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--></style></head><body lang=EN-IN link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The story I read had a goose instead of a hen but not really. If the pricing goes above a certain extent domainers will stay away, but most non profits should be able to afford it. $15 moving to even $25 a year is, for example, less than the cost you can spend on a dinner with your family in India (or a very modest meal stateside)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>As I said, given the relatively few non profits compared to domainer owned domains (or general population owned domains) in .org, the new buyer could just provide free registration to registered nonprofits and still not see any appreciable difference to his numbers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><governance-request@lists.riseup.net> on behalf of "Imran Ahmed Shah (via governance Mailing List)" <governance@lists.riseup.net><br><b>Reply to: </b><ias_pk@yahoo.com><br><b>Date: </b>Monday, 2 December 2019 at 2:53 PM<br><b>To: </b>Ayden Férdeline <ayden@ferdeline.com>, Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net><br><b>Cc: </b>governance <governance@lists.riseup.net><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [governance] [article] Did ISOC leave $1 billion on the table?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>Should it be compared with <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>The story hen of golden eggs... <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="ydp22ed6480yahoo_quoted_6201494005"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'>On Monday, 2 December 2019, 14:06:47 GMT+5, Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net> wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div id=ydp22ed6480yiv0815486041><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'>I found it interesting as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'>I think it’s worth understanding that the analyst doesn’t understand ISOC’s goal. The motivation driving ISOC is to disentangle itself from the domain name. Maximizing revenue is a strong, but dependent goal. From my observation and conversations, ISOC is completely uninterested in maximizing revenue to a degree which would require that they stay in the business of selling domain names, or stay dependent on the ebbs and flows of that business. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'>So some of his recommendations are substantially off the mark. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'> -Bill<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div id=ydp22ed6480yiv0815486041yqtfd28527><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'>On Dec 2, 2019, at 09:43, Ayden Férdeline <ayden@ferdeline.com> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div></div><div id=ydp22ed6480yiv0815486041yqtfd55793><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A'></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'>A venture capitalist and ex-Mckinsey consultant offers some thoughts on the ISOC sale of PIR, and concludes that ISOC has undervalued PIR by about US $1 billion. This analysis is not perfect (it seems to conflate revenue with earnings) but is interesting nonetheless:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><a href="https://lancewiggs.com/2019/12/01/did-isoc-leave-1-billion-on-the-table/" target="_blank">https://lancewiggs.com/2019/12/01/did-isoc-leave-1-billion-on-the-table/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'>Best wishes, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'>Ayden Férdeline<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'>---<br>To unsubscribe: <mailto:igc-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net><br>List help: <https://riseup.net/lists><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div><div id=ydp22ed6480yqtfd22126><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'>---<br>To unsubscribe: <mailto:<a href="mailto:igc-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net" target="_blank">igc-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net</a>><br>List help: <<a href="https://riseup.net/lists" target="_blank">https://riseup.net/lists</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>--- To unsubscribe: List help: <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>