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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Dear <span>Deirdre,</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>Very valid and important questions you asked.</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span><span>ICANN Board (under the Chairmanship of Vent Cerf) accepted the higher bid of PIR/ISOC (founded by Vint Cert) giving a </span></span>favor for steady income source. This one time income of $1.13b will be distributed and spend in very short time span, how the organization will be surviving after couple of years? Perhaps income <span><span>generating </span></span>through higher membership fee .....or otherwise, reducing its overall services and cutting down operational costs.</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>Best Regards</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>Imran Ahmed Shah. </span><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, 2 December 2019, 21:04:33 GMT+5, Deirdre Williams <governance@lists.riseup.net> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp653a81b2yiv8191766222"><p dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues,<br>
An issue that I haven't seen addressed is the issue of history and the reason why. Forgive me if it has been said already.<br>
In the beginning ISOC was endowed with the public interest registries<br>
a) to provide a steady income for ISOC to enable its work<br>
And b) to ensure access for the public interest.<br>
1.3 billion dollars sounds like a lot of money now, but 5 years from now? And 1.3 billion is a finite amount - it will finish.<br>
In a way ISOC is a trustee holding an income producing asset. A trustee MIGHT consider selling such an asset to meet a very serious and urgent need on the part of its ward, or to invest in an alternative project better suited for revenue creation.<br>
My questions for ISOC would be:<br>
a) what is the urgent and serious need which forces the sale of this asset?<br>
b) absent that, what is the alternative project which will guarantee the continuance of ISOC's income?<br>
Best wishes<br>
Deirdre</p>
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