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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Le 18/12/2019 à 12:48, Sheetal Kumar a
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Dear all, <br>
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<div>This is the final version of the letter, which we will be
sending today. I will cc in the list. </div>
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Dear Sheetal,<br>
Thanks, go on ! and please, also save a copy somewhere (?
igcaucusDOTorg/letters/) <br>
on IGCs website.<br>
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Shalom,<br>
--sb<br>
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<div>Thanks to everyone for their active contributions.<br>
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<div>Best</div>
<div>Sheetal. <br>
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<div><b>Subject: Letter from the Internet Governance Caucus
re: the sale of .org</b></div>
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To: Gonzalo Camarillo, Chair of the Board of Trustees,
Internet Society<br>
<br>
As members of a network which encompasses many
non-commercial organizations and individuals, we are
concerned by the announcement that Ethos Capital intends to
acquire the assets of the Public Interest Registry (PIR)
from the Internet Society (ISOC), including the .ORG, .NGO,
and .ONG Registry Agreements. We ask that this sale be
called off. <br>
<br>
Principally, we are concerned that the sale of PIR to a
private entity investment firm would significantly alter the
Domain Name System and weaken ISOC. PIR played an important
role, as the only remaining non-commercial top-level domain
registry operator, in serving as a counterbalance against
commercial exploitation. PIR ran .ORG, .NGO, and .ONG for
the benefit of its users, whereas other top-level domains
are run by private companies with purely financial
objectives. While the interests of companies and users do at
times overlap, they can also conflict, and when this occurs
there are significant human rights implications. PIR, as a
subsidiary of ISOC, could be relied upon to do what was best
for domain name registrants, and has a proud history of
doing just that. However, PIR also gave ISOC greater
legitimacy and wider influence. It allowed ISOC to take an
even more active role in shaping Internet infrastructure. In
relinquishing its control over PIR, ISOC would lose some of
its ability to directly impact how millions of people around
the world positively experience the Internet every day, and
we think that is a great pity.<br>
<br>
We understand that Ethos Capital approached ISOC with an
offer in September 2019 and that an agreement had been
reached to sell PIR by November 2019. This secret process
caught us, and everyone, unaware, not just of the
transaction but of the urgency to divest of PIR. <br>
<br>
We join ICANN in its 9 December 2019 letter calling for ISOC
to be more transparent about the proposed sale of PIR and we
call for more inclusiveness in addition. We ask that ISOC
commit to publishing on its website all correspondence and
documents exchanged with ICANN in relation to the proposed
change in control of PIR. In addition, we ask that ISOC
commit to publishing on its website any filings (including
motions and petitions) in the Pennsylvania Orphans' Court
relating to the change in status of the PIR.<br>
<br>
We expect an organization that operates in the public
interest, and who promotes the values of openness, trust,
and transparency, to be coherent with those values when
making major decisions. <br>
<br>
This is a major decision that would result in a significant
change, for ISOC and for the Internet community, and it has
been proposed a) without a human rights impact assessment
being conducted, b) without consultation with impacted
stakeholders, and c) without appropriate safeguards in place
to protect the interests of .ORG, .NGO, and .ONG registrants
and the people who visit their websites every day. <br>
<br>
<div>ISOC has successfully stewarded .ORG via PIR for 17
years, gaining a reputation as a careful manager of a
resource that truly is the global home for nonprofits and
the noncommercial community. Given this background, and
ISOC’s stated commitments to transparency and openness, we
are unable to reconcile the path that ISOC has taken with
the values we thought ISOC espoused. Accordingly, we call
upon ISOC to withdraw from its negotiations with Ethos
Capital, and to withdraw from selling PIR, so to honor its
charter.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Sincerely yours,<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Members of the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC)*<br>
</div>
<div><br>
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<div><i>*The Internet Governance Caucus is composed of 500
individual members. Please see more information on the
IGC here: <a href="https://igcaucus.org/igc-charter/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://igcaucus.org/igc-charter/</a></i></div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 13 Dec 2019 at 20:16,
Sylvain Baya <<a href="mailto:abscoco@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">abscoco@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi all,</div>
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<div dir="auto">Thanks dear Ayden.</div>
<div dir="auto">Just one thing :-)</div>
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<div dir="auto">...add *inclusiveness* alongside with the
recommendation for more *transparency*.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Please see below (inline)...<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le ven. 13 déc. 2019
4:54 PM, Ayden Férdeline <<a
href="mailto:ayden@ferdeline.com" rel="noreferrer
noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">ayden@ferdeline.com</a>> a
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<div>Thanks for this edit, Ian, and thanks to everyone
who had shared their input on this statement. I've
pasted below what we have at present. I apologise if
I have missed any edits or failed to address any
concerns - if so, please can you advise. Thanks
again and enjoy your weekend!</div>
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<div>Best wishes, Ayden Férdeline <br>
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<div>====</div>
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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">To: Gonzalo
Camarillo, Chair of the Board of
Trustees, Internet Society</span></span></i></span></span></span><br>
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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">As members of a
network which encompasses many
non-commercial organizations and
individuals, we are concerned by the
announcement that Ethos Capital intends
to acquire the assets of the Public
Interest Registry (PIR) from the
Internet Society (ISOC), including the
.ORG, .NGO, and .ONG Registry
Agreements. We ask that this sale be
called off. </span></span></i></span></span></span><br>
</p>
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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">Principally, we
are concerned that the sale of PIR to a
private entity investment firm would
significantly alter the Domain Name
System and weaken ISOC. PIR played an
important role, as the only remaining
non-commercial top-level domain registry
operator, in serving as a counterbalance
against commercial exploitation. PIR ran
.ORG, .NGO, and .ONG for the benefit of
its users, whereas other top-level
domains are run by private companies
with purely financial objectives. While
the interests of companies and users do
at times overlap, they can also
conflict, and when this occurs there are
significant human rights implications.
PIR, as a subsidiary of ISOC, could be
relied upon to do what was best for
domain name registrants, and has a proud
history of doing just that. However, PIR
also gave ISOC greater legitimacy and
wider influence. It allowed ISOC to take
an even more active role in shaping
Internet infrastructure. In
relinquishing its control over PIR, ISOC
would lose some of its ability to
directly impact how millions of people
around the world positively experience
the Internet every day, and we think
that is a great pity.</span></span></i></span></span></span><br>
</p>
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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 understand
that Ethos Capital approached ISOC with
an offer in September 2019 and that an
agreement had been reached to sell PIR
by November 2019. This secret process
caught us, and everyone, unaware, not
just of the transaction but of the
urgency to divest of PIR. </span></span></i></span></span></span><br>
</p>
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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 join ICANN in
its 9 December 2019 letter calling for
ISOC to be more transparent about the
proposed sale of PIR. </span></span></i></span></span></span></p>
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<div dir="auto">“<i>...the proposed sale of PIR<b>, and we
call for more inclusiveness in addition.</b></i>”</div>
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<div dir="auto">Thanks.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
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<div dir="auto">Shalom,</div>
<div dir="auto">--sb.</div>
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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 ask that ISOC
commit to publishing on its website all
correspondence and documents exchanged
with ICANN in relation to the proposed
change in control of PIR. In addition,
we ask that ISOC commit to publishing on
its website any filings (including
motions and petitions) in the
Pennsylvania Orphans' Court relating to
the change in status of the PIR.</span></span></i></span></span></span><br>
</p>
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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 expect an
organization that operates in the public
interest, and who promotes the values of
openness, trust, and transparency, to be
coherent with those values when making
major decisions. </span></span></i></span></span></span><br>
</p>
<div><br>
</div>
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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 a major
decision that would result in a
significant change, for ISOC and for the
Internet community, and it has been
proposed a) without a human rights
impact assessment being conducted, b)
without consultation with impacted
stakeholders, and c) without appropriate
safeguards in place to protect the
interests of .ORG, .NGO, and .ONG
registrants and the people who visit
their websites every day. </span></span></i></span></span></span><br>
</p>
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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
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style="background-color:transparent"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span
style="font-family:Arial"><span
style="font-size:11pt">ISOC has
successfully stewarded .ORG via PIR for
17 years, gaining a reputation as a
careful manager of a resource that truly
is the global home for nonprofits and
the noncommercial community. Given this
background, and ISOC’s stated
commitments to transparency and
openness, we are unable to reconcile the
path that ISOC has taken with the values
we thought ISOC espoused. Accordingly,
we call upon ISOC to withdraw from its
negotiations with Ethos Capital, and to
withdraw from selling PIR, so to honor
its charter.</span></span></i></span></span></span><br>
</p>
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style="font-family:Arial"><span
style="font-size:11pt">About the
Internet Governance Caucus</span></span></i></b></span></span></span><br>
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the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) are
individuals, acting in their personal
capacity, who subscribe to IGC's
charter. The IGC is guided by its vision
and mission, included below.</span></span></i></span></span></span><br>
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style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span
style="font-family:Arial"><span
style="font-size:11pt">The policies that
shape the Internet impact not only the
development of the technologies
themselves, but also the realization of
internationally agreed human rights,
social equity and interdependence,
cultural concerns, and both social and
economic development. Our vision is that
Internet governance should be inclusive,
people centered and development
oriented. Our contributions to the
various forums relevant to Internet
governance, will strive to ensure an
information society which better enables
equal opportunity and freedom for all.</span></span></i></span></span></span><br>
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the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) is
to provide a forum for discussion,
advocacy, action, and for representation
of civil society contributions in
Internet governance processes. The
caucus intends to provide an open and
effective forum for civil society to
share opinion, policy options and
expertise on Internet governance issues,
and to provide a mechanism for
coordination of advocacy to enhance the
utilization and influence of Civil
Society (CS) and the IGC in relevant
policy processes.</span></span></i></span></span></span><br>
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#LASAINTEBIBLE|#Romains15:33«Que LE #DIEU de #Paix soit avec vous tous! #Amen!»
#MaPrière est que tu naisses de nouveau. #Chrétiennement
«Comme une biche soupire après des courants d’eau, ainsi mon âme soupire après TOI, ô DIEU!» (#Psaumes42:2)</pre>
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