<div dir="ltr"><div>Thank you, Marita, for this timely info. Also glad that ICANN Board is working on this.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Is CPWG next meeting going to discuss this? Thanks again.</div><div><br></div><div>Kaili<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 1:58 AM Marita Moll <<a href="mailto:mmoll@ca.inter.net">mmoll@ca.inter.net</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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<p>Here is a report from the town hall at IGF re: the PIR sale. It
contains important info from Becky Burr and Chris Disspain about
what ICANN can and cannot do in this case:<br>
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<p><a href="https://www.internetgovernance.org/2019/11/28/town-hall-meeting-on-org-at-igf-2019/" target="_blank">https://www.internetgovernance.org/2019/11/28/town-hall-meeting-on-org-at-igf-2019/</a></p>
<p>Excerpt:</p>
<p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:1.5em;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Istok Web",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">... Though reluctant to
step forward and talk initially (“We are just here to listen”),
ICANN board members Becky Burr and Chris Disspain quickly came to
their senses and explained the process they go through when
ownership of a registry changes. They acknowledged that section
7.5 of the<span> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/tlds/org/org-agmt-html-30jun19-en.htm" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(238,179,25);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">ORG Registry
Agreement</a><span> </span>gives them a role in the transfer of
control and that the process associated with that is already
happening. They can ask questions of ISOC trustees and PIR about
the sale and exchange information. There is no fixed 30-day limit
on these exchanges, rather a rolling 30 day limit on each round of
questions and responses. Board members acknowledged ICANN’s
ability to attach conditions to the recognition of Ethos Capital
as the new operator of .ORG. Board member Leon Sanchez was also in
attendance.</p>
<p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:1.5em;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Istok Web",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The ICANN board members
sat through the entire meeting and paid attention, so it should be
clear to them that they can enhance ICANN’s legitimacy and
reputation by taking the right steps in this controversy. They
also indicated that concerned members of the community are welcome
to send their opinions to the CEO and Board. We would caution
anyone who does this to keep in mind the precise nature of ICANN’s
role in this process, otherwise the advice will not be useful.</p>
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