<div dir="auto"><div>When we talk about all these issues the so called mafia and ex icann staff involvement has always been a question. If the community conflict of interest has to be clear in all the process of icann isn't there any policy to hold accountable these people in such regards, because it is not done in a single decision it is always layers and layers of fabrication that goes on with definitive and direct involvement.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards,</div><div dir="auto">Shreedeep<br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 20 Nov 2020, 1:41 am Dev Anand Teelucksingh, <<a href="mailto:devtee@gmail.com">devtee@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>From <a href="https://donuts.news/donuts-inc-to-acquire-afilias-inc" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://donuts.news/donuts-inc-to-acquire-afilias-inc</a></div><div><br></div><div>"Donuts Inc., the global leader in next generation top-level domains
(TLD) and digital identity, today announces that it has entered into an
agreement to purchase Afilias, Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The
transaction, which will not include Afilias’ mobile software and
registrar businesses, is expected to close in Q4 2020, following
successful completion of regulatory requirements.
<p>The Afilias registry business features a prominent back-end registry
platform, DNS solutions and cyber-security expertise. Afilias operates
the authoritative directories and DNS for over 200 top-level domains.
The Afilias registry business also includes an impressive array of
top-level domains such as .info, .global, and .mobi, as well as country
codes, dotBrands and other generic TLDs.</p>
<p>“The Afilias and Donuts teams share a commitment to security,
stability and reliability,” Donuts CEO Akram Atallah commented. “This
will only grow stronger as we implement the best technologies and
services from each organization while maintaining seamless delivery to
our registry and registrar partners as well as our end registrants.”</p>
<p>The Donuts and Afilias teams will continue to provide registrar
partners the same access to the domain names and services they’ve had in
the past. With a combined Donuts and Afilias partnership,
cyber-security will be a top priority and registrants will have even
more simplicity, consistency, efficiency and quality to help them secure
their online identities."</p>
</div></div>
_______________________________________________<br>
At-Large mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a><br>
<a href="https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large</a><br>
<br>
At-Large Official Site: <a href="http://atlarge.icann.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://atlarge.icann.org</a><br>
_______________________________________________<br>
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 (<a href="https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy</a>) and the website Terms of Service (<a href="https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos</a>). 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.</blockquote></div></div></div>