[in 1 hour's time] NTEN Community Call: Sale of Public Interest Registry / .ORG

[Ayden Férdeline]

Dear all,

For those who could not make the call, Joly has done his usual magic and recorded it here:

https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live/status/1202679421670309888

Erik Brooks, the CEO of Ethos Capital, made this comment on the call today when asked if they requested secrecy as part of the negotiations:

No, our proposal to the Internet Society was a proposal that we made directly and for the purpose of trying to buy the business, but there was no explicit requirement that that remain private. The reality of the situation is that ISOC retained a financial advisor that was normal and standard for these kind of situations, that resulted in multiple other bids coming in, so no. There were no specific requirements that we put on ISOC at all as to how they conducted the process.

This seems at odds with earlier and repeated public statements made by ISOC's CEO that the bidder would not have participated in an open bidding process, auction, or community consultation.

Ayden Férdeline

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On Thursday, 5 December 2019 20:05, Ayden Férdeline <icann at FERDELINE.COM> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> The Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the National Council of Nonprofits, and Internet Society chapter leaders will be meeting to discuss the sale of the Public Interest Registry in 1 hour from now.
>
> The call will be in English with live captioning available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
>
> Access the call through this URL: https://www.nten.org/savedotorg_call
>
> Kind regards,
> Ayden Férdeline
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