Letter from Senators+ on .ORG Sale

[Mitch Stoltz]

The alternative registry operator that was just incorporated as a co-op, 
CCOR.org, has also pledged to use excess revenues to fund IETF, IGF, 
ISOC chapters, etc., effectively replacing ISOC in that role.

Mitch Stoltz
Senior Staff Attorney, EFF | 415-436-9333 x142
https://www.eff.org/donate | https://act.eff.org/

On 1/14/20 8:24 AM, Sam Lanfranco wrote:
> 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 <dave at DAVECAKE.NET>
>     *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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