[CPWG] PIR response to NCSG ltr to ICANN

[Maureen Hilyard]

Hi all
I went to the PIR-Ethos webinar which included Jon and Brian from PIR (whom
I know) and Erik and Nora (whom I don't know) representing Ethos.

As a member of the (now previous) Advisory Council, it was good to hear
from the Ethos pair that the same aspirations that PIR discussed with us at
our F2F meeting in October are supported by Ethos going forward. From them,
there was assurance that it would not be in the best interest of good
business practice to interfere with what is already a proven and successful
brand and operation.

Nora's key points were:
* Establishing a PIR Stewardship Council with the authority on matters of
concern to the .ORG Community
* Forming a Public Benefit LLC
* Embedding a commitment on domain registration pricing into the Public
Benefit LLC statement at formation
* Adopting the principle of transparency.

Brian impressed on community safeguards,
* PIR would be the same team, mission, values and commitment
* PIR would continue as an exemplary registry
* With increased focus and innovation for the .ORG mission/community

The Stewardship Council's role will be:
* a transparent and independent body
* comprised of members from the .ORG community
* focused on balancing the interests of all .ORG stakeholders.
* to provide oversight to safeguard the interests of the .ORG community
* to formulate advice and strategic recommendations to the PIR Board
* to issue periodic reports

There were a range of questions that had been sent in already and these
were answered by the four presenters.

I have always felt that PIR was between a rock and a hard place when they
became the asset traded by ISOC for its own financial security. Yet they
are the ones who have to defend their ongoing commitment to safeguarding
the interests of the .ORG community and striving to retrieve their trust.
The Ethos team were supporting that direction. Time will tell.

On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 6:29 AM Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net> wrote:

> Colleagues: Here are some thoughts from PIR on NCSG's letter to ICANN.
> Although Leon has said that the community needs to talk to PIR and ISOC,
> it seems that talking to ICANN does not go unnoticed.
>
> https://thenew.org/reflecting-on-community-recommendations-to-improve-org/
>
> Is there timeline around a potential letter from At Large?
>
> Did anyone in our group get to the community webinar? Any reflections?
> I hope to find time to listen to it soon.
>
> Marita
>
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