[Chapter-delegates] What's going on? As presented, the sale of PIR should be rejected by the Board

[dorothy g]

I would have been surprised if he had said anything different. I know you
did not feel reassured by this statement.  In terms of what is widely
accepted as good governance, there are many wrong things about this deal
regardless of the eventual pricing implications.' Reasonably' priced is
open to vast differences in interpretation.  What is reasonable for a
multi-millionaire who made it selling domains is not the same for an NGO
with problems making payroll for its two staff.  Also notice I did not say
the deal is illegal. I do not have the right skills to make such an
assessment but it does warrant some fresh thinking about what would
constitute a robust regulatory framework and in my view may cause people to
look at ISOC very differently as we go forward.

best regards



On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 12:06 PM Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele <
muyiwacaleb at gmail.com> wrote:

> So I asked ISOC CEO above the .ORG pricing. Find his response below.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Andrew Sullivan via Chapter-delegates <
> chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> Date: Sat, Nov 16, 2019, 2:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] What's going on? As presented, the sale
> of PIR should be rejected by the Board
> To: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 04:21:24AM +0000, Caleb Ogundele wrote:
>
> > The implication might see to the increase in the purchase price of dot
> ORG
> > domains.
>
> You might have seen that anyway, because ISOC historically (and still!
> this deal hasn't closed, remember!) has relied upon the money coming
> from PIR to support ISOC's activities.  The thing that actually
> constrains wholesale prices in .org is its market, not ICANN and not
> PIR's status as a non-profit.  And note what both PIR has said about
> the topic: "Our goal has always been to make .ORG accessible and
> reasonably priced – and that will continue under our new ownership."
>
> Best regards,
>
> A
>
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Dorothy Gordon
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