The other Circle ID article that people might be interested in is about the disappearance of whois data: https://circleid.com/posts/20221108-the-continuing-whois-disappearing-act Holly ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Mackey via CPWG" To: "Evan Leibovitch" Cc: "CPWG" Sent: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 15:15:25 -0500 Subject: Re: [CPWG] Are Blockchain Domains within the Mission of ICANN - WAS RE: Questions to the board about distributed DNS Evan,  I don't want to add to the specifics of the .ORG/ICANN event, but I believe At-Large should remain vigilant against unaccountable and untransparent policy processes.  I was on a zoom call this week where Roger McNamee used the phrase "the hood ornaments of public participation". He was referring to organizations like IETF, W3C, etc, not ICANN specifically, but if not careful, ICANN At-Large can turn into a "hood ornament of public participation". It's a valid concern. Cheers, David On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 11:17 AM Evan Leibovitch via CPWG wrote: I almost forgot. Vint personally intervened with the ICANN Board to support the sale to Ethos [2] That's not just a "comment from his part in favour of the operation". That's direct advocacy, attempting to influence ICANN. - Evan On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 9:32 AM Roberto Gaetano via CPWG wrote: just one short comment: Vint Cerf had nothing to do with the attempted sale of PIR, and I have never heard any comment from his part in favour of the operation r. _______________________________________________ CPWG mailing list CPWG@icann.org [4] https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cpwg [5] _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy [6]) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos [7]). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on. Links: ------ [1] mailto:cpwg@icann.org [2] https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/cerf-to-botterman-29apr... [3] mailto:cpwg@icann.org [4] mailto:CPWG@icann.org [5] https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cpwg [6] https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy [7] https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos