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<p>Wow these are unusual times: I third Parminder and David. </p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Governance <governance-bounces@lists.igcaucus.org> on behalf of david_allen_ab63--- via Governance <governance@lists.igcaucus.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 1, 2020 2:22:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Governance] Joint Statement from NTEN and EFF on Rejection of Sale of .ORG</font>
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<div>Thanks to Parminder – let me profoundly second his here.
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<div class="">On May 1, 2020, at 2:17 AM, parminder via Governance <<a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" class="">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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<p class=""><font face="Liberation Sans" class="">Congrats to all those made this possible.</font></p>
<p class=""><font face="Liberation Sans" class="">Meanwhile, on the below statement, I am wary of looking for a new home for .org. For anyone to make a convincing case for that let us hear about some possibilities which are more more global and representative
than ISOC, with all its faults, which I would rather focus on improving. I havent heard about any such alternative. I do not want a US or EU based NGO -- however stellar their record, to take over, with no global basis or structure. I mean here at least
we did have a chapters systems, and their advice to the Board (which in the end I think had a strong role to play in the .org saga.). Can you please give me an example of a comparable system in another NGO, or at least a clearly global governance system? I
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<p class=""><font face="Liberation Sans" class="">Pending that I would not like to join any call asking ICANN to open a new bidding process for .org.<br class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/05/20 11:23 AM, Ayden Férdeline via Governance wrote:<br class="">
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<div class=""><i class="">We are thrilled to see </i><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/icann-board-withholds-consent-for-a-change-of-control-of-the-public-interest-registry-pir" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><i class="">ICANN’s leadership reject the
sale</i></a><i class=""> of Public Interest Registry (PIR) and the .Org top-level domain. </i><i class=""><br class="">
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<p class=""><i class="">For 20 years, .Org has been the online home for nonprofits, NGOs, and community-based groups around the world. It serves both those organizations and the public, helping navigate and support trust, information and resource sharing, and
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<p class=""><i class="">The current global pandemic has further illustrated the importance of nonprofit websites, as most of the world’s leading scientific and research institutions, health and safety resources, and educational services are on .Org websites.
The need for reliability and security of the .Org domain is as high as it ever has been, and the proposal to convert PIR from a nonprofit to a for-profit entity and then sell it to private equity firm Ethos Capital would have jeopardized both. </i><i class=""><br class="">
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<p class=""><i class="">We want to thank the nearly 900 organizations and the 64,000* individuals from all over the world who joined us in calling for the sale to be stopped. The collective voices made a difference. </i><i class=""><br class="">
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<p class=""><b class=""><i class="">This is not the final step needed for protecting the .Org domain. ICANN must now open a public process for bids to find a new home for the .Org domain. ICANN has established processes and criteria that outline how to hold
a reassignment process. We look forward to seeing a competitive process and are eager to support the participation in that process by the global nonprofit community. </i></b><b class=""><i class=""><br class="">
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<p class=""><i class=""><b class="">The .Org domain, the third-largest top-level domain, needs a secure and reliable steward that can prove it has the public and nonprofit sector’s interests at its core. </b></i><i class=""><b class=""><br class="">
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