[CPWG] Town hall mtg re: PIR with some info from ICANN board
Marita Moll
mmoll at ca.inter.net
Thu Nov 28 18:13:22 UTC 2019
I think there will be a single issue call on Dec. 2. Not yet scheduled.
Marita
On 11/28/2019 11:09 AM, Kaili Kan wrote:
> Thank you, Marita, for this timely info. Also glad that ICANN Board
> is working on this.
>
> Is CPWG next meeting going to discuss this? Thanks again.
>
> Kaili
>
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 1:58 AM Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net
> <mailto:mmoll at ca.inter.net>> wrote:
>
> 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:
>
> https://www.internetgovernance.org/2019/11/28/town-hall-meeting-on-org-at-igf-2019/
>
> Excerpt:
>
> ... 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 theORG Registry Agreement
> <https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/tlds/org/org-agmt-html-30jun19-en.htm>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.
>
> 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.
>
> Marita
>
>
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