<div dir="auto">Great suggestions by Sam. I strongly align with these points as well.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards,</div><div dir="auto">Benjamin</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 22, 2019, 3:45 AM Stephanie Perrin <<a href="mailto:stephanie@digitaldiscretion.ca">stephanie@digitaldiscretion.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Thanks Sam, makes
sense to me. <br>
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">cheers STephanie</font></font><br>
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<div>On 2019-11-21 13:11, Sam Lanfranco
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<div><font size="3" face="Tahoma"><font face="Tahoma"><font face="Tahoma">I will not be at the IGF (darn budget
constraint....I should have bought PIR (-:)) . Here is
what I would suggest:</font></font></font></div>
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<div><font size="3" color="#990000">I am not sure how we get
THERE from HERE, but I think a
letter to the board should focus on three aspects of the
situation. <br>
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<li><font size="3" color="#990000">First, that
the impending sale be delayed (if not terminated). <br>
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<li><font size="3" color="#990000">Second, that PIR as the
registry owner of .org should remain a not-for-profit
entity, whomever owns it</font></li>
<li><font size="3" color="#990000">Third, the decision to
uncap .org registration fees be revisited to look at
a decision with more constraints with regard to fee
increases. </font></li>
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<div><font color="#990000"><font size="3">Somehow we have to
restore integrity to the process, and in passing restore
some of the tarnished dignity of ICANN.</font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#990000"><font size="3">Sam L. </font></font><br>
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<blockquote style="border-left:solid 2px #000000;margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px">---- Original Message ----<br>
<b>From</b>: Stephanie Perrin
<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><stephanie.perrin@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA></a><br>
<b>To</b>: <a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br>
<b>Sent</b>: Thu, Nov 21, 2019, 12:59 PM<br>
<b>Subject</b>: Re: [article] Internet world despairs as
non-profit .org sold for $$$$ to private equity firm, price
caps axed<br>
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Lets try to get
a draft out today so that you folks can meet and
finalize in Berlin.</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Stephanie Perrin</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">NCSG Chair</font></font><br>
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