[article] Internet world despairs as non-profit .org sold for $$$$ to private equity firm, price caps axed

[Benjamin Akinmoyeje]

Great suggestions by Sam. I strongly align with these points as well.

Regards,
Benjamin

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019, 3:45 AM Stephanie Perrin <
stephanie at digitaldiscretion.ca> wrote:

> Thanks Sam, makes sense to me.
>
> cheers STephanie
> On 2019-11-21 13:11, Sam Lanfranco wrote:
>
> Stephanie, et. al.,
>
> I will not be at the IGF (darn budget constraint....I should have bought
> PIR (-:)) . Here is what I would suggest:
>
> 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.
>
>    - First, that the impending sale be delayed (if not terminated).
>    - Second, that PIR as the registry owner of .org should remain a
>    not-for-profit entity, whomever owns it
>    - Third, the decision to uncap .org registration fees be revisited to
>    look at a decision with more constraints with regard to fee increases.
>
> Somehow we have to restore integrity to the process, and in passing
> restore some of the tarnished dignity of ICANN.
>
> Sam L.
>
> ---- Original Message ----
> *From*: Stephanie Perrin <stephanie.perrin at MAIL.UTORONTO.CA>
> <stephanie.perrin at MAIL.UTORONTO.CA>
> *To*: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> *Sent*: Thu, Nov 21, 2019, 12:59 PM
> *Subject*: Re: [article] Internet world despairs as non-profit .org sold
> for $$$$ to private equity firm, price caps axed
>
> Lets try to get a draft out today so that you folks can meet and finalize
> in Berlin.
>
> Stephanie Perrin
>
> NCSG Chair
>  <rest deleted>
>
>
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