Hi all
I went to the PIR-Ethos webinar which included Jon and Brian from PIR (whom I know) and Erik and Nora (whom I don't know) representing Ethos.
As a member of the (now previous) Advisory Council, it was good to hear from the Ethos pair that the same aspirations that PIR discussed with us at our F2F meeting in October are supported by Ethos going forward. From them, there was assurance that it would not be in the best interest of good business practice to interfere with what is already a proven and successful brand and operation.
Nora's key points were:
* Establishing a PIR Stewardship Council with the authority on matters of concern to the .ORG Community
* Forming a Public Benefit LLC
* Embedding a commitment on domain registration pricing into the Public Benefit LLC statement at formation
* Adopting the principle of transparency.
Brian impressed on community safeguards,
* PIR would be the same team, mission, values and commitment
* PIR would continue as an exemplary registry
* With increased focus and innovation for the .ORG mission/community
The Stewardship Council's role will be:
* a transparent and independent body
* comprised of members from the .ORG community
* focused on balancing the interests of all .ORG stakeholders.
* to provide oversight to safeguard the interests of the .ORG community
* to formulate advice and strategic recommendations to the PIR Board
* to issue periodic reports
There were a range of questions that had been sent in already and these were answered by the four presenters.
I have always felt that PIR was between a rock and a hard place when they became the asset traded by ISOC for its own financial security. Yet they are the ones who have to defend their ongoing commitment
to safeguarding the interests of the .ORG community and striving to retrieve their trust. The Ethos team were supporting that direction. Time will tell.