[At-Large] [CPWG] [GTLD-WG] EFF : Nonprofit Community Stands Together to Protect .ORG

[Roberto Gaetano]

Replying to Maureen’s initial question, I think that before signing off a document against the sale of PIR I believe that we need to understand why we are against this sale.
Personally, my motivation has nothing to do with the risk of price increase - I think that I made it clear when submitting comments about the .org contract renewal, well before the fate of PIR was known.
My being upset is because this transaction, based on purely financial considerations, has broken the trust that ISOC was the champion of the interests of a wide community, spanning from individual users to the non-profit community, and that would have continued playing that role supporting a registry that was providing a safe harbour for those folks. The trust was not based on the dollar more, dollar less, of the yearly fees, but on the stance that PIR had about practices of an industry dominated by commercial interests.
I believe that we need to have a deep discussion among ourselves before taking a decision, that should not result in a simple signature under a document, but a motivated argumentation. If and when we do this, there will be no problem in finding ourselves in the company of odd bedfellows - if OTOH we do not do this preliminary work the risk of being confused with other commercial interests and having our voice diluted, if not even misunderstood, is quite high.
Cheers,
Roberto

> On 22.11.2019, at 19:46, Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com> wrote:
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> re: https://savedotorg.org <https://savedotorg.org/>
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> I would just need the go-ahead from CPWG - put our hands up and be counted if we feel strongly enough about this on behalf of the non-profit end-users who will be impacted by this decision.. We asked for change agents and thought leaders in Montreal. We should take the lead.
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> M
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> On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 8:41 AM Evan Leibovitch <evanleibovitch at gmail.com <mailto:evanleibovitch at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Have a look at https://savedotorg.org <https://savedotorg.org/>
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> Interesting list of signatories. Perhaps ALAC should endorse?
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> On Fri., Nov. 22, 2019, 1:16 p.m. Dev Anand Teelucksingh, <devtee at gmail.com <mailto:devtee at gmail.com>> wrote:
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