term. The size of the Council may vary, and new members to the Council are voted in by the Council on majority vote. The Council is ultimately responsible for all matters that pertain to the continue well-being of OpenNIC, and may delegate operational decisions to other OpenNIC members.
~& - [ //if you must give this a label then a //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociocracy Sociocracy ]] would more fitting ] - ChrisP
~& Sociorcracy - It literally means rule by the "socios," people who have a social relationship with each other - as opposed to democracy: rule by the "demos," the general mass of people.
~& Meritocracy - is a system of a government or another organization wherein appointments are made and responsibilities are given based on demonstrated ability (merit) and talent rather than by wealth (plutocracy), family connections (nepotism), class privilege, cronyism, the will of the people (as in democracy) or other historical determinants of social position and political power.
~& To me they both sound rather suitable for the OpenNIC governace model we are trying to find. Both do not take the power away from our users. I think I tend to sway towards Meritorcracy because it already has the plus sides from Sociocracy as all the conucil members would already have a social relationship with each other. Meritocracy then extends on Sociocracy furture by using a merit based system as to only allow those dedicated to OpenNIC by means of contributions(not just the social side). --JulianDemarchi
===Membership===
- A **council member** is an OpenNIC member appointed to the Council who has demonstrated commitment to OpenNIC by offering continuing help over a period of 6 months or more that has been of value to OpenNIC as determined by the other Council members.
===Council Members===
Initially, there are five council members who have each been instrumental in the reorganization of OpenNIC. These five members have proven their dedication to the OpenNIC project by providing contributions on a regular basis and/or by providing a continuing service to the OpenNIC project. The council is here to provide leadership to OpenNIC and to lead the working groups.
==Council Member Selection==
From time to time, the Council will solicit applications for one or more Council positions. Council members will review all applications and determine which applicant(s) are to be selected. The decision of the Council is final.
To be eligible for a promotion from a **member** to a **council member**, you must have demonstrated your commitment to the OpenNIC project by contributing regularly to OpenNIC, either on your own or as part of one of OpenNIC's working groups. Below are the minimum requirements for applying for a position on the OpenNIC Council:
- Regular contributor to the OpenNIC mailing lists/forums
- Have been with OpenNIC for 6 months
- Known and trusted within the OpenNIC community
If you meet the above criteria, and the Council has posted notice that applications are being accepted for new Council members, send an e-mail stating your interest in becoming an OpenNIC **council member** to council@lists.opennicproject.org.
==Council Member Resignations/Demotions==
Council members may resign at any time.
Demotions will only occur at the request of another **council member**. To demote a OpenNIC **council member**, requires a simple majority vote by the Council. For a demotion the following criteria must be met prior to consideration:
- A **council member** becomes inactive or no longer contributes to Council business
- A **council member** becomes difficult to work with, becomes abusive toward other OpenNIC members, or attempts to undermine the project contrary to the OpenNIC principles and policies set forth by the Council and the membership
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~& To me they both sound rather suitable for the OpenNIC governace model we are trying to find. Both do not take the power away from our users. I think I tend to sway towards Meritorcracy because it already has the plus sides from Sociocracy as all the conucil members would already have a social relationship with each other. Meritocracy then extends on Sociocracy furture by using a merit based system as to only allow those dedicated to OpenNIC by means of contributions(not just the social side). --JulianDemarchi
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No Differences
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~& To me they both sound rather suitable for the OpenNIC goverenace model we are trying to find. Both do not take the power away from our users. I think I tend to sway towards Meritorcracy because it already has the plus sides from Sociocracy as all the conucil members would already have a social relationship with each other. Meritocracy then extends on Sociocracy furthure by using a merit based system as to only allow those dedicated to OpenNIC by means of contributions(not just the social side). --JulianDemarchi
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~& Meritocracy - is a system of a government or another organization wherein appointments are made and responsibilities are given based on demonstrated ability (merit) and talent rather than by wealth (plutocracy), family connections (nepotism), class privilege, cronyism, the will of the people (as in democracy) or other historical determinants of social position and political power.
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~& Sociorcracy - It literally means rule by the "socios," people who have a social relationship with each other - as opposed to democracy: rule by the "demos," the general mass of people.
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~& -Julian
~& An annotated re-write? ;o) Maybe I'll attempt this feat on another page, and link from here.
~& -Chris.
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======DRAFT======(Nearly Done)
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~& -- AaronJAngel
~& How should we word it? I only put that in, so we can speed up changes if needs be. I think I worded my thoughts wrong. What I wanted to say was that, the council *can* make changes without consulting the OpenNIC community. But bearing in mind that this is a last resort.
~& -- JulianDeMarchi
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==Contributions==
OpenNIC is an open community, and as of such any contributions to OpenNIC must be Open Source. OpenNIC will not accept any contributions that are closed source. This includes;
~- Websites
~- Applications
~- Code
~- Documentation
OpenNIC is an open community, and as of such any contributions to OpenNIC must be Open Source. OpenNIC will not accept any contributions that are closed source. This includes;
~- Websites
~- Applications
~- Code
~- Documentation
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===OpenNIC [[Policies]]===
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======DRAFT======(Needs Alot Of Work!)
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Initially, there are five council members who have each been instrumental in the reorganization of OpenNIC. These five members have proven their dedication to the OpenNIC project by providing contributions on a regular basis and/or by providing a continuing service to the OpenNIC project. The council is here to provide leadership to OpenNIC and to lead the working groups.
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Any changes to OpenNIC will be discussed then voted upon by its members. This includes peering arrangements, new TLDs and policy amendments. The vote process starts by a 7 day discussion on the issue. Then a member of the OpenNIC community will motion a vote. This will then last for a 7 day period, where at the end votes are tallied up and a decision is reached. The voting mechanism is not set forth in stone, and thus not covered by the charter.
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Demotions will only occur at the request of another **council member**. To demote a OpenNIC **council member**, requires a simple majority vote by the Council. For a demotion the following criteria must be met prior to consideration:
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~& - [ //if you must give this a label then a //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociocracy Sociocracy ]] would more fitting ] - ChrisP
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OpenNIC is governed as a //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy meritocracy]]// by a Council consisting of five members who have demonstrated commitment to the OpenNIC project over the long term. The size of the Council may vary, and new members to the Council are voted in by the Council on majority vote. The Council is ultimately responsible for all matters that pertain to the continue well-being of OpenNIC, and may delegate operational decisions to other OpenNIC members.
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by a Council consisting of five members who have demonstrated commitment to the OpenNIC project over the long term. The size of the Council may vary, and new members to the Council are voted in by the Council on majority vote. The Council is ultimately responsible for all matters that pertain to the continue well-being of OpenNIC, and may delegate operational decisions to other OpenNIC members.
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OpenNIC is governed as a //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy meritocracy]]//
~& - [ //if you must give this a label then a //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociocracy Sociocracy ]] would more fitting ] -
~& - [ //if you must give this a label then a //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociocracy Sociocracy ]] would more fitting ] -
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OpenNIC is governed as a //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy meritocracy]]// - [ //if you must give this a label then a //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociocracy Sociocracy ]] would more fitting ] -
by a Council consisting of five members who have demonstrated commitment to the OpenNIC project over the long term. The size of the Council may vary, and new members to the Council are voted in by the Council on majority vote. The Council is ultimately responsible for all matters that pertain to the continue well-being of OpenNIC, and may delegate operational decisions to other OpenNIC members.
~& An annotated re-write? ;o) Maybe I'll attempt this feat on another page, and link from here.
~& -Chris.
by a Council consisting of five members who have demonstrated commitment to the OpenNIC project over the long term. The size of the Council may vary, and new members to the Council are voted in by the Council on majority vote. The Council is ultimately responsible for all matters that pertain to the continue well-being of OpenNIC, and may delegate operational decisions to other OpenNIC members.
~& An annotated re-write? ;o) Maybe I'll attempt this feat on another page, and link from here.
~& -Chris.
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~& How should we word it? I only put that in, so we can speed up changes if needs be. I think I worded my thoughts wrong. What I wanted to say was that, the council *can* make changes without consulting the OpenNIC community. But bearing in mind that this is a last resort.
~& -- JulianDeMarchi
~& -- JulianDeMarchi
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~& Not liking this. Allowing users a direct say in the structure of the OpenNIC is the very point of OpenNIC.
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~& Not liking this. Allowing users a direct say the structure of the OpenNIC is the very point of OpenNIC.
~& -- AaronJAngel
~& -- AaronJAngel
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Any changes to OpenNIC will be voted upon by its members. This includes peering arrangements, new TLDs and policy amendments. Issues regarding the structure of OpenNIC and its infrastructure may be internally voted upon by the OpenNIC **council**. This is not to take the voice away from the OpenNIC members, but to speed up the process of changes (deemed to be important to the running of OpenNIC) to the infrastructure and or structure of OpenNIC.
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2) To provide a foundation for further research and experimentation in areas related to DNS and the Internet.
- A **member** is anyone who participates on the OpenNIC mailing list and/or forums and uses the services offered by OpenNIC.
- A **council member** is an OpenNIC member appointed to the Council who has demonstrated commitment to OpenNIC by offering continuing help over a period of 6 months or more that has been of value to OpenNIC as determined by the other Council members.
Initially, there are five council members who have each been instrumental in the reorganization of OpenNIC. These five members have proven their dedication to the OpenNIC project by providing contributions on a regular basis and/or by providing a continuing service to the OpenNIC project.
==Council Member Selection==
From time to time, the Council will solicit applications for one or more Council positions. Council members will review all applications and determine which applicant(s) are to be selected. The decision of the Council is final.
To be eligible for a promotion from a **member** to a **council member**, you must have demonstrated your commitment to the OpenNIC project by contributing regularly to OpenNIC, either on your own or as part of one of OpenNIC's working groups. Below are the minimum requirements for applying for a position on the OpenNIC Council:
- Regular contributor to the OpenNIC mailing lists/forums
- Have been with OpenNIC for 6 months
- Known and trusted within the OpenNIC community
If you meet the above criteria, and the Council has posted notice that applications are being accepted for new Council members, send an e-mail stating your interest in becoming an OpenNIC **council member** to council@lists.opennicproject.org.
==Council Member Resignations/Demotions==
Council members may resign at any time.
Demotions will only occur at the request of another **council member**. To demote a OpenNIC **council member** requires a simple majority vote by the Council. For a demotion the following criteria must be met prior to consideration:
- A **council member** becomes inactive or no longer contributes to Council business
- A **council member** becomes difficult to work with, becomes abusive toward other OpenNIC members, or attempts to undermine the project contrary to the OpenNIC principles and policies set forth by the Council and the membership
- A **member** is anyone who participates on the OpenNIC mailing list and/or forums and uses the services offered by OpenNIC.
- A **council member** is an OpenNIC member appointed to the Council who has demonstrated commitment to OpenNIC by offering continuing help over a period of 6 months or more that has been of value to OpenNIC as determined by the other Council members.
Initially, there are five council members who have each been instrumental in the reorganization of OpenNIC. These five members have proven their dedication to the OpenNIC project by providing contributions on a regular basis and/or by providing a continuing service to the OpenNIC project.
==Council Member Selection==
From time to time, the Council will solicit applications for one or more Council positions. Council members will review all applications and determine which applicant(s) are to be selected. The decision of the Council is final.
To be eligible for a promotion from a **member** to a **council member**, you must have demonstrated your commitment to the OpenNIC project by contributing regularly to OpenNIC, either on your own or as part of one of OpenNIC's working groups. Below are the minimum requirements for applying for a position on the OpenNIC Council:
- Regular contributor to the OpenNIC mailing lists/forums
- Have been with OpenNIC for 6 months
- Known and trusted within the OpenNIC community
If you meet the above criteria, and the Council has posted notice that applications are being accepted for new Council members, send an e-mail stating your interest in becoming an OpenNIC **council member** to council@lists.opennicproject.org.
==Council Member Resignations/Demotions==
Council members may resign at any time.
Demotions will only occur at the request of another **council member**. To demote a OpenNIC **council member** requires a simple majority vote by the Council. For a demotion the following criteria must be met prior to consideration:
- A **council member** becomes inactive or no longer contributes to Council business
- A **council member** becomes difficult to work with, becomes abusive toward other OpenNIC members, or attempts to undermine the project contrary to the OpenNIC principles and policies set forth by the Council and the membership
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- A **User** is anyone who signs up to the OpenNIC mailing list and uses the services offered by OpenNIC.
- A **council** member is an OpenNIC user who has demonstrated commitment to OpenNIC by offering continuing help over a period of 6 months or more that has been of value to OpenNIC.
There are essential five council members within the OpenNIC project. These five members have proven their dedication to the OpenNIC project by providing contributions on a regular basis or by providing a continuing service to the OpenNIC.
==Promotion==
To be eligible for a promotion from a **user** to a **council** member, you would have had to demonstrate your commitment to the OpenNIC project by providing regular contributions to OpenNIC, either on your own or as part of one of OpenNIC's WorkingGroups. Below is the criteria for applying for a position on the OpenNIC **council**;
- Provide regular contributions to Opennic
- Have been with OpenNIC for 6 months
- Known within the OpenNIC community (So OpenNIC can develop a **trust** with you)
If you meet the above criteria, and the Council has posted notice that applications are being accepted for new Council members, send an e-mail stating your interest in becoming an OpenNIC **council** member to council@lists.opennicproject.org. The current **council** membership will evaluate your application, then vote on the issue.
==Demotion==
Demotions will only occur at the request of another **council** member. To demote a OpenNIC **council** member it requires a simple majority vote from the current **council** members. For a demotion to be considered some criteria will have to be meet. The criteria that can lead to a demotion are as follows:
- A **council** member becomes un-active in contributions and other **council** related tasks
- A **council** member becomes difficult to work with or is abusive to other **council** members or any OpenNIC user
~& We need more ideas for above
Understandably the reason to demote an OpenNIC **council** member might not meet the criteria set above, and in these cases the request to demote a **council** will also contain a valid reason for the requested demotion.
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To be eligible for a promotion from a **user** to a **council** member, you would have had to demonstrate your commitment to the OpenNIC project by providing regular contributions to OpenNIC, either on your own or as part of one of OpenNIC's WorkingGroups. Below is the criteria for applying for a position on the OpenNIC **council**;
- Known within the OpenNIC community (So OpenNIC can develop a **trust** with you)
If you meet the above criteria, and the Council has posted notice that applications are being accepted for new Council members, send an e-mail stating your interest in becoming an OpenNIC **council** member to council@lists.opennicproject.org. The current **council** membership will evaluate your application, then vote on the issue.
Demotions will only occur at the request of another **council** member. To demote a OpenNIC **council** member it requires a simple majority vote from the current **council** members. For a demotion to be considered some criteria will have to be meet. The criteria that can lead to a demotion are as follows:
- Known within the OpenNIC community (So OpenNIC can develop a **trust** with you)
If you meet the above criteria, and the Council has posted notice that applications are being accepted for new Council members, send an e-mail stating your interest in becoming an OpenNIC **council** member to council@lists.opennicproject.org. The current **council** membership will evaluate your application, then vote on the issue.
Demotions will only occur at the request of another **council** member. To demote a OpenNIC **council** member it requires a simple majority vote from the current **council** members. For a demotion to be considered some criteria will have to be meet. The criteria that can lead to a demotion are as follows:
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- Known within the OpenNIC community (So OpenNIC can develope a **trust** with you)
If you meet the above criteria then an email stating you are interested in becoming an OpenNIC **council** member be sent to council@lists.opennicproject.org. The current **council** membership will evaluate your application, then vote on the issue.
Demotions will only occur at the request of another **council** member. To demote a OpenNIC **council** member it requires a vote from the current **council** members. For a demotion to be considered some criteria will have to be meet. The criteria that can lead to a demotion are as fellows;
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~& Whats next for the charter????
~& -Julian
~& -Julian
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===OpenNIC [[Policies]]===
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Any changes to OpenNIC will be voted upon by its members. This includes peering arrangements, new TLDs and policy amendments. Issues regarding the structure of OpenNIC and its infrastructure may be internally voted upon by the OpenNIC **council**.
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===[[Policies]]===
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===Policies for OpenNIC domains.===
Each domain must maintain and enforce a registration/use policy for domains registered under it and for users who access the net or use services in it. A domain registration, even a Top-Level Domain, may be revoked or transferred if the responsible party fails to enforce this policy.
These policies are inherited from the higher domain, unless a vote of the higher domain authorizes a subdomain to overrule it's policy. For the purpose of inheritance, all OpenNIC TLDs are considered to inherit the general policies of the OpenNIC as their parent domain. This isn't as big a deal as it might sound, since if your don't like any of the TLDs' policies, you are encouraged to organize your own.
===Creating New TLDs===
New TLDs will be created by majority vote of the OpenNIC membership. Any registered member of the OpenNIC system will be able to organize a new TLD. More information can be found here and in the [[FAQ]].
==Responsibility: Domain Contacts==
Note: These policies apply to Top-Level Domains as well as to lower-level domains, though due to some odddities in common email software (which will not deal with an address whose domain block only has one part) the phrase "[domain]" used below should be interpreted as "opennic.[TLD]" for Top-Level Domains.
Every domain registered through OpenNIC must maintain valid email targets for the following address:
- "hostmaster@[domain]"
- "abuse@[domain]"
Additionally, every domain must also maintain valid targets for the traditional administrative addresses associated with any protocols they support, such as:
- "webmaster@[domain]"
- "postmaster@[domain]"
Every domain which accepts subdomain registration, must maintain a web site at "www.[domain]" for managing these registrations and for keeping the OpenNIC members who hold sub-domains in that domain informed of its status and activities.
==gTLD Ownership==
OpenNIC does not lay claim to any gTLDs created by members in the OpenNIC network. These gTLDs belong to the respectful user in the OpenNIC community. Conflicting gTLDs will not be supported by OpenNIC.
==Obnoxious Activity: Spam & Cracking==
Unless the Domain policy explicitly approves it, no spamming will be tolerated either to or from OpenNIC domains. Any user who spams either from or to an address in a domain which does not explicitly approve their activity will have all of their domain registrations revoked and will not be allowed to rejoin the OpenNIC for a minimum of six months.
Similarly, abuse of other users' equipment will only be acceptible if the policies of both the source computer's domain and the target computer's domain explicitly allow it. As with spamming, all domain registrations will be revoked and the user will not be allowed to rejoin for at least six months. Anyone interested in this form of recreation should contact the Discussion email list about setting up a TLD for boxes to be used this way.
~& These probably need to be moved from the charter to another document, as they are more operational in nature...
===Mailing List===
==Code of conduct==
When using the OpenNIC mailing lists, please follow these rules:
- Do not send spam; see the advertising policy below.
- Send all of your e-mails in English. Only use other languages on mailing lists where that is explicitly allowed.
- Wrap your lines at 80 characters or less for ordinary discussion. Lines longer than 80 characters are acceptable for computer-generated output (e.g., ls -l).
- Do not send automated out-of-office or vacation messages.
- Do not send subscription or unsubscription requests to the list address itself; use the respective -request address instead.
- Never send your messages in HTML; use plain text instead.
- Avoid sending large attachments.
- Do not quote messages that were sent to you by other people in private mail, unless agreed beforehand.
- When replying to messages on the mailing list, do not send a carbon copy (CC) to the original poster unless they explicitly request to be copied.
- If you send messages to lists to which you are not subscribed, always note that fact in the body of your message.
- Do not use foul language.
- Try not to flame; it is not polite.
- Use common sense all the time
- Never top post, and always snip irrelevant content from replies.
==Advertising==
Advertising on any OpenNIC related mailing list is prohibited. Any person sending such mails will be blocked from posting to any OpenNIC mailing list.
**Do not allow any emails that you receive from any OpenNIC mailing lists to be sent to an automated spam reporting system. Doing so is often harmful to all users and will force us to block you from receiving traffic from all OpenNIC lists until you prove that you will not do so again.**
===Peering===
[[Policies]]
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Policies
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==Voting==
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Understandably the reason to demote an OpenNIC **council** member might not meet the criteria set above, and in these cases the request to demote a **council** will also contain a valid reason for the requested demotion.
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Demotions will only occur at the request of another **council** member. To demote a OpenNIC **council** member it requires a vote from the current **council** members. For a demotion to be considered some criteria will have to be meet. The criteria that can lead to a demotion are as fellows;
- A **council** member becomes un-active in contributions and other **council** related tasks
- A **council** member becomes difficult to work with or is abusive to other **council** members or any OpenNIC user
~& We need more ideas for above
Understandably the reason to demote an OpenNIC **council** member might not meet the criteria set above, and in these cases the request to demote a **council** will also contain a valid reason for asking to demote the member.
- A **council** member becomes un-active in contributions and other **council** related tasks
- A **council** member becomes difficult to work with or is abusive to other **council** members or any OpenNIC user
~& We need more ideas for above
Understandably the reason to demote an OpenNIC **council** member might not meet the criteria set above, and in these cases the request to demote a **council** will also contain a valid reason for asking to demote the member.
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==Demotion==
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===Council Members===
There are essential five council members within the OpenNIC project. These five members have proven their dedication to the OpenNIC project by providing contributions on a regular basis or by providing a continuing service to the OpenNIC.
==Promotion==
To be eligable for a promotion from a **user** to a **council** member, you would have had to demonstrate your comitment to the OpenNIC project by providing regualr contributions to OpenNIC, either on your own or as part of one of OpenNIC's WorkingGroups. Below is the criteria for applying for a position on the OpenNIC **council**;
- Provide regular contributions to Opennic
- Have been with OpenNIC for 6 months
- Known within the OpenNIC community (So OpenNIC can develope a **trust** with you)
If you meet the above criteria then an email stating you are interested in becoming an OpenNIC **council** member be sent to council@lists.opennicproject.org. The current **council** membership will evaluate your application, then vote on the issue.
There are essential five council members within the OpenNIC project. These five members have proven their dedication to the OpenNIC project by providing contributions on a regular basis or by providing a continuing service to the OpenNIC.
==Promotion==
To be eligable for a promotion from a **user** to a **council** member, you would have had to demonstrate your comitment to the OpenNIC project by providing regualr contributions to OpenNIC, either on your own or as part of one of OpenNIC's WorkingGroups. Below is the criteria for applying for a position on the OpenNIC **council**;
- Provide regular contributions to Opennic
- Have been with OpenNIC for 6 months
- Known within the OpenNIC community (So OpenNIC can develope a **trust** with you)
If you meet the above criteria then an email stating you are interested in becoming an OpenNIC **council** member be sent to council@lists.opennicproject.org. The current **council** membership will evaluate your application, then vote on the issue.
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2) To provide a foundation for further research and experimentation in areas related to DNS and the Internet.ser
===Membership===
- A **User** is anyone who signs up to the OpenNIC mailing list and uses the services offered by OpenNIC.
- A **council** member is an OpenNIC user who has demonstrated commitment to OpenNIC by offering continuing help over a period of 6 months or more that has been of value to OpenNIC.
===Membership===
- A **User** is anyone who signs up to the OpenNIC mailing list and uses the services offered by OpenNIC.
- A **council** member is an OpenNIC user who has demonstrated commitment to OpenNIC by offering continuing help over a period of 6 months or more that has been of value to OpenNIC.
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~& These probably need to be moved from the charter to another document, as they are more operational in nature...
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OpenNIC is governed as a //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy meritocracy]]// by a Council consisting of five members who have demonstrated commitment to the OpenNIC project over the long term. The size of the Council may vary, and new members to the Council are voted in by the Council on majority vote. The Council is ultimately responsible for all matters that pertain to the continue well-being of OpenNIC, and may delegate operational decisions to other OpenNIC members.
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OpenNIC is chartered as a community interested in restoring the power of DNS back to the people who use it. OpenNIC accepts membership from anyone who can use a computer and who choose to use the services offered by OpenNIC.
1) To continue offering open access to DNS services to everyone.
2) To provide a foundation for further research and experimentation in areas related to DNS and the Internet.
3) To promote the benefits of an Internet that is open and free (as in "freedom") for all to use.
OpenNIC is governed as a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy //meritocracy//]] by a Council consisting of five members who have demonstrated commitment to the OpenNIC project over the long term. The size of the Council may vary, and new members to the Council are voted in by the Council on majority vote. The Council is ultimately responsible for all matters that pertain to the continue well-being of OpenNIC, and may delegate operational decisions to other OpenNIC members.
1) To continue offering open access to DNS services to everyone.
2) To provide a foundation for further research and experimentation in areas related to DNS and the Internet.
3) To promote the benefits of an Internet that is open and free (as in "freedom") for all to use.
OpenNIC is governed as a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy //meritocracy//]] by a Council consisting of five members who have demonstrated commitment to the OpenNIC project over the long term. The size of the Council may vary, and new members to the Council are voted in by the Council on majority vote. The Council is ultimately responsible for all matters that pertain to the continue well-being of OpenNIC, and may delegate operational decisions to other OpenNIC members.
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====Purpose====
====Mission====
====Organization====
====Mission====
====Organization====
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===Peering===
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- Send all of your e-mails in English. Only use other languages on mailing lists where that is explicitly allowed.
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==Obnoxious Activity: Spam & Cracking==
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==Responsibility: Domain Contacts==
==gTLD Ownership==
OpenNIC does not lay claim to any gTLDs created by members in the OpenNIC network. These gTLDs belong to the respectful user in the OpenNIC community. Conflicting gTLDs will not be supported by OpenNIC.
==gTLD Ownership==
OpenNIC does not lay claim to any gTLDs created by members in the OpenNIC network. These gTLDs belong to the respectful user in the OpenNIC community. Conflicting gTLDs will not be supported by OpenNIC.
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- Never top post, and always snip irrelevant content from replies.
==Advertising==
Advertising on any OpenNIC related mailing list is prohibited. Any person sending such mails will be blocked from posting to any OpenNIC mailing list.
**Do not allow any emails that you receive from any OpenNIC mailing lists to be sent to an automated spam reporting system. Doing so is often harmful to all users and will force us to block you from receiving traffic from all OpenNIC lists until you prove that you will not do so again.**
==Advertising==
Advertising on any OpenNIC related mailing list is prohibited. Any person sending such mails will be blocked from posting to any OpenNIC mailing list.
**Do not allow any emails that you receive from any OpenNIC mailing lists to be sent to an automated spam reporting system. Doing so is often harmful to all users and will force us to block you from receiving traffic from all OpenNIC lists until you prove that you will not do so again.**
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===Mailing List===
==Code of conduct==
When using the OpenNIC mailing lists, please follow these rules:
- Do not send spam; see the advertising policy below.
- Send all of your e-mails in English. Only use other languages on mailing lists where that is explicitly allowed (e.g. French on debian-user-french).
- Make sure that you are using the proper list. In particular, don't send user-related questions to developer-related mailing lists.
- Wrap your lines at 80 characters or less for ordinary discussion. Lines longer than 80 characters are acceptable for computer-generated output (e.g., ls -l).
- Do not send automated out-of-office or vacation messages.
- Do not send subscription or unsubscription requests to the list address itself; use the respective -request address instead.
- Never send your messages in HTML; use plain text instead.
- Avoid sending large attachments.
- Do not quote messages that were sent to you by other people in private mail, unless agreed beforehand.
- When replying to messages on the mailing list, do not send a carbon copy (CC) to the original poster unless they explicitly request to be copied.
- If you send messages to lists to which you are not subscribed, always note that fact in the body of your message.
- Do not use foul language.
- Try not to flame; it is not polite.
- Use common sense all the time
==Code of conduct==
When using the OpenNIC mailing lists, please follow these rules:
- Do not send spam; see the advertising policy below.
- Send all of your e-mails in English. Only use other languages on mailing lists where that is explicitly allowed (e.g. French on debian-user-french).
- Make sure that you are using the proper list. In particular, don't send user-related questions to developer-related mailing lists.
- Wrap your lines at 80 characters or less for ordinary discussion. Lines longer than 80 characters are acceptable for computer-generated output (e.g., ls -l).
- Do not send automated out-of-office or vacation messages.
- Do not send subscription or unsubscription requests to the list address itself; use the respective -request address instead.
- Never send your messages in HTML; use plain text instead.
- Avoid sending large attachments.
- Do not quote messages that were sent to you by other people in private mail, unless agreed beforehand.
- When replying to messages on the mailing list, do not send a carbon copy (CC) to the original poster unless they explicitly request to be copied.
- If you send messages to lists to which you are not subscribed, always note that fact in the body of your message.
- Do not use foul language.
- Try not to flame; it is not polite.
- Use common sense all the time
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======++DRAFT======(Needs Alot Of Work!)
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====Policies====
===Policies for OpenNIC domains.===
Each domain must maintain and enforce a registration/use policy for domains registered under it and for users who access the net or use services in it. A domain registration, even a Top-Level Domain, may be revoked or transferred if the responsible party fails to enforce this policy.
These policies are inherited from the higher domain, unless a vote of the higher domain authorizes a subdomain to overrule it's policy. For the purpose of inheritance, all OpenNIC TLDs are considered to inherit the general policies of the OpenNIC as their parent domain. This isn't as big a deal as it might sound, since if your don't like any of the TLDs' policies, you are encouraged to organize your own.
===Creating New TLDs===
New TLDs will be created by majority vote of the OpenNIC membership. Any registered member of the OpenNIC system will be able to organize a new TLD. More information can be found here and in the [[FAQ]].
===Responsibility: Domain Contacts===
Note: These policies apply to Top-Level Domains as well as to lower-level domains, though due to some odddities in common email software (which will not deal with an address whose domain block only has one part) the phrase "[domain]" used below should be interpreted as "opennic.[TLD]" for Top-Level Domains.
Every domain registered through OpenNIC must maintain valid email targets for the following address:
- "hostmaster@[domain]"
- "abuse@[domain]"
Additionally, every domain must also maintain valid targets for the traditional administrative addresses associated with any protocols they support, such as:
- "webmaster@[domain]"
- "postmaster@[domain]"
Every domain which accepts subdomain registration, must maintain a web site at "www.[domain]" for managing these registrations and for keeping the OpenNIC members who hold sub-domains in that domain informed of its status and activities.
===Obnoxious Activity: Spam & Cracking===
Unless the Domain policy explicitly approves it, no spamming will be tolerated either to or from OpenNIC domains. Any user who spams either from or to an address in a domain which does not explicitly approve their activity will have all of their domain registrations revoked and will not be allowed to rejoin the OpenNIC for a minimum of six months.
Similarly, abuse of other users' equipment will only be acceptible if the policies of both the source computer's domain and the target computer's domain explicitly allow it. As with spamming, all domain registrations will be revoked and the user will not be allowed to rejoin for at least six months. Anyone interested in this form of recreation should contact the Discussion email list about setting up a TLD for boxes to be used this way.
===Policies for OpenNIC domains.===
Each domain must maintain and enforce a registration/use policy for domains registered under it and for users who access the net or use services in it. A domain registration, even a Top-Level Domain, may be revoked or transferred if the responsible party fails to enforce this policy.
These policies are inherited from the higher domain, unless a vote of the higher domain authorizes a subdomain to overrule it's policy. For the purpose of inheritance, all OpenNIC TLDs are considered to inherit the general policies of the OpenNIC as their parent domain. This isn't as big a deal as it might sound, since if your don't like any of the TLDs' policies, you are encouraged to organize your own.
===Creating New TLDs===
New TLDs will be created by majority vote of the OpenNIC membership. Any registered member of the OpenNIC system will be able to organize a new TLD. More information can be found here and in the [[FAQ]].
===Responsibility: Domain Contacts===
Note: These policies apply to Top-Level Domains as well as to lower-level domains, though due to some odddities in common email software (which will not deal with an address whose domain block only has one part) the phrase "[domain]" used below should be interpreted as "opennic.[TLD]" for Top-Level Domains.
Every domain registered through OpenNIC must maintain valid email targets for the following address:
- "hostmaster@[domain]"
- "abuse@[domain]"
Additionally, every domain must also maintain valid targets for the traditional administrative addresses associated with any protocols they support, such as:
- "webmaster@[domain]"
- "postmaster@[domain]"
Every domain which accepts subdomain registration, must maintain a web site at "www.[domain]" for managing these registrations and for keeping the OpenNIC members who hold sub-domains in that domain informed of its status and activities.
===Obnoxious Activity: Spam & Cracking===
Unless the Domain policy explicitly approves it, no spamming will be tolerated either to or from OpenNIC domains. Any user who spams either from or to an address in a domain which does not explicitly approve their activity will have all of their domain registrations revoked and will not be allowed to rejoin the OpenNIC for a minimum of six months.
Similarly, abuse of other users' equipment will only be acceptible if the policies of both the source computer's domain and the target computer's domain explicitly allow it. As with spamming, all domain registrations will be revoked and the user will not be allowed to rejoin for at least six months. Anyone interested in this form of recreation should contact the Discussion email list about setting up a TLD for boxes to be used this way.
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OpenNIC is chartered as a community interested in restoring the power of DNS back to the people who use it. OpenNIC accepts membership from anyone who can use a computer.
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=====Charter=====
OpenNIC is chartered as a community interested in restoring the power of DNS back to the people who use it. OpenNIC accepts membership from anyone who can use a computer.
=====Charter=====
OpenNIC is chartered as a community interested in restoring the power of DNS back to the people who use it. OpenNIC accepts membership from anyone who can use a computer.
