Reuters reports new cooperative formed to take over management of .ORG

[Sam Lanfranco]

Thanks Wisdom for the additional information and links.  

	The http://domainincite.com/25176-25176
(http://domainincite.com/25176-25176)  article yields little more new
information other than the complex layered structure of the entities that
will end up with varying degrees of control over the fate of the .org
registry. The lawyers were busy there. This structuring is less about how
to move the ownership, and more about keeping options open for the new
owners/controllers of the .org registry.  

	The take away from information revealed to date is still that the only
real leverage ICANN can, and should, exercise over this is the binding
legal nature of conditions imposed on the nature of the entity that
exercises ownership over the .org registry. That is the entity that will
set the future path of the .org registry.  

	As for the “White Knight” group coming forward as a potential
alternative buyer, we should exercise the same caution and strategy. From:
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/07/reuters-america-internet-nonprofit-leaders-fight-deal-to-sell-control-of-org-domain.html
(https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/07/reuters-america-internet-nonprofit-leaders-fight-deal-to-sell-control-of-org-domain.html)
we get the following:  

	The new group has briefed members of the U.S. Congress and hopes to prompt
the Internet Society to reconsider the sale. But its best shot at stopping
the pending sale lies with ICANN, which can veto any change in ownership
out of concern for the security, reliability or stability of the .org
domain. 

	While NCSG should probably not get involved in where the .org registry
should go, it should focus on the conditions attached to the transfer of
ownership.  

	It is not comforting or reassuring that this “new group” went to the
U.S. Congress, and issued press releases, but has made no approaches for
dialogue with ICANN’s stakeholder community.  

	Sam Lanfranco. NPOC 
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