<div>I hope that we may be able to unite to ask that ISOC reconsider this sale.<br></div><div><br></div><div>While I am not confident ISOC will listen - if anything, this sale has directed my attention to very serious deficiencies in the governance structure of ISOC - I think it is important that our concerns are noted.<br></div><div><br></div><div>This sale runs contrary to the values that ISOC is supposed to represent, will result in further consolidation in the DNS industry (just as ISOC has released work warning of the dangers of consolidation), and will see a monopoly, administered by a trusted non-profit, fall into private hands to exploit for personal gain. It's completely unacceptable.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The Register <a rel="nofollow" title="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/27/isoc_icann_dot_org_vint_cerf/" target="_blank" href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/27/isoc_icann_dot_org_vint_cerf/">reports today</a> that "both ISOC and ICANN are driving the sale forward as fast as possible in
the background and refusing to consider counter-arguments until it’s
done". I could not be more disappointed in ISOC, and I think such unscrupulous behavior calls for a response from us.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Ayden Férdeline<br></div><div> <br></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block"><div class="protonmail_signature_block-proton protonmail_signature_block-empty"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐<br></div><div> On Wednesday, 27 November 2019 09:37, Bruna Martins dos Santos <governance@lists.riseup.net> wrote:<br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="protonmail_quote" type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>thanks for the follow up, Sheetal! <br></div><div><br></div><div><div>As a heads up, I have just read on twitter that Access Now is organising a meeting at their booth about this issue today, at 12h15 :) <br></div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="color:rgb(20, 23, 26)"><span style="font-family:system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif">Hey </span></span><span style="color:rgb(20, 23, 26)"><span style="font-family:system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IGF2019?src=hashtag_click" dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgb(27,149,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.3125;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Ubuntu,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;list-style:none;margin:0px;text-align:inherit;text-decoration-line:none;border:0px solid black;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline;padding:0px;white-space:inherit;min-width:0px">#IGF2019</a></span></span><span style="color:rgb(20, 23, 26)"><span style="font-family:system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif"> join the public town hall meeting on the proposed sale of .org tomorrow Wednesday 12.15 in the village (by </span></span><br></div><div style="border:0px solid black;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-flex;margin:0px;min-height:0px;min-width:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(20,23,26);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Ubuntu,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="flex-direction: row;"><a href="https://twitter.com/accessnow" dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgb(27,149,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.3125;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Ubuntu,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;list-style:none;margin:0px;text-align:inherit;text-decoration-line:none;border:0px solid black;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline;padding:0px;white-space:inherit;min-width:0px">@accessnow</a></span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(20, 23, 26)"><span style="font-family:system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif">booth)</span></span><br></div><div style="border:0px solid black;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-flex;margin:0px;min-height:0px;min-width:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(20,23,26);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Ubuntu,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="flex-direction: row;"><a href="https://twitter.com/ICANN" dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgb(27,149,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.3125;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Ubuntu,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;list-style:none;margin:0px;text-align:inherit;text-decoration-line:none;border:0px solid black;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline;padding:0px;white-space:inherit;min-width:0px">@icann</a></span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(20, 23, 26)"><span style="font-family:system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif"><br></span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/internetsociety" dir="ltr" style="font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Ubuntu,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;white-space:inherit;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(27,149,224);font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.3125;list-style:none;margin:0px;text-align:inherit;text-decoration-line:none;border:0px solid black;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline;padding:0px;min-width:0px">@internetsociety</a>" - <a href="https://twitter.com/solomonbrett/status/1199303882993623041">https://twitter.com/solomonbrett/status/1199303882993623041</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Best, <br></div><div>B<br></div></div></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Le mer. 27 nov. 2019 à 05:33, Sheetal Kumar <<a href="mailto:sheetal@gp-digital.org">sheetal@gp-digital.org</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Bruna, all, <br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for sharing these links. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Are other members of the list organising any information sharing or sessions which will discuss this topic at the IGF in Berlin? Access Now mentioned some possible actions on this at our pre-event on Monday...It would be great to get more information if possible at all!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Best<br></div><div>Sheetal. <br></div></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 at 17:18, Bruna Martins dos Santos <<a href="mailto:governance@lists.riseup.net" target="_blank">governance@lists.riseup.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear all, <br></div><div><br></div><div>As promised, here follows some links about the PIR sell case. <br></div><div><br></div><div>- <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/26/org_selloff_internet/" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/26/org_selloff_internet/</a><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114)">- <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191113005661/en/Ethos-Capital-Acquire-Public-Interest-Registry-Internet" title="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191113005661/en/Ethos-Capital-Acquire-Public-Interest-Registry-Internet" target="_blank">https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191113005661/en/Ethos-Capital-Acquire-Public-Interest-Registry-Internet</a></span><br></div><div>- <a href="https://www.internetgovernance.org/2019/11/25/what-to-do-about-org/" target="_blank">https://www.internetgovernance.org/2019/11/25/what-to-do-about-org/</a><br></div><div>- <a href="http://blogs.harvard.edu/sj/2019/11/23/a-tale-of-icann-and-regulatory-capture-the-dot-org-heist/" target="_blank">http://blogs.harvard.edu/sj/2019/11/23/a-tale-of-icann-and-regulatory-capture-the-dot-org-heist/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Just as mentioned yesterday at the meeting and also present at some of the above posted links, theres an interpretation that ICANN could still intervened in such deal based on the article 7.5 of the <a href="https://newgtlds.icann.org/sites/default/files/agreements/agreement-approved-31jul17-en.pdf" target="_blank">registry base agreement</a> signed with ICANN. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I know that there has been a few statements on this subject and I believe the Non-commercial Stakeholders Group at icann was considering issuing a new one, but thats still something IGC can do if we achieve consensus. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I promise to follow up with some more links and points on this subject. <br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Best, <br></div><div>Bruna Santos <br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><i>Bruna Martins dos Santos </i></b><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Skype ID: 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