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Post-ICANN66 Policy Report
by Evin Erdogdu Nov. 20, 2019

Nov. 20, 2019

Dear CPWG Members, Please read the full Post-ICANN66 Policy Report, featuring ALAC/At-Large policy and outreach activity and ATLAS III developments, here: https://go.icann.org/post66? Best, Evin

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Re: [CPWG] Fwd: Re: [registration-issues-wg] Fwd: ISOC sells PIR
by Alan Greenberg Nov. 20, 2019

Nov. 20, 2019

B Corporation is a non-government certification. Just means you are one of the "good guys", but could imply how they wish to be perceived. Alan From: Justine Chew <justine.chew(a)gmail.com> Sent: November 13, 2019 10:04:24 PM EST To: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> Cc: Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard(a)gmail.com>, CPWG <cpwg(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: [CPWG] [registration-issues-wg] Fwd: ISOC sells PIR If they did want to, they would have to incorporate as such; I understand B Corporation status does not afford tax benefits enjoyed by non-profits with IRS 501(c) classification. Justine ----- On Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 11:00, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca<mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> > wrote: I agree that they are not likely to operate as a non-profit, but I presume they could if they really wanted to. Note also the reference to B Corporation status ( https://bcorporation.net/) Alan At 13/11/2019 09:32 PM, Justine Chew wrote: It is an outright sale of an asset, the proceeds of which go toward "an endowment fund" for ISOC projects/activities. No revenue sharing is involved. The announcement indicated that all projects and operations will continue as is under new ownership. With its policy on public/community benefit presumably driven and overseen by Ethos Capital's Stewardship Council - I wonder who they will put on this Council. PIR under Ethos Capital will lose its non-for-profit status, so there might be financial implication not to ISOC but possibly PIR's existing .org customers/registrants. We shall see. Justine ----- On Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 10:21, Maureen Hilyard < maureen.hilyard(a)gmail.com<mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com>> wrote: As Eduardo said there are lots of unknowns at present. Who knows? On Wed, 13 Nov 2019, 3:02 PM Alan Greenberg, <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca<mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> > wrote: Why will it have major implications on ISOC Chapters? Alan At 13/11/2019 02:52 PM, Maureen Hilyard wrote: I know for sure that this was not even hinted at during the last PIR Advisory Council meeting.. but it will have major implications for the ISOC chapters. What are they/ISOC thinking? Maureen On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 7:59 AM Marita Moll <mmoll(a)ca.inter.net<mailto:mmoll@ca.inter.net>> wrote: Had we known this was lurking in the background -- which it most certainly was at the time -- it might have been a different discussion. How much did ISOC know and when did they know it -- a question ISOC chapters might want to ask. Marita -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: ISOC sells PIR Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:38:29 +0000 From: Stephanie Perrin <stephanie.perrin(a)MAIL.UTORONTO.CA><mailto:stephanie.perrin@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA> Reply-To: Stephanie Perrin <stephanie.perrin(a)MAIL.UTORONTO.CA><mailto:stephanie.perrin@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA> To: NCSG-DISCUSS(a)LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> I must say, this casts the decision to drop price caps for .org in a slightly different light. I will keep you posted as I learn more. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191113005661/en/Ethos-Capital-Acqu… Stephanie Perrin NCSG Chair _______________________________________________ CPWG mailing list CPWG(a)icann.org<mailto:CPWG@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cpwg _______________________________________________ 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> https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service ( <https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos> https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) 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. _______________________________________________ CPWG mailing list CPWG(a)icann.org<mailto:CPWG@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cpwg _______________________________________________ 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> https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service ( <https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos> https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) 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. _______________________________________________ registration-issues-wg mailing list registration-issues-wg(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:registration-issues-wg@atlarge-lists.icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/registration-issues-wg _______________________________________________ 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> https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service ( <https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos> https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) 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. _______________________________________________ CPWG mailing list CPWG(a)icann.org<mailto:CPWG@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cpwg _______________________________________________ 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) and the website Terms of Service ( https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) 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.

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Private equity firm buys PIR from ISOC
by Eduardo Diaz Nov. 20, 2019

Nov. 20, 2019

I found this letter floating in one of the many emails about PIR. It shows one organization that have already contacted ICANN about the sale of PIR. ICA's Open Letter < http://www.circleid.com/pdf/ICA_Letter_to_ICANN_Board_201911115.pdf> -ed

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Re: [CPWG] [GTLD-WG] Fwd: Re: [registration-issues-wg] Fwd: ISOC sells PIR
by Alan Greenberg Nov. 20, 2019

Nov. 20, 2019

Or more specifically, what contractual terms would ICANN use to cancel the existing contract? Alan At 20/11/2019 09:26 AM, Eduardo Diaz wrote: Evan: How .ORG can be re-delegated if it does not belong to ISOC but PIR? -ed On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 8:34 AM Evan Leibovitch <evan(a)telly.org<mailto:evan@telly.org>> wrote: Or there could be totally new advice asking ICANN to re-delegate .ORG back to a nonprofit. It has that authority. https://gizmodo.com/private-equity-ghouls-buy-non-profit-that-handles-org-1… On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 at 17:25, John Laprise <jlaprise(a)gmail.com<mailto:jlaprise@gmail.com>> wrote: On the advice we issued on the change in contractual terms. It's within ALAC's remit to issue advice on anything and this is exactly the kind of situation that allows us to nimbly address a situation. George Kirikos mentioned the s contingency in the list but by that time I'm pretty sure he had established himself as shrill and was in the process of being report to the ombudsman. We can ask the board to examine options here because we issued advice in good faith and expectation of ISOC being a good Steward of .org. selling it off to a VC firm was not something I considered likely and had I, would not have advocated in the way I did. Sent from my Pixel 3XL John Laprise, Ph.D. On Tue, Nov 19, 2019, 1:22 PM Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca<mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> > wrote: On what issue John? Alan -- Sent from my mobile. Please excuse brevity and typos. On November 19, 2019 1:31:18 PM EST, John Laprise <jlaprise(a)gmail.com<mailto:jlaprise@gmail.com>> wrote: I agree with Evan. This is an astounding sort sighted deal by ISOC which essentially squandered the trust of it's membership for financial gain. Trust is the most precious commodity of any non profit and hard to regain once lost. Furthermore, ALAC and CPWG should urgently amend our advice on the contractual issue to reflect new situation. I am no longer in support on this issue. Sent from my Pixel 3XL John Laprise, Ph.D. Show quoted text Sent from my Pixel 3XL John Laprise, Ph.D. On Tue, Nov 19, 2019, 3:58 AM Evan Leibovitch <evan(a)telly.org<mailto:evan@telly.org>> wrote: On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 at 09:16, Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi <Hadia(a)tra.gov.eg<mailto:Hadia@tra.gov.eg>> wrote: I would certainly assume that ISOC got a very decent amount of money from Ethos for the deal to go forward. At this point I would assume that ISOC has insured its way forward. However, what is still to be seen is the effect on the .org prices, hopefully going forward they would have special prices for non profits. Two factors come to mind in considering the long term effects of the sale, over and above the financial-stability component of which we are all aware. Consider: The substance: PIR was more than just an ISOC asset. The Internet Society was custodian of the only global top-level domain that was, by nature and its very name, acting in the public interest. In a sea of TLD sharks, dot-org could be seen as a body that brought both financial stability to ISOC and social responsibility among the registries. Its size and nonprofit status would keep costs down and corporate direction serving a social mission. Its competitive presence could tamp down the excesses of the industry. And now that's gone. More important than the divestment of PIR is its change from nonprofit to Just Another Shareholder-Value-Maximizing part of the domain ecosystem, its uniqueness vanished in an instant. In the aim of maximizing its own revenue ISOC has eliminated from the the Internet the only publicly-accessible nonprofit gTLD. Gone is this substantial voice of public-interest sanity within the registry community, replaced by an entity barely more ethically motivated than Donuts. As a dot-org "owner", this hurts personally. But as someone trying to advance Internet domains as a component of progress, this hurts on a global scale. Stewardship of a socially-motivated registry was one of ISOC's core global functions IMO. With that gone, so is part of ISOC's value. The process: The path that led to the divestment of PIR, both before and after the decision had been made, has laid bare a core ISOC culture that is the opposite of the openness it asks the world to embrace. At a level of fiscal responsibility, ISOC's action was exactly what one would expect any for-profit entity to do. Maximize benefit through a secretive process that catches everyone unaware -- not just of the transaction but of the urgency to do it, Except ISOC is not a for-profit entity. It displays itself to the world as a community body that encourages involvement at a personal, regional, institutional or national scale. It has carefully crafted and evolved a Chapters Advisory Council explicitly designed to provide management with the view from the grassroots, alongside a parallel Council for corporate participants. This was combined with global virtual events such as InterCommunity that were created to give ISOC a global awareness of what was needed to promote a more-open Internet. And it has always had an individual-membership program, which isn't really talked about these days as these "members" have neither any costs nor any benefits. None of these mechanisms were employed, none of these entities consulted, before or after the decision, even under NDA. The community wasn't even aware that PIR was being shopped around. As a result, there was no open solicitation, no publicly-competitive process, no opportunity for any other firm to make a counter-offer that might keep PIR nonprofit. We'll never know. Or maybe it wasn't shopped around and someone just made ISOC an offer it couldn't refuse. But ISOC isn't Jack Woltz. The community had no idea of any sense of urgency to sell PIR, and certainly was never consulted about the ethics or consequences of turning PIR for-profit. The common nonprofit practice of having major decisions ratified by stakeholders at an AGM is also nowhere in sight. So now we know the reality of ISOC's corporate culture. Promote openness and consultation when convenient, but be opaque when it matters. I don't know if ISOC considers me a stakeholder, or for that matter anyone else on this list, any Chapter or any Organization Member. In fact right now I have no idea who ISOC considers its stakeholders to be; it certainly didn't consult any before the fact or ask for any blessings afterwards. Not even informally. So who shows up at the AGM? Just the Trustees? In any case, the deal is essentially done. ISOC clearly appears to have assured its financial stability, which is certainly a Good Thing. But with a crown jewel of the Internet fading away and the shallowness of its commitment to openness and community exposed in the process, it is legitimate to ask whether ISOC has sold more than a registry. We won't know the answer to that for a while - Evan _______________________________________________ CPWG mailing list CPWG(a)icann.org<mailto:CPWG@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cpwg _______________________________________________ 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) and the website Terms of Service ( https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) 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. -- Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada @evanleibovitch or @el56 _______________________________________________ CPWG mailing list CPWG(a)icann.org<mailto:CPWG@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cpwg _______________________________________________ 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) and the website Terms of Service ( https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) 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. -- NOTICE: This email may contain information which is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege, and is intended for the use of the named addressee only. 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At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Call
by Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi Nov. 19, 2019

Nov. 19, 2019

Dear All, The next At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Call is scheduled for Wednesday, 20 November 2019 at 21:00 UTC for 90 mins. For other times: https://tinyurl.com/vje7825 The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/OpMzBw Zoom Room: https://icann.zoom.us/j/765717566 / Meeting ID: 765-717-566 – Please note, the zoom room link and Meeting ID will remain the same for each weekly meeting. Real time transcription (RTT) available at (subject to availability): https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN [streamtext.net] [streamtext.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.streamtext.net_pla…> ADIGO Conference Bridge: EN: 1638 ES: 1738 Toll-free access number (US and Canada): 800 550 6865 Other toll-free numbers: https://www.adigo.com/icann [adigo.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.adigo.com_icann&d=…> At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Wiki Space: https://community.icann.org/x/jYDpB If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Kind regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org [atlarge.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__atlarge.icann.org_&d=D…> Facebook: facebook.com/icann [facebook.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_icann…>atlarge [facebook.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_icann…> Twitter: @ [twitter.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_ICANNAtLar…>ICANNAtLarge [twitter.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_ICANNAtLar…>

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CentralNic's gutsy acquisition will transform the company - Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News
by Carlton Samuels Nov. 18, 2019

Nov. 18, 2019

I know this might start Kaili going but recall the difficulty gaining acceptance of the economic assessment of the parking phenomenon. Here it out in the open... domain name monetization, AKA "domain name parking" is a 100% for real business model... https://domainnamewire.com/2019/11/18/centralnics-gutsy-acquisition-will-tr… Carlton

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Re: [CPWG] [registration-issues-wg] [GTLD-WG] Fwd: ISOC sells PIR
by Alan Greenberg Nov. 18, 2019

Nov. 18, 2019

The delegation and agreement is with PIR, not ISOC, and PIR will continue to exist. However, the contract includes: 7.5 Change of Control; Assignment and Subcontracting. Except as set forth in this Section 7.5, neither party may assign any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement without the prior written approval of the other party, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld. For purposes of this Section 7.5, a direct or indirect change of control of Registry Operator or any subcontracting arrangement that relates to any Critical Function (as identified in Section 6 of Specification 10) for the TLD (a ?Material Subcontracting Arrangement?) shall be deemed an assignment. Perhaps selling the entire PIR corporation could be construed as an "indirect change of control". I personally doubt that ICANN would invoke such an interpretation. Certainly it has not in the past when TLD corporations were sold. Alan At 16/11/2019 12:14 PM, lists(a)christopherwilkinson.eu wrote: I would also query whether the delegation of .org to ISOC gave rise to ownership with a right to sell.

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Meeting invitation: At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Call on Wednesday, 20 November 2019 at 21:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 18, 2019

Nov. 18, 2019

Dear All, The next At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Call is scheduled for Wednesday, 20 November 2019 at 21:00 UTC for 90 mins. For other times: https://tinyurl.com/vje7825 The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/OpMzBw Zoom Room: https://icann.zoom.us/j/765717566 / Meeting ID: 765-717-566 – Please note, the zoom room link and Meeting ID will remain the same for each weekly meeting. Real time transcription (RTT) available at (subject to availability): https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN [streamtext.net] [streamtext.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.streamtext.net_pla…> ADIGO Conference Bridge: EN: 1638 ES: 1738 Toll-free access number (US and Canada): 800 550 6865 Other toll-free numbers: https://www.adigo.com/icann [adigo.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.adigo.com_icann&d=…> At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Wiki Space: https://community.icann.org/x/jYDpB If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Kind regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org [atlarge.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__atlarge.icann.org_&d=D…> Facebook: facebook.com/icann [facebook.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_icann…>atlarge [facebook.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_icann…> Twitter: @ [twitter.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_ICANNAtLar…>ICANNAtLarge [twitter.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_ICANNAtLar…>

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At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Call
by ICANN Policy Calendar Nov. 18, 2019

Nov. 18, 2019

Dear All, The next At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Call is scheduled for Wednesday, 20 November 2019 at 21:00 UTC for 90 mins. For other times: https://tinyurl.com/vje7825 The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/OpMzBw Zoom Room: https://icann.zoom.us/j/765717566 / Meeting ID: 765-717-566 - Please note, the zoom room link and Meeting ID will remain the same for each weekly meeting. Real time transcription (RTT) available at (subject to availability): https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN [streamtext.net] [streamtext.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.streamtext.net_pla…> ADIGO Conference Bridge: EN: 1638 ES: 1738 Toll-free access number (US and Canada): 800 550 6865 Other toll-free numbers: https://www.adigo.com/icann [adigo.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.adigo.com_icann&d=…> At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Wiki Space: https://community.icann.org/x/jYDpB If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Kind regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org [atlarge.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__atlarge.icann.org_&d=D…> Facebook: facebook.com/icann [facebook.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_icann…>atlarge [facebook.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_icann…> Twitter: @ [twitter.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_ICANNAtLar…>ICANNAtLarge [twitter.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_ICANNAtLar…>

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Re: [CPWG] [GTLD-WG] [registration-issues-wg] Fwd: ISOC sells PIR
by Evan Leibovitch Nov. 16, 2019

Nov. 16, 2019

On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 at 23:37, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl(a)gih.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I must admit I do not know what this means for the long term financial > stability of ISOC, if ISOC has sold its only source of income. > Hi Olivier, It's most likely an attempt to have stability... knowing well ahead of time how much money is available for the budget rather than being dependent on the trials of the domain-selling marketplace. It also frees ISOC from a significant conflict of interest should it want to get involved more deeply in DNS policy. It may also be a guess/gamble by ISOC that .org has peaked (under the restrictions it had) and this is the time to extract maximum value. -- Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada @evanleibovitch or @el56

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