[governance] PIR Case/or the .org sell

[Bill Woodcock]

> On Nov 28, 2019, at 6:30 PM, John Levine <icggov at johnlevine.com> wrote:
> This is also why I'm baffled by claims that the buyer will increase
> the price by some absurd factor.  If they did, the non-core
> registrants would leave and the registry would collapse.  That's
> obvious to anyone familiar with the domain business so of course they
> won't do that.  I don't understand why it's not obvious to everyone
> else.

Yes, all that...

> With respect to complaints that increasing the price from $10 to $12
> would be a hardship, I'm trying to find a non-profit (or anyone) who
> is paying for a domain and has any operations at all, yet is so
> strapped that $12/yr rather than $10 would be a crisis.  That's not
> even the price of a cup of bad coffee.

…and that...

> For the $10 or $12 they're
> getting a registry with a skilled staff keeping it working reliably
> and also maintaining its quality.

…but that’s unfortunately not where the money is going, by and large.  PIR has been cutting what it spends on operations, which isn’t good for registrants.

                                -Bill

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