Letter from Senators+ on .ORG Sale

[Sam Lanfranco]

David,
Life would be simpler here if ISOC wanted to (or were willing to) retain
ownership of PIR and the .org registry. 
However, it looks liket they have made it clear that they would rather sell
it and be free of overseeing those registry management responsibilities.
This does not mean that ISOC would be defunding anything, neither itself
nor the organizations and activities it supports. The sale proceeds would
become a substantial ISOC endowment and generate considerable annual income
to carry on its mission and its support. 
Sam Lanfranco

---- Original Message ----
From: David Cake 
To: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Tue, Jan 14, 2020, 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: Letter from Senators+ on .ORG Sale

I do not see any reason why the .org registry cannot remain with ISOC? What
is the reasoning that makes it clear to you? Rather, it seems to me that
ISOC is an important component of the Internet, and defunding it (and thus
defunding organisations it substantially funds, such as IETF) would be a
significant issue for the global internet - if having a track record of
operating an important component of the global internet means we need to be
conservative with PIR, then surely IETF (and IAB, IRTF, etc) are far more
important components of the global internet and to destabilise the is
unwise?
David

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