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<p>John,</p>
<p>I fear that you have misunderstood and jumped to conclusions
here. I have no idea how the current negotiations around the .org
registry will play out, and of course under no circumstances would
it, or any new gTLD registry rest with ICANN. <br>
</p>
<p>If there is an unspoken assumption here, it is that if (IF) there
were a new non-profit gTLD registry, it would likely use profits
for the ways envisioned for the Mechanisms. much the way ISOC has
with PIR. It was presented as a "<i>What if</i>..." food for
thought, and not a "<i>Somebody should</i>..." suggestion.</p>
<p>Sorry that was not clear enough.</p>
<p>Sam Lanfranco <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/27/2019 5:34 PM, John R. Levine
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:alpine.OSX.2.21.99999.374.1911271729030.74638@ary.qy">
<blockquote type="cite">However, whatever new gTLD auction
proceeds Mechanism materializes, it involves building capacity
to administer a grant making process. It is worth noting that if
the .org registry needed a new home or especially if a new
public interest gTLD were to be created, an option would be to
create the registry out of the selected Mechanism, an entity
that would have considerable expertise and hit the ground
running.
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<br>
I am a trustee of the Internet Society and I find this comment to
be totally out of line.
<br>
<br>
ICANN cannot own a registry (other than the tiny and ancient .INT)
and the process of running a registry has nothing in common with
evaluating and giving grants. In the unlikely event that the .org
sale doesn't complete, the .org registry will still belong to ISOC
as it does now.
<br>
<br>
Regards,
<br>
John Levine, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:johnl@taugh.com">johnl@taugh.com</a>, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet
for Dummies",
<br>
Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://jl.ly">https://jl.ly</a>
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