<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div>Hi all,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please see my comments below (inline)...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le mer. 11 déc. 2019 7:48 PM, Ayden Férdeline <<a href="mailto:ayden@ferdeline.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">ayden@ferdeline.com</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><div>Hi all,<br></div><div><br></div><div>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!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,<br></div><div><div><div>Ayden Férdeline<br></div><div>===</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Many thanks dear Ayden.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div><div><span style="line-height:1.38"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">To: </span></span></i></span><span style="line-height:1.38"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">    </span></span></i></span><span style="line-height:1.38"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Maarten Botterman, Chair of the Board, ICANN</span></span></i></span><br></div></div></div></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Cc:</span></span></i></span></span><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">    </span></span></i></span></span><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Göran Marby, President and CEO, ICANN</span></span></i></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">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></span></i></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">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></span></i></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">The community that .ORG is intended to serve is non-profit organizations.</span></span></i></span></span></span></p></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">...{<i>i'm not a native english though :'-(</i>} i think it's the Registry which provides a <br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">service to the community ; then when it comes to the TLD itself, i think there is a <br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"> need to preferably rephrased as below. I'm also including .COM TLD for illustration : </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">“<b><i>The legitimate community associated to the .ORG TLD is intended to be constituted <br></i></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><b><i>by non-profit organizations ; and any other entity from the Internet community which <br></i></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><b><i>is not fits any other global-scoped TLD like .COM (dedicated to commercial's or for-profit <br></i></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><b><i>entities).</i></b>”</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"> 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></span></i></span></span></span></p></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...this quotation is fundamental; in its hability to repare an initial error ; though, understandable <br></div><div dir="auto">because .ORG is a legacy TLD. Thanks to ICANN, particularly the Chair and members of the <br></div><div dir="auto">2001-2002 ICANN Board. They did a great and useful (regulatory) work...</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">The community that .NGO and .ONG are intended to serve is non-governmental organizations. </span></span></i></p></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...{again, i'm not a native english though :'-(} i think it's the Registry which provides a service <br></div><div dir="auto">to the community ; then when it comes to the TLD itself, i think there is a need to preferably <br></div><div dir="auto">rephrased like this : </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">“<b><i>The legitimate community associated to the .NGO and .ONG TLDs is intended to be <br></i></b></div><div dir="auto"><b><i>constituted by non-governmental organizations.</i></b>”</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">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></span></i><br></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">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></span></i></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">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></span></i></span></span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></i></span></span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">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></span></i></span></span></span></p></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...good advice/request ! </div><div dir="auto">The tone is well measured.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Perhaps we should append the following bits of texts to the above : </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">"<i>...for public tender<b>, if ISOC persists in its will/desire to separate itself from the PIR, <br></b></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><b>in order to satisfy to a claimed need for diversifying its financing model.</b></i>"</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">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></span></i><br></p></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...good piece !</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Ethos Capital would be welcome to bid for .ORG, .NGO, and .ONG as part of the tender process, </span></span></i></p></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...<u><b>i firmly oppose</b></u> this, because it seems to adding an inconsistency with the fundamental <br></div><div dir="auto">logic in "For and By" [*] ; fortunately already quoted [3][4] in this draft. If EC becomes, <br></div><div dir="auto">suddently, a non-profit (<i>Beneficial Corp ???</i>), it would be great to recommend it...not before ! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...i recall that, it's still the last line of defense actually used by the 'dealer' of the PIR : </div><div dir="auto"><i>[...] it is not our fault if <u><b>ICANN itself had accepted for-profits bids</b></u> during the 2002 .ORG <br></i></div><div dir="auto"><i>registry re-assignment process. You might also know, for instance, that <u><b>the ISC (Internet </b></u><br></i></div><div dir="auto"><u><b><i>Systems Consortium) was quickly eliminated, with a memorable comment : ‘too much <br></i></b></u></div><div dir="auto"><u><b><i>non-profit !’ </i></b></u></div><div dir="auto"><i>And yes ! <u><b>the second bid after the Internet Society was from a for-profit company</b></u>. [...]</i></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...so, instead of your piece above, consider this alternative : </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">“<b><i>In the spirit of the ICANN Board's resolutions 01.47  & 01.48 [*][**], we firmly recommend <br></i></b></div><div dir="auto"><b><i>that only non-profit(non-commercial)'s offers are received during that tender process.” <br></i></b></div><div dir="auto"><b><i>“In the same line of recommendation, everyone can observe that the non-commercial <br></i></b></div><div dir="auto"><b><i>Internet community seems to be now mature enough to manage the .ORG registry (via <br></i></b></div><div dir="auto"><b><i>a commons PIR) itself and without any unecessary intermediary. So, please act accordingly.</i></b>”</div><div dir="auto">__</div><div dir="auto">[*]: see section D.1 & D.2 <<a href="https://www.icann.org/melbourne/proposed-verisign-agreements-topic.htm" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/melbourne/proposed-verisign-agreements-topic.htm</a>></div><div dir="auto">[**]: <<a href="https://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-02apr01.htm" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-02apr01.htm</a>></div><div dir="auto"><i style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></span></i></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><i style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">as would other more experienced operators, and co-operatives of non-profits and other public interest groups. </span></span></i></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...should be adjusted to fit with my suggestions above.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><i style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">However, we do not believe that Ethos Capital should be permitted to indirectly acquire these registry agreements by way of purchasing PIR. </span></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"></blockquote></div></div></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">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] </span></span></i></span></span></span></p></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I prefer that we do not mention EC, as much as possible, into this letter. It's not about <br></div><div dir="auto">that particular capitalist organization... It's about a simple principle, i can formulate as <br></div><div dir="auto">follow : the revenue earned by the .ORG registry MUST benefit to the development of <br></div><div dir="auto">the Internet and to support the non-commercial Internet community. Not only a single <br></div><div>stakeholder in the Internet community...<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><span style="line-height:1.38"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">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. </span></span></i></span><i style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">As you may remember, an important consideration in the criteria for awarding .ORG to ISOC in the first instance was affordability.[16]</span></span></i></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><span style="line-height:1.38"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">...it's worth noting this ! thanks.</span><span style="line-height:1.38"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></span></i></span></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><i style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">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></span></i><br></div><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">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></span></i></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">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></span></i></span></span></span><br></p><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Thank you for your time and consideration of our request.</span></span></i></span></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">About the Internet Governance Caucus</span></span></i></b></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">[[Description to go here]]] </span></span></i></span></span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></i></span></span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">[1] </span></span></i></span></span><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/news/press-releases/2019/ethos-capital-to-acquire-public-interest-registry-from-the-internet-society/" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u>https://www.internetsociety.org/news/press-releases/2019/ethos-capital-to-acquire-public-interest-registry-from-the-internet-society/</u></span></span></i></span></span></a></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">[2] </span></span></i></span></span><a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1591" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u>https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1591</u></span></span></i></span></span></a></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">[3] </span></span></i></span></span><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/icann-pr-2001-03-01-en" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u>https://www.icann.org/news/icann-pr-2001-03-01-en</u></span></span></i></span></span></a></span></p></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">see section D.1 & D.2 <<a href="https://www.icann.org/melbourne/proposed-verisign-agreements-topic.htm" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/melbourne/proposed-verisign-agreements-topic.htm</a>></div><div dir="auto"><<a href="https://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-02apr01.htm" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-02apr01.htm</a>></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:1.38"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">[4] </span></span></i></span><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/unthemed-pages/registry-agmt-org-2001-05-25-en#5.1.4" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" style="line-height:1.38;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u>https://www.icann.org/resources/unthemed-pages/registry-agmt-org-2001-05-25-en#5.1.4</u></span></span></i></span></a><br></p></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...what a great find !</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:1.38"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">[5] </span></span></i></span><a href="https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/tlds/ngo/ngo-agmt-html-06mar14-en.htm" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" style="line-height:1.38;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u>https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/tlds/ngo/ngo-agmt-html-06mar14-en.htm</u></span></span></i></span></a><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">[6] </span></span></i></span></span><a href="https://www.eff.org/document/coalition-letter-sale-public-interest-registry" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u>https://www.eff.org/document/coalition-letter-sale-public-interest-registry</u></span></span></i></span></span></a></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">[7] </span></span></i></span></span><a href="https://www.change.org/p/internet-society-stop-the-org-land-grab" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u>https://www.change.org/p/internet-society-stop-the-org-land-grab</u></span></span></i></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"> and </span></span></i></span></span><a href="https://savedotorg.org/" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u>https://savedotorg.org/</u></span></span></i></span></span></a></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">[8] Netherlands (</span></span></i></span></span><a href="https://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/chapter-delegates/2019-November/021391.html" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u>https://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/chapter-delegates/2019-November/021391.html</u></span></span></i></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">), Switzerland (</span></span></i></span></span><a href="https://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/chapter-delegates/2019-November/021404.html" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u>https://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/chapter-delegates/2019-November/021404.html</u></span></span></i></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">), Portugal (</span></span></i></span></span><a href="https://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/chapter-delegates/2019-November/021427.html" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u>https://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/chapter-delegates/2019-November/021427.html</u></span></span></i></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">)</span></span></i></span></span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">[9] </span></span></i></span></span><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/27/tech/org-domain-sale/index.html" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u>https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/27/tech/org-domain-sale/index.html</u></span></span></i></span></span></a></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">[10] </span></span></i></span></span><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/nonprofits-fear-cost-of-org-domain-names-will-rise-sharply-11574283751" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u>https://www.wsj.com/articles/nonprofits-fear-cost-of-org-domain-names-will-rise-sharply-11574283751</u></span></span></i></span></span></a></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">[11] </span></span></i></span></span><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/08066a5a-11b2-11ea-a7e6-62bf4f9e548a" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u>https://www.ft.com/content/08066a5a-11b2-11ea-a7e6-62bf4f9e548a</u></span></span></i></span></span></a></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">[12] </span></span></i></span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/timberners_lee/status/1199752059534413824" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u>https://twitter.com/timberners_lee/status/1199752059534413824</u></span></span></i></span></span></a></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">[13] See correspondence in November 2019 archives: </span></span></i></span></span><a href="https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internetpolicy" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u>https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internetpolicy</u></span></span></i></span></span></a></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></span></i></span></span></span></p></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><<a href="https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/private/internetpolicy/2019-November/author.html#start" target="_blank">https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/private/internetpolicy/2019-November/author.html#start</a>></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">[14] See page 10, </span></span></i></span></span><a href="https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/icann_081218.pdf" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u>https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/icann_081218.pdf</u></span></span></i></span></span></a></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">[15] On their website (</span></span></i></span></span><a href="https://www.keypointsabout.org/" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u>https://www.keypointsabout.org/</u></span></span></i></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">), 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></span></i></span></span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">[16] </span></span></i></span></span><a href="https://archive.icann.org/en/tlds/org/criteria.htm" style="text-decoration:none" rel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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.

Is there support for this proposal?

Best wishes,
Ayden Férdeline
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