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[Peter Micek]

Is there any chance to review? I'm happy to help push from our side, or at
least draw attention to this travesty!

On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 9:23 AM Jean F. Quéralt <
000016bf26350d73-dmarc-request at listserv.syr.edu> wrote:

> Thanks.
>
> I wasn't following any of this so my questions may sound "basic or
> repetitive". I'll try to make it as light as possible.
> - Do we have the profiles of the candidates we submitted?
> - Do we have the official response/resolution from PIR?
> - I can't find the Statute for how these procedures are conducted in PIR's
> website. Someone has a link?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Jean F. Queralt
> Founder & CEO - The IO Foundation <http://www.TheIOFoundation.org>
> Book a meeting <http://TIOF.Click/BookJFQ> (30 minutes)
>
>
> On Wed, 7 Dec 2022 at 21:09, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Jean for your question.
>>
>> Here is the people behind PIR web page:
>> https://thenew.org/org-people/about-pir/
>>
>>
>> Farzaneh
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 7:57 AM Jean F. Quéralt <
>> JFQueralt at theiofoundation.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Farzaneh.
>>>
>>> Thx for the update.
>>>
>>> Do we have an org chart of the current PIR?
>>>
>>> Thx.
>>>
>>> Jean F. Queralt
>>> Founder & CEO - The IO Foundation <http://www.TheIOFoundation.org>
>>> Book a meeting <http://TIOF.Click/BookJFQ> (30 minutes)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 7 Dec 2022 at 20:51, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> All,
>>>>
>>>> It is unfortunate but PIR decided not to appoint any of the candidates
>>>> we put forward as NCSG to the Advisory Council. PIR over time made our role
>>>> weaker in its governance. Something our leaders should really pay attention
>>>> to. I raised concern and IGP wrote a blog about it. But if we don’t pay
>>>> attention, we will see our role more and more diminished in this space.
>>>>
>>>> IGP blog:
>>>> Dot ORG Snubs Noncommercials
>>>>
>>>> The Public Interest Registry, which was awarded the .ORG domain based
>>>> on promises that it would support noncommercial participants in the
>>>> ICANN process
>>>> <https://archive.icann.org/en/tlds/org/applications/isoc/section7.html>,
>>>> has progressively backed away from supporting the official noncommercial
>>>> constituencies in ICANN. It took the latest step recently, refusing to
>>>> appoint any representatives nominated by the Noncommercial
>>>> Stakeholders Group
>>>> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/stakeholders-constituencies/ncsg>(NCSG)
>>>> to its Advisory Board. PIR’s Advisory Board has no real power and is
>>>> largely honorary anyway, but it originally set aside a dedicated slot on
>>>> the AC for NCUC. That precedent just ended. PIR justifies this by claiming
>>>> that it chose AC members based on their “quality” not on who they
>>>> represent. But this is exactly the problem: PIR’s council is just a bunch
>>>> of people the PIR board likes and feels comfortable with, they are not
>>>> independent representatives of .ORG users who are involved in the ICANN
>>>> process. PIR has turned its appointment process into a beauty contest and
>>>> its Advisory Council into a unilaterally-bestowed privilege that allows it
>>>> to filter out anyone who might talk back.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Farzaneh
>>>>
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