There is the general problem of control, one reason the IRC contacted CORE was to investigate a .redcross so that they could reduce their loss to disaster fraud. Of course, we have to wait on ICANN to get a .redcross or .icrc or ... .ouch into the root so that it becomes more generally useful as a trusted sink of private and public packetized cash.
I'd leave that statement and discussion for another thread, I think that stating that the DNS and ICANN's mission is to provide certain level of trust for worthy causes is out of the scope of the original message and I'd also say this list. With all due respect I don't believe that this is the time or cause to inject the gTLD applicants "propaganda" to justify the need or implicit community approval for such a gTLD. Let's go back to the original subject. I'd not mind if somebody properly sets up an easy and legit way for individuals or members of the "networking community" a way to donate small quantities to help Raynold and his crew directly via things such as PayPal, but there is a ton of aid going to HT, perhaps somebody with access can influence the process to better direct the funds where they are needed. Regards Jorge