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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Good question! What’s ICANN’s process for dealing with assignments?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This is what the Registry Agreement says about that, as per the below subsections of 7.5, appended below for your ease of reference:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">ICANN must be given 30 days’ notice of any assignment or agreement to assign (remember, a change of control is deemed an assignment).<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">ICANN is then entitled to request additional information from the registry operator, including inter alia with respect to financial resources,
and operational and technical capabilities;<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The registry operator agrees that any assignment or change of control will be subject to background checks on any proposed new controlling
entity;<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">AND, if ICANN fails to provide or withhold its consent within 30 days of notice of the assignment (or 30 days from receipt of the requested information regarding the transaction), then ICANN shall
be DEEMED to have consented to the transaction. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">So the key seems to be for ICANN to proactively ask questions and make its determination. If it doesn’t, its silence will be deemed to be acceptance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Zak Muscovitch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">General Counsel, ICA<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Subsections appended below, as aforementioned:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(a)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Registry
Operator must provide no less than thirty (30) calendar days advance notice to ICANN of any assignment or Material Subcontracting Arrangement, and any agreement to assign or subcontract any portion of the operations of the TLD (whether or not a Material Subcontracting
Arrangement) must mandate compliance with all covenants, obligations and agreements by Registry Operator hereunder, and Registry Operator shall continue to be bound by such covenants, obligations and agreements. Registry Operator must also provide no less
than thirty (30) calendar days advance notice to ICANN prior to the consummation of any transaction anticipated to result in a direct or indirect change of control of Registry Operator.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt"><a name="_DV_M106"></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(b)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Within
thirty (30) calendar days of either such notification pursuant to Section 7.5(a), ICANN may request additional information from Registry Operator establishing (i) compliance with this Agreement and (ii) that the party acquiring such control or entering into
such assignment or Material Subcontracting Arrangement (in any case, the “Contracting Party”) and the ultimate parent entity of the Contracting Party meets the ICANN-adopted specification or policy on registry operator criteria then in effect (including with
respect to financial resources and operational and technical capabilities), in which case Registry Operator must supply the requested information within fifteen (15) calendar days. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt"><a name="_DV_M107"></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(c)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Registry
Operator agrees that ICANN’s consent to any assignment, change of control or Material Subcontracting Arrangement will also be subject to background checks on any proposed Contracting Party (and such Contracting Party’s Affiliates). </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt"><a name="_DV_M108"></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(d)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">If
ICANN fails to expressly provide or withhold its consent to any assignment, direct or indirect change of control of Registry Operator or any Material Subcontracting Arrangement within thirty (30) calendar days of ICANN’s receipt of notice of such transaction
(or, if ICANN has requested additional information from Registry Operator as set forth above, thirty (30) calendar days of the receipt of all requested written information regarding such transaction) from Registry Operator, ICANN shall be deemed to have consented
to such transaction. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Muscovitch Law P.C.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Bill Jouris <b_jouris@yahoo.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> November-20-19 3:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Zak Muscovitch <zak@muscovitch.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> CPWG <cpwg@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CPWG] [GTLD-WG] Fwd: Re: [registration-issues-wg] Fwd: ISOC sells PIR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Ah! "assignment" -- that's the word I was looking for, rather than "transfer." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">The next question that arises is, does ICANN have a process (preferably one which kicks in automatically) for reviewing a contract whenever a reassignment occurs? I would think
it should start with the question: Is this a party with which we would have contracted is we were starting fresh? Including an opportunity for comment on the proposed new registry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Bill Jouris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">On Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 12:37:49 PM PST, Zak Muscovitch <zak@muscovitch.com> wrote:
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Regarding the question of whether “a transfer” is occurring, as I set out in my email to this list of Monday, November 18, 2019 (appended below for your
ease of reference), Section 7.5 deems any change of control of the registry, to be an “assignment”. Ethos is taking control of PIR. That is therefore an assignment. ICANN has the contractual right to reasonably withhold its consent to any assignment.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">What could be a reasonable basis to withhold consent? Amongst possible other reasons, it could be that;
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">a) there are important policy and practical reasons why the .org registry should continue to be operated by a nonprofit;
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">b) the original basis and presumption for awarding the .org registry was because it was being operated by a nonprofit (see
<a href="https://twitter.com/bretfausett/status/1195092498395357184" target="_blank">
https://twitter.com/bretfausett/status/1195092498395357184</a>; From 2002 “ISOC’s global membership and heritage and PIR’s non-profit status will ensure the registry remains sensitive to non-commercial concerns.”);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">c) without disclosure and approval of the funders/shareholder of the new owner and them being found to be satisfactory, there is no reasonable basis
for entrusting the registry to a new and unknown for-profit company; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">d) the renewal of the agreement just a few months ago, wherein price caps were removed, was premised on a public-minded non-profit continuing to control
and operate the registry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">General Counsel, ICA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">From:
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Zak Muscovitch</span></strong> <<a href="mailto:zak@muscovitch.com" target="_blank">zak@muscovitch.com</a>><br>
Date: Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 11:07 AM<br>
Subject: Re: [CPWG] [registration-issues-wg] [GTLD-WG] Fwd: ISOC sells PIR<br>
To: <a href="mailto:cpwg@icann.org" target="_blank">cpwg@icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:cpwg@icann.org" target="_blank">cpwg@icann.org</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Alan, while it is certainly an open question whether ICANN will take any action in response to the announced sale of PIR, it doesn’t appear to be debateable
whether or not selling PIR would constitute a “change of control” under the .Org Registry Agreement.
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Pursuant to Section 2.9(b) of the .org Registry Agreement:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">“For the purposes of this Agreement…“control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person or entity, whether through the ownership of securities, as trustee or executor, by serving as an employee or a member of a board
of directors or equivalent governing body, by contract, by credit arrangement or otherwise.”</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">ISOC clearly stated in its Press Release that “</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#0C1C2C;background:white">Ethos
Capital will acquire PIR and all of its assets from the Internet Society”, and obviously such a sale wherein Ethos would take over PIR is a change of control, as understood by both Section 2.9(b) and as this term is widely understood in business and in law.
For example, this is how the Corporate Finance Institute defines a change of control:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">“In finance, a Change of Control occurs when there is a material change in the ownership of a company. The exact criteria
that determine such a change can vary and are defined by law and through contractual agreements. A change of control clause is often included in <a href="https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/templates/financial-modeling/debt-schedule/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">creditor
pacts</span></a> and executive employment agreements to protect <a href="https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/accounting/stockholders-equity-guide/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">investors</span></a> and
managers from major changes in how the company is run.” (see : <a href="https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/deals/change-of-control/" target="_blank">
<span style="color:windowtext">https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/deals/change-of-control/</span></a>)
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Indeed the change of control provision in the .Org Registry Agreement was ostensibly included precisely to provide ICANN with protection in the event
that ISOC purported to sell the .Org registry, i.e. a change of control. Section 7.5, as you pointed out below, specifically prohibits any assignment of the agreement, and deems any direct or indirect “change of control” to be an assignment. The Agreement
does however, only enable ICANN to “reasonably” withhold its approval. In the circumstances, it would be eminently reasonable to withhold approval, given the facts that; a) this sale was apparently unknown at the time of the recent renewal of the Registry
Agreement which inter alia, removed price caps and imposed URS despite it not being a Consensus Policy; and b) selling the .Org registry to a private capital company would appear to be contrary to the original intention in awarding the .Org registry, home
of nonprofits, to ISOC.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Zak Muscovitch</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">General Counsel, ICA</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">InternetCommerce.org</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Eduardo Diaz<br>
<b>Sent:</b> November-20-19 3:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> John Laprise <jlaprise@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> CPWG <cpwg@icann.org>; Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CPWG] [GTLD-WG] Fwd: Re: [registration-issues-wg] Fwd: ISOC sells PIR</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">I believe that there is no transfer of the .ORG domain to a new entity since it belongs to PIR and PIR is what is being sold, hence nothing you can do
in that account. However, the issue may come up if PIR is turned into a for-profit company which may have contract consequences with ICANN since PRI is a registry for all purposes. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 4:05 PM John Laprise <<a href="mailto:jlaprise@gmail.com" target="_blank">jlaprise@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">We may not be able to stop the transfer but may be able to make the case that the transfer is not on the public interest
and get the board to amend the contract.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Sent from my Pixel 3XL<br>
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John Laprise, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">On Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 12:43 PM Kaili Kan <<a href="mailto:kankaili@gmail.com" target="_blank">kankaili@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Very interesting indeed. Exactly what At-Large is for !<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">However, sorry that have to apologize for this meting, having a bad cold. :(<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 1:13 AM Maureen Hilyard <<a href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com" target="_blank">maureen.hilyard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Sounds like an interesting CPWG meeting coming up :)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 5:39 AM Bartlett Morgan <<a href="mailto:me@bartlettmorgan.com" target="_blank">me@bartlettmorgan.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Imagine ICANN getting the pants sued off of it if it does...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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On 20 Nov 2019, at 11:28, Evan Leibovitch <<a href="mailto:evan@telly.org" target="_blank">evan@telly.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">That's what I mean, re-delegating it from PIR to a real nonprofit. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">I will check, and maybe others can help.... but I believe that there is a clause in the registry agreement that allows ICANN to terminate if there is
a major change in the status of the owner (in this case, PIR changing from nonprofit to for-profit). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Of course ICANN has rarely if ever acted on this capability, but I believe it exists. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">___________________<br>
Evan Leibovitch, Toronto<br>
@evanleibovitch/@el56<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">On Wed., Nov. 20, 2019, 9:26 a.m. Eduardo Diaz, <<a href="mailto:eduardodiazrivera@gmail.com" target="_blank">eduardodiazrivera@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">How .ORG can be re-delegated if it does not belong to ISOC but PIR?</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 8:34 AM Evan Leibovitch <<a href="mailto:evan@telly.org" target="_blank">evan@telly.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Or there could be totally new advice asking ICANN to re-delegate .ORG back to a nonprofit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 at 17:25, John Laprise <<a href="mailto:jlaprise@gmail.com" target="_blank">jlaprise@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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is exactly the kind of situation that allows us to nimbly address a situation. George Kirikos mentioned the s contingency in the list but by that time I'm pretty sure he had established himself as shrill and was in the process of being report to the ombudsman.
We can ask the board to examine options here because we issued advice in good faith and expectation of ISOC being a good Steward of .org. selling it off to a VC firm was not something I considered likely and had I, would not have advocated in the way I did.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">On November 19, 2019 1:31:18 PM EST, John Laprise <<a href="mailto:jlaprise@gmail.com" target="_blank">jlaprise@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">I agree with Evan. This is an astounding sort sighted deal by ISOC which essentially squandered the trust of it's membership for financial gain. Trust
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Furthermore, ALAC and CPWG should urgently amend our advice on the contractual issue to reflect new situation. I am no longer in support on this issue.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">On Tue, Nov 19, 2019, 3:58 AM Evan Leibovitch <<a href="mailto:evan@telly.org" target="_blank">evan@telly.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">I would certainly assume that ISOC got a very decent amount of money from Ethos for the deal to go forward. At this point I would assume that ISOC has
insured its way forward. However, what is still to be seen is the effect on the .org prices, hopefully going forward they would have special prices for non profits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Two factors come to mind in considering the long term effects of the sale, over and above the financial-stability component of which we are all aware.
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">The substance:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">PIR was more than just an ISOC asset. The Internet Society was custodian of the only global <span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault">top-level domain</span>
that was, by nature and its very name, acting in the public interest. In a sea of<span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault"> TLD
</span>sharks<span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault">,</span> dot-org could be seen as a body that brought both financial stability to ISOC and social responsibility among the registries. It<span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault">s size and
</span>nonprofit <span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault">status</span> would keep costs down and corporate direction serving a social mission.<span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault"> Its competitive presence could tamp down the excesses of the industry.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">And now that's gone. More important than the divestment of PIR is its change from nonprofit to Just Another Shareholder-Value-Maximizing part of the
domain ecosystem, its uniqueness vanished in a<span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault">n</span> instant. In the aim of maximizing its own revenue ISOC has
<span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault">eliminated from</span> the <span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault">
the Internet the only publicly-accessible </span>nonprofit <span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault">
gTLD</span>. Gone is th<span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault">is</span> <span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault">
substantial </span>voice of public-interest sanity within the registry community, replaced by an entity barely more ethically motivated than Donuts. As a dot-org
<span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault">"</span>owner<span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault">"</span>, this hurts personally. But as someone trying to advance Internet domains as a component of progress, this hurts on a global scale.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Stewardship of</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"> a socially-motivated
registry was one of ISOC's <span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault">core</span> global functions IMO. With that gone<span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault">,</span>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">The process:</span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">The path that led to the
<span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault">divestment of PIR</span>, both before and after<span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault"> the decision had been made</span>, has laid bare a core ISOC culture that is the opposite of the openness it asks the world to embrace.<span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault">
At a level of fiscal responsibility, ISOC's action was exactly what one would expect any for-profit entity to do. Maximize benefit through a secretive process that catches everyone unaware -- not just of the transaction but of the urgency to do it,</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">Except ISOC is not a for-profit entity. It displays itself to the world as a community
body that encourages involvement at a personal, regional, institutional or national scale. It has carefully crafted and evolved a Chapters Advisory Council explicitly designed to provide management with the view from the grassroots, alongside a parallel Council
for corporate participants. This was combined with global virtual events such as InterCommunity that were created to give ISOC a global awareness of what was needed to promote a more-open Internet. And it has always had an individual-membership program, which
isn't really talked about these days as these "members" have neither any costs nor any benefits.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">None of these mechanisms were employed, none of these entities consulted, before or after the decision, even
under NDA. The community wasn't even aware that PIR was being shopped around. As a result, there was no open solicitation, no publicly-competitive process, no opportunity for any other firm to make a counter-offer that might keep PIR nonprofit. We'll never
know. Or maybe it wasn't shopped around and someone just made ISOC an offer it couldn't refuse. But ISOC isn't Jack Woltz. The community had no idea of any sense of urgency to sell PIR, and certainly was never consulted about the ethics or consequences of
turning PIR for-profit. The common nonprofit practice of having major decisions ratified by stakeholders at an AGM is also nowhere in sight.
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">So now we know the reality of ISOC's corporate culture. Promote openness and consultation when convenient, but
be opaque when it matters.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">I don't know if ISOC considers me a stakeholder, or for that matter anyone else on this list, any Chapter or
any Organization Member. In fact right now I have no idea who ISOC considers its stakeholders to be; it certainly didn't consult any before the fact or ask for any blessings afterwards. Not even informally. So who shows up at the AGM? Just the Trustees?</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6092302348msonormal"><span class="yiv6092302348gmaildefault"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A">In any case, the deal is essentially done. ISOC clearly appears to have assured its financial stability, which
is certainly a Good Thing. But with a crown jewel of the Internet fading away and the shallowness of its commitment to openness and community exposed in the process, it is legitimate to ask whether ISOC has sold more than a registry.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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