[governance] PIR and ETHOS Convene Community Webinar on 12/19

Fri Dec 13 07:51:42 EST 2019

I have purposefully refrained from commenting on the issue until now but
wish to be on record for wholeheartedly supporting and endorsing George's
comments and view on the matter. There is a Latin phrase that comes to
mind, and it is "audi alteram partem" the right to be heard before judgment
is passed is critical for fairness sake.

>From within ICANN, the global community has to review the PDP and content
in terms of making it mandatory to require Express written consent from all
the supporting organisations, advisory committees that the re-selling of
what was initially conferred as a "public interest commodity" is not
commercially exploited to the extent where it harms global public interest.

Sala

On Fri, 13 Dec 2019, 4:29 am George Sadowsky, <governance at lists.riseup.net>
wrote:

> The announcement of this Webinar is a very promising development.
>
> Perhaps the most prevalent constant in this debate has been secrecy, or
> lack of information, subjecting the discussion to an enormous stream of
> hypotheticals.   Ethos has been the most secretive to date, and now it
> appears that next week they are planning to discuss their plans for .org.
> I'm not sure what they will say, but I think that they deserve an equal
> opportunity to be heard.  What they say will help to inform the discussion.
>
> Sometimes in the heat of the moment we get wrapped up in an issue which,
> while important, is dwarfed by others that are forgotten in the battle.
> This may be one of those moments.
>
> Yesterday ISOC had a 90 minute webinar in which staff discussed their
> programmatic plans for the future.   I was very impressed with the
> presenters, with the programmatic thrusts being planned and executed, and
> with their willingness to be open with regard to how the plan was formed
>  --  in this case, with significant input from our community.  When being
> involved in the PIR debate, it's easy to forget that ISOC is an institution
> whose goals we share, that has done an enormous amount of good work in the
> past, and who seems dedicated to continue their efforts unabated  into the
> future.   ISOC is an enormous asset to the open Internet and to the
> Internet community.
>
> Like some of you, I felt a disappointment in the way in which the PIR
> decision was handled, and assuming at portfolio diversification was the
> goal, I believe that it could have been better achieved in a different
> manner.  But I would much rather accept and live with that disappointment
> and see ISOC succeed, than see ISOC robbed of any opportunity to continue
> its work effectively due to the lack of closure of the PIR debate.
>
> No matter how the PIR issue is resolved, we must come out of this process,
> and soon, with an ISOC that is whole, able to do its work and able to
> command the voluntary cooperation and affiliation and enthusiasm of a
> strong membership.
>
> The eventual disposition of PIR should not be our primary concern, rather
> it should be ensuring that the goals of ISOC that we share with them should
> be furthered in the most effective manner possible.  Let's remember that in
> the course of this discussion and not make it more difficult to achieve the
> real goal.
>
> George
>
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