<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thankyou, David. I pointed out at the beginning of this disgraceful saga that it is a clear case of insider asset stripping.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">CW</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">PS: the Washington Post has a pay wall as seen from here. Perhaps we could ask Esther to post a copy of her text.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 20 Jan 2020, at 17:13, David Mackey <<a href="mailto:mackey361@gmail.com" class="">mackey361@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Any thoughts on <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj069HvyJLnAhVJa80KHUFbBUIQFjAAegQIBRAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdont-give-your-dot-org-domain-away-to-a-private-company%2F2020%2F01%2F17%2Fc858d250-3950-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html&usg=AOvVaw0v3VUxPfG9gRSH5m9nVJU1" class="">Esther Dyson's article</a> in the Washington Post on Jan 17th?</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">"<b class="">Don’t give your dot-org domain away to a private company</b><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><span style="color:rgb(68,68,67);font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue","PingFang SC","Hiragino Sans GB","Droid Sans Fallback","Microsoft YaHei",sans-serif,sans-serif" class="">One of the Internet’s most trusted assets — the dot-org domain used by nonprofits from UNICEF to your local food bank — is being hijacked. Dot-org, which was built to support nonprofits globally, is being sold to the highest bidder with almost no public discussion or consideration of alternatives. Organizations and their supporters who rely on dot-org for website and email access deserve an open process. The institutions that govern the Internet should be transparent. It is up to those of us who believe in a free and open Internet to demand this deal be reconsidered. ..."</span><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div></div></div>
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