<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">It is not uncommon for such transactions to be negotiated in confidence. ISOC Board members probably knew about it but would have been obligated to not disclose to anyone without need to know status.</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Would be interesting to see in due course how much influence the Ethos Capital Stewardship Council will have over Ethos Capital board of directors, if at all.</div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>Justine </font><br>-----</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 10:37, Maureen Hilyard <<a href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com">maureen.hilyard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Thank you for the explanation and clarification, Justine. Doesnt sound as doom and gloom as initially assumed. But interesting that nothing was intimated prior.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">M<br><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 13 Nov 2019, 4:33 PM Justine Chew, <<a href="mailto:justine.chew@gmail.com" target="_blank">justine.chew@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">It is an outright sale of an asset, the proceeds of which go toward "an endowment fund" for ISOC projects/activities. No revenue sharing is involved.<br><br>The announcement indicated that all projects and operations will continue as is under new ownership. With its policy on public/community benefit presumably driven and overseen by Ethos Capital's Stewardship Council - I wonder who they will put on this Council.<br><br>PIR under Ethos Capital will lose its no<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">t</span>-for-profit status, so there might be financial implication not to ISOC but possibly PIR's existing .org customers/registrants.<br><br>We shall see.</div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>Justine </font><br>-----</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 10:21, Maureen Hilyard <<a href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">maureen.hilyard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">As Eduardo said there are lots of unknowns at present. Who knows?</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 13 Nov 2019, 3:02 PM Alan Greenberg, <<a href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Why will it have major implications on ISOC Chapters?<br>
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At 13/11/2019 02:52 PM, Maureen Hilyard wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">I know for sure that this was not even hinted at during the last PIR Advisory Council meeting.. but it will have major implications for the ISOC chapters. What are they/ISOC thinking?<br>
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On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 7:59 AM Marita Moll <<a href="mailto:mmoll@ca.inter.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">mmoll@ca.inter.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<dd>Had we known this was lurking in the background -- which it most certainly was at the time -- it might have been a different discussion. How much did ISOC know and when did they know it -- a question ISOC chapters might want to ask.<br>
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</dd><dd> I must say, this casts the decision to drop price caps for .org in a slightly different light. I will keep you posted as I learn more.<br>
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