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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Looks good Ayden. Thanks for all your efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Amrita<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
governance-request@lists.riseup.net
[mailto:governance-request@lists.riseup.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ayden
Férdeline<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 12, 2019 12:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Niels ten Oever<br>
<b>Cc:</b> governance@lists.riseup.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] [Second Statement] Letter to ICANN Board re:
ISOC/PIR sale<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for all of the messages indicating support for
sending a statement to the ICANN Board. I have pasted some language below for
your consideration. Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Ayden Férdeline<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>===<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>To: Maarten Botterman, Chair of the Board,
ICANN</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Cc: Göran Marby, President and CEO, ICANN</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>We are writing on behalf of the Internet Governance Caucus in
relation to the proposed sale of the Public Interest Registry (PIR) to Ethos
Capital. As you are aware, last month the Internet Society (ISOC) announced
that Ethos Capital was acquiring all of the assets of PIR, including the .ORG,
.NGO, and .ONG Registry Agreements.[1]</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Nonprofits everywhere rely on .ORG, .NGO, and .ONG domain names
for their email, websites, campaigns, and fundraising. These are more than just
domains, they are symbols of our desire to do good. As members of a network
which encompasses many non-commercial organizations and individuals, we believe
that decisions about the future of these TLDs must only be made following
consultation with impacted registrants and the global non-commercial Internet
community. This advice is consistent with RFC 1591, which states that “a
designated manager for a domain” is a “trustee for the delegated domain, and
ha[s] a duty to serve the community.”[2]</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The community that .ORG is intended to serve is non-profit
organizations. In 2001, ICANN stated that transferring .ORG away from Verisign
and to a new, purpose-built registry would “return the .ORG registry to its
original purpose,” and enable .ORG to return “to its originally intended
function as a registry operated by and for non-profit organizations.”[3]
Furthermore, article 5.1.4 of the 2001 .ORG Registry Agreement between ICANN
and Verisign required that Verisign “pay to ICANN or ICANN’s designee the sum
of US $5 million, to be used by ICANN in it [sic] sole discretion to establish
an endowment to be used to fund future operating costs of the non-profit entity
designated by ICANN as successor operator of the .ORG registry.”[4]</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The community that .NGO and .ONG are intended to serve is
non-governmental organizations. Specification 12 of the .NGO Registry Agreement
between ICANN and PIR states, “All registrants must demonstrate affiliation
through non-governmental organization(s) (“NGO”) membership organizations or
through evidence of NGO status.”[5]</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Unfortunately, in proposing to sell PIR and ignoring its direct
and indirect communities, ISOC has now lost the confidence of a substantial
number of groups in the .ORG, .NGO, and .ONG communities. This sale has sparked
outrage from the non-profit community, with 27 of the world’s largest and
most-respected charities sending a letter opposing the sale[6]. We have seen
two petitions of opposition formed (one with more than 16,000 signatures)[7],
and have seen three Internet Society chapters issue statements disassociating
themselves from Internet Society HQ[8]. The sale has generated negative press
coverage on CNN[9], in The Wall Street Journal[10], and in the Financial
Times[11], not to mention the trade press. The proposed sale has been
criticised by Internet veterans like Tim Berners-Lee[12], and it has prompted
long-term Internet Society members to question their involvement in the
Internet Society as well as to question the ethics of its leadership and the
organization’s entire purpose[13]. We are not aware of any respected non-profit
that supports the sale of PIR.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Accordingly, we ask that ICANN exercise its right in article 7.5
of the .ORG Registry Agreement and withhold its approval for PIR to assign its
rights and obligations to Ethos Capital. Likewise, we request that ICANN do the
same for the .NGO and .ONG agreements.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>We similarly request that ICANN find an appropriate replacement
for performing the functions of PIR by putting .ORG, .NGO, and .ONG up for
public tender. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Such a decision would be consistent with advice issued by the
Antitrust Division of the United States’ Department of Justice, which stated in
a letter to your predecessor, “ICANN should require competitive bidding for
renewals of a gTLD registry agreement, rather than granting the incumbent
operator a perpetual right to renew without competition.”[14]</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Ethos Capital would be welcome to bid for .ORG, .NGO, and .ONG as
part of the tender process, as would other more experienced operators, and
co-operatives of non-profits and other public interest groups. However, we do
not believe that Ethos Capital should be permitted to indirectly acquire these
registry agreements by way of purchasing PIR. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>This is because Ethos Capital is a newly-established entity with
no track record in managing a new or legacy top-level domain, and because they
have committed to annually increasing the prices of .ORG domains.[15] We
believe a more competitive bidding process would see many organizations bidding
for .ORG, which would likely lead to lower registration prices for our
resource-poor communities. As you may remember, an important consideration in
the criteria for awarding .ORG to ISOC in the first instance was
affordability.[16]</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>If ICANN does not exercise its right to withhold approval of the
transfer of assets to Ethos Capital, we believe that the non-profit and
non-governmental organization community that relies on .ORG, .NGO, and .ONG
domains will suffer great harm from the lack of adequate price controls and
other specific problems that we cannot currently identify due to the lack of
transparency demonstrated by Ethos Capital in its intentions for PIR. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Moving to another top-level domain is not a realistic option for
domain name registrants, as they are locked in to their existing domains (.ORG
domains registered for longer than three years have an 86.8% renewal rate[17])
and any migration requires that an organization reprint its materials, business
cards, and reconfigure its services. The American College of Osteopathic
Surgeons, which maintains five .ORG domains, estimates it would cost them
$50,000 to move to another top level domain[18], which would stretch the
capacity of our resource-poor communities and hinder our good work. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Please, we ask that these top-level domains be managed by a
trusted partner that has the confidence of our communities, and not by a
venture capital firm. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Thank you for your time and consideration of our request.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>About the Internet Governance Caucus</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>[[Description to go here]]] </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>[1] </span></i><span style='color:black'><a
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/news/press-releases/2019/ethos-capital-to-acquire-public-interest-registry-from-the-internet-society/"><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://www.internetsociety.org/news/press-releases/2019/ethos-capital-to-acquire-public-interest-registry-from-the-internet-society/</span></i></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>[2] </span></i><span style='color:black'><a
href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1591"><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1591</span></i></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>[3] </span></i><span style='color:black'><a
href="https://www.icann.org/news/icann-pr-2001-03-01-en"><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://www.icann.org/news/icann-pr-2001-03-01-en</span></i></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>[4] </span></i><span style='color:black'><a
href="https://www.icann.org/resources/unthemed-pages/registry-agmt-org-2001-05-25-en#5.1.4"><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://www.icann.org/resources/unthemed-pages/registry-agmt-org-2001-05-25-en#5.1.4</span></i></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>[5] </span></i><span style='color:black'><a
href="https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/tlds/ngo/ngo-agmt-html-06mar14-en.htm"><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/tlds/ngo/ngo-agmt-html-06mar14-en.htm</span></i></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>[6] </span></i><span style='color:black'><a
href="https://www.eff.org/document/coalition-letter-sale-public-interest-registry"><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://www.eff.org/document/coalition-letter-sale-public-interest-registry</span></i></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>[7] </span></i><span style='color:black'><a
href="https://www.change.org/p/internet-society-stop-the-org-land-grab"><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://www.change.org/p/internet-society-stop-the-org-land-grab</span></i></a></span><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> and </span></i><span
style='color:black'><a href="https://savedotorg.org/"><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://savedotorg.org/</span></i></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>[8] Netherlands (</span></i><span style='color:black'><a
href="https://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/chapter-delegates/2019-November/021391.html"><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/chapter-delegates/2019-November/021391.html</span></i></a></span><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>),
Switzerland (</span></i><span style='color:black'><a
href="https://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/chapter-delegates/2019-November/021404.html"><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/chapter-delegates/2019-November/021404.html</span></i></a></span><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>),
Portugal (</span></i><span style='color:black'><a
href="https://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/chapter-delegates/2019-November/021427.html"><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/chapter-delegates/2019-November/021427.html</span></i></a></span><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>)</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>[9] </span></i><span style='color:black'><a
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/27/tech/org-domain-sale/index.html"><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/27/tech/org-domain-sale/index.html</span></i></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>[10] </span></i><span style='color:black'><a
href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/nonprofits-fear-cost-of-org-domain-names-will-rise-sharply-11574283751"><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://www.wsj.com/articles/nonprofits-fear-cost-of-org-domain-names-will-rise-sharply-11574283751</span></i></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>[11] </span></i><span style='color:black'><a
href="https://www.ft.com/content/08066a5a-11b2-11ea-a7e6-62bf4f9e548a"><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://www.ft.com/content/08066a5a-11b2-11ea-a7e6-62bf4f9e548a</span></i></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>[12] </span></i><span style='color:black'><a
href="https://twitter.com/timberners_lee/status/1199752059534413824"><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://twitter.com/timberners_lee/status/1199752059534413824</span></i></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>[13] See correspondence in November 2019 archives: </span></i><span
style='color:black'><a
href="https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internetpolicy"><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internetpolicy</span></i></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>[14] See page 10, </span></i><span style='color:black'><a
href="https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/icann_081218.pdf"><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/icann_081218.pdf</span></i></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>[15] On their website (</span></i><span style='color:black'><a
href="https://www.keypointsabout.org/"><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://www.keypointsabout.org/</span></i></a></span><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>), Ethos
Capital states: “Our plan is to live within the spirit of historic practice
when it comes to pricing, which means, potentially, annual price increases of
up to 10 percent on average.” Note this was not historic practice, as PIR did
not raise prices annually. The proposed level of price inflation would see .ORG
domains double in price every five years.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>[16] </span></i><span style='color:black'><a
href="https://archive.icann.org/en/tlds/org/criteria.htm"><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://archive.icann.org/en/tlds/org/criteria.htm</span></i></a></span><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>[17] Page 16, </span></i><span style='color:black'><a
href="https://thenew.org/app/uploads/2019/09/PIR-2018-Annual-Report.pdf"><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://thenew.org/app/uploads/2019/09/PIR-2018-Annual-Report.pdf</span></i></a></span><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
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word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>[18] </span></i><span style='color:black'><a
href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/nonprofits-fear-cost-of-org-domain-names-will-rise-sharply-11574283751"><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://www.wsj.com/articles/nonprofits-fear-cost-of-org-domain-names-will-rise-sharply-11574283751</span></i></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre><code>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></code></pre><pre><code><o:p> </o:p></code></pre><pre><code>In addition to writing to the ISOC Board, I would like to suggest that we issue a second statement, this one addressed to the ICANN Board, calling for ICANN to exercise its right in article 7.5 of the .ORG Registry Agreement and to withhold its approval for PIR to assign its rights and obligations to Ethos Capital.<o:p></o:p></code></pre><pre><code><o:p> </o:p></code></pre><pre><code>Is there support for this proposal?<o:p></o:p></code></pre><pre><code><o:p> </o:p></code></pre><pre><code>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></code></pre><pre><code>Ayden Férdeline<o:p></o:p></code></pre><pre><code>---<o:p></o:p></code></pre><pre><code>To unsubscribe: <mailto:igc-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net <mailto:igc-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net>><o:p></o:p></code></pre><pre><code>List help: <https://riseup.net/lists><o:p></o:p></code></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
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