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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 7 Jan 2023, at 17:34, Akinremi Peter Taiwo <<a href="mailto:compsoftnet@GMAIL.COM" class="">compsoftnet@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Dear Jean,<div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Good summary.  </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Even if there is no changes, it is good to see that ICANN need to improve its overall decision making and transparency. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Regards </div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 7 Jan. 2023, 3:36 pm Jean F. Quéralt, <<a href="mailto:000016bf26350d73-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu" class="">000016bf26350d73-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi Caleb.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for the update and the links.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">After reading them, I understand that the timeline of events would summarize as follows?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- ICANN decided to remove the caps unilaterally.</div><div class="">- Namecheap said no no and filed a challenge.</div><div class="">- Caps were removed.</div><div class="">- IRP ruled that the removal was against ICANN Bylaws</div><div class="">- ICANN needs to revisit their decision following the recommendations from the IRP</div><div class="">- Caps are still removed</div><div class="">- ICANN the revision will trigger to either keep the caps removed or reinstate them</div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class="">- No caps decision means no change in status so no much of a justification to be made</div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class="">- Reinstating the caps will require proper articulation (which at this point will be harder/costly because of the due diligence)</div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">>> So it seems that bringing back the caps is pretty much out of the table.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Am I reading this wrong?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers.</div><div class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""></div><div class="">Jean F. Queralt</div><div class="">Founder & CEO - <a href="http://www.theiofoundation.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">The IO Foundation</a></div><div class=""><a href="http://tiof.click/BookJFQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">Book a meeting</a> (30 minutes)<br class=""></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div><img src="https://app.dragapp.com/V1.18/emailTracking/track-email?uId=amZxdWVyYWx0QHRoZWlvZm91bmRhdGlvbi5vcmcsMTY3MzEwMTk5MzIxMg==&emailTemplateId=&emailFollowupId=" width="0px" height="0px" class=""></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 7 Jan 2023 at 12:27, Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele via Npoc-discuss <<a href="mailto:npoc-discuss@icann.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">npoc-discuss@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">Dear NCSG / NPOC Members,</font><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">Earlier in 2019 a couple of conversations on price caps in the proposed renewal of .ORG Registry Agreement came up as a hot topic and there were lots of public comments on the implication of removing a price cap for the dor ORG.</font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">NPOC through the then Chair (Joan Kerr) submitted an open letter and public comment on NPOC's rejection of removing the price cap. (see the attachment to understand the context for those just catching up on the issue).</font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">NameCheap an ICANN registrar took ICANN to the  <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)" class="">Independent Review Process (IRP) panel and a verdict/recommendations were made.</span></font></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">The links below are public statements from both ICANN and Namecheap.</font></span></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""><b class=""><a href="https://www.namecheap.com/blog/namecheap-vs-icann-removal-of-price-caps-for-org-and-info-found-improper/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">ICANN's Statement</a></b></font></span></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-receives-final-declaration-in-the-namecheap-independent-review-process-05-01-2023-en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-receives-final-declaration-in-the-namecheap-independent-review-process-05-01-2023-en</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><b class=""><a href="https://www.namecheap.com/blog/namecheap-vs-icann-removal-of-price-caps-for-org-and-info-found-improper/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">NameCheap's Statement</a></b></font></span></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><a href="https://www.namecheap.com/blog/namecheap-vs-icann-removal-of-price-caps-for-org-and-info-found-improper/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">https://www.namecheap.com/blog/namecheap-vs-icann-removal-of-price-caps-for-org-and-info-found-improper/</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">I'm still searching for the IRP panel report but can't find it. So whoever finds it first should kindly share.</font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">Why this email: This is for our general information and to suggest that these issues should be one of the things we should watch out for and engage at the next ICANN meeting as I suspect this issue will always come back to the community for more conversational input.</font></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class="">  --<br class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><b class=""><font class="">Caleb Ogundele</font></b><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font class="">Email: <a href="mailto:muyiwacaleb@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">muyiwacaleb@gmail.com</a></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br class="">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Joan Kerr</strong> <span dir="auto" class=""><<a href="mailto:joankerr@fbsc.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">joankerr@fbsc.org</a>></span><br class="">Date: Thu, May 2, 2019 at 8:15 AM<br class="">Subject: [NPOC-EC] NPOC Public Statement of .org renewal<br class="">To:  <<a href="mailto:globalsupport@icann.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">globalsupport@icann.org</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:npoc-ec@icann.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">npoc-ec@icann.org</a>>, Maryam Bakoshi <<a href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">maryam.bakoshi@icann.org</a>><br class=""></div><br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;" class="">Dear Mr. <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">Weinstein</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;" class="">On behalf of the NPOC Executive Committee and members of NPOC, I am submitting the attached statement as our public comment regarding the .org renewal.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;" class="">Regards,</div><br class=""></div>-- <br class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><di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