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I agree that government interference in ICANN is problematic, but
it's inevitable when an issue has generated so much public concern
while ICANN remains silent. In a positive step, the ICANN Board came
out and met with protestors this morning who were calling for ICANN
to weigh in on the sale of PIR. That strongly suggests the issue
won't be disposed of by staff without responding to the concerns
that have been raised. Transparent, participatory engagement on this
issue is the way to head off government interference.<br>
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Many comments on this list have been forthcoming about what
solutions people don't want to see, but I hope we can turn our
attention towards helping make changes that we do want, and to do it
in a meaningful timeframe. We have less than a month to convince the
ICANN Board to either hold an open, competitive bidding for the .ORG
registry operator, or at a minimum, renegotiate the registry
agreement to include greater protections for registrants. After 17
February, ICANN will lose its ability to terminate or renegotiate
the registry agreement until 2029. <br>
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We have an opportunity to show leadership from within the ICANN
community, head off interference by the US government, and achieve
greater protections for noncommercial registrants. That would be far
better than being the wise guys sitting at the back of the classroom
throwing spitballs at every good-faith proposal to fix this mess.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/24/20 11:35 AM, Bruna Martins dos
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<div dir="ltr">I honestly just hope we do not end up regretting
the amount of attention from Legislators and Government
officials that this campaign is bringing to ICANN.
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<div>Bringing our subjects to the communities outside of ICANN
is definitely important if and when we manage to properly
explain the issues and things that are being advocated for
within this community, but the way this is being done might
truly be harmful to our model. (Hope I am wrong on this one)
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Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele <<a
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focus on ISOC.</div>
<div>Perhaps, a time for them to step back and reflect.<br>
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<h1>NGOs use Davos stage to protest sale of .org
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<p>DAVOS, Switzerland — Plans to sell the
.org domain to a private equity firm
have international NGOs worried that
civil society, which is already faced
with a closing civic space, will lose
its digital commons.</p>
<p>The executive directors of 11
international NGOs released an open
letter Wednesday calling on the leaders
of two nonprofits — the Internet Society
and the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers — to stop the
sale of the .org domain.</p>
<p>For the rest of the Davos World
Economic Forum coverage see: <a
href="https://www.devex.com/news/ngos-use-davos-stage-to-protest-sale-of-org-domain-96410"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.devex.com/news/ngos-use-davos-stage-to-protest-sale-of-org-domain-96410</a></p>
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