It’s “a” view. By their logic then a LOT of ccTLDs would be offline a LOT of the time In reality, apart from one or two outliers, that is NOT what is happening. I’d question why they’re sending this and what their endgame is. A lot of the stuff being spewed around the .org sale is hyperbolic or completely self-serving. In this case I just can’t see who stands to benefit from it. -- Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting, Colocation & Domains https://www.blacknight.com/ https://blacknight.blog/ Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 Personal blog: https://michele.blog/ Some thoughts: https://ceo.hosting/ ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265,Ireland Company No.: 370845 From: CPWG <cpwg-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Marita Moll <mmoll@ca.inter.net> Date: Wednesday 18 December 2019 at 15:24 To: "judith@jhellerstein.com" <judith@jhellerstein.com>, "cpwg@icann.org" <cpwg@icann.org> Subject: Re: [CPWG] Fwd: Packet Clearing House warns .ORG websites to suffer downtime under Ethos Capital management Judith -- The downtime part might be speculative, but this letter does present some actual financial information on what it costs to run the system and the fact that a private company will not have access to the same stream of funds (through donations, tax deductions, etc.) that a non-profit has. In the absence of clarity and transparency, I find this letter and the information in it to be of high value. PCH has a 15 year track record with .org -- they have something important to say. If we enter into this debate, it must be on the strength of having weighed all the information available. Marita On 12/18/2019 9:59 AM, Judith Hellerstein wrote: HI Marita, I read this. It is all speculative. We just do not know. I think these letters do more harm than good. We just do not know the answers. How do we know that Ethos will not run PIR the same way it was run before. They may continue giving PIR the leeway to do exactly as they have been doing. We just do not know Judith _________________________________________________________________________ Judith Hellerstein, Founder & CEO Hellerstein & Associates 3001 Veazey Terrace NW, Washington DC 20008 Phone: (202) 362-5139 Skype ID: judithhellerstein Mobile/Whats app: +1202-333-6517 E-mail: Judith@jhellerstein.com<mailto:Judith@jhellerstein.com> Website: www.jhellerstein.com<http://www.jhellerstein.com> Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/jhellerstein/<http://www.linkedin.com/in/jhellerstein/> Opening Telecom & Technology Opportunities Worldwide On 12/18/2019 9:37 AM, Marita Moll wrote: Some new information from the financial/operational side to be aware Marita -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Packet Clearing House warns .ORG websites to suffer downtime under Ethos Capital management Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:40:00 +0000 From: Ayden Férdeline <icann@FERDELINE.COM><mailto:icann@FERDELINE.COM> Reply-To: Ayden Férdeline <icann@ferdeline.com><mailto:icann@ferdeline.com> To: NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> Dear all, In this letter to ICANN's General Counsel, the Packet Clearing House warns that under Ethos Capital's management of PIR, "the decreased operational spending necessary for any commercial purchaser to break even would result in an increase from zero down-time to, on average, slightly more than three days without service each year." https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/mitchell-woodcock-to-je... Best wishes, Ayden Férdeline _______________________________________________ CPWG mailing list CPWG@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. _______________________________________________ CPWG mailing list CPWG@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.