As best I could tell, he was saying that with the additional money they could create new (unspecified) services for registrants. Or maybe for end users. But what those might be was left entirely to our imaginations. I get the impression that the existence of such new products and services is an article of faith in the venture capital world. Sometimes, they turn out to be correct. Bill Jouris On Thursday, February 27, 2020, 12:49:34 PM PST, David Mackey <mackey361@gmail.com> wrote: I'm listening to the presentation now. Did anyone understand the answer to the question about how end users benefit from the Ethos/PIR transaction? The PIR CEO gave an answer which confused me. He said the benefit has something to do with how improving the .ORG brand will improve the brand of registrants? or end users? Can someone help me understand what he said, and how it relates to an identifiable benefit to end users? Thanks,David On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 2:14 PM Jonathan Zuck <JZuck@innovatorsnetwork.org> wrote: I’ll ask From: CPWG <cpwg-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Roberto Gaetano <roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com> Date: Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 11:07 AM To: CPWG <cpwg@icann.org> Subject: Re: [CPWG] Meeting Details - Today: The Future of .ORG: Community Engagement' Webinar Folks, I will be unable to make the call later today, but I strongly believe that there is one question that has to be asked to Ethos - that is the one I have asked yesterday to PIR but did not get an answer to. The PIR Board selection process is of the paramount importance. Up to now, this was done by the ISOC Trustees, and we were guaranteed that at least the PIR Directors were committees to the ISOC values and shared a vision. This is no longer true, as I assume that Ethos will appoint the future PIR Directors. What is the mechanism that we can design in order to ensure that the profiles of (at least part of) the PIR Board is sensitive to the problems and culture of the non-profit and non-commercial world? Please consider asking this question in my absence - if you feel that this is an issue. Cheers, Roberto On 27.02.2020, at 11:37, Evin Erdogdu <evin.erdogdu@icann.org> wrote: Dear All, Further to yesterday's CPWG discussion related to ISOC/PIR, please see details regarding the webinar to take place later today: On Thursday, February 27 2020, from 15:00–16:00 EST (20:00–21:00 UTC), the Public Interest Registry (PIR), Ethos Capital, and the Internet Society (ISOC) invite you to a webinar 'The Future of .ORG: Community Engagement'. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions during the Q&A portion. INFO: https://www.keypointsabout.org/events LIVESTREAM: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/orgcommunity (open captions) PARTICIPATE IN CALL: https://pir.zoom.us/j/360446736 (closed captions) https://pir.org https://internetsociety.org https://ethoscapital.com Best, Evin _______________________________________________ CPWG mailing list 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. _______________________________________________ CPWG mailing list 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. _______________________________________________ CPWG mailing list 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.