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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 20/11/20 4:39 PM, Ayden Férdeline
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<div>Thanks Parminder,<br>
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<div>On the revolving door point - </div>
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<p>you may want to see
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<div>I have also noticed that many former ICANN execs are now
working at companies in the domain name space, and others have
pointed this out as well. But I don't see why there would be
anything wrong with that unless, for example, they made
decisions <i>prior</i> to leaving ICANN <i>purely</i> for the
benefit of their post-ICANN careers and against the best
interests of the ICANN community. If you (or anyone else) are
able to provide verifiable evidence of such, I think there would
be considerable media interest in such a story...<br>
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<div class="protonmail_quote"> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐<br>
On Friday, November 20th, 2020 at 05:32, parminder via
Governance <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org"><governance@lists.igcaucus.org></a> wrote:<br>
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<p><font face="Liberation Sans"> I understand all that this is
being directed by a murky mafia behind the scene, of which
we got some sightings during the .org saga. This mafia
both consists of ex-CANNers and is in cahoots with
existing people in ICANN... This is why revolving doors is
such a bad word in policy and governance circles.... But
wasnt the multistakeholderism version practised by ICANN
always a formalisation and white-washing of revolving
doors...</font> parminder</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 20/11/20 4:01 AM, Ayden
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<div>Hi all,<br>
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<div>Just flagging this press release that says Afilias has
been acquired by Donuts:<br>
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<div>This means that Donuts now owns over 450 generic
top-level domains (out of a total of 1,200). The
(continued) consolidation in the domain name industry is
something that civil society might want to track. I am not
sure if this sale is problematic from a competition
perspective (though that is my gut reaction), but it is
significant nonetheless.<br>
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<div>Donuts is owned by private equity firm Abry Partners,
connected to former ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade.<br>
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<div>Afilias, which Donuts is now acquiring, is paid roughly
$20 million a year by the Public Interest Registry to
offer backend services. Late last year another Fadi
Chehade-connected entity, Ethos Capital, attempted to
acquire the Public Interest Registry.<br>
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