[CPWG] The crux of the COM issue

Sun Jan 5 21:38:56 UTC 2020

Yeah, I'm not sure how ORG came up on this thread. There are plenty of issues with ORG that don't apply to COM and we should continue to pursue those

Jonathan Zuck
Executive Director
Innovators Network Foundation
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From: Roberto Gaetano <roberto_gaetano at hotmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 5, 2020 4:26:53 PM
To: Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net>; Jonathan Zuck <JZuck at innovatorsnetwork.org>
Cc: CPWG <cpwg at icann.org>
Subject: Re: [CPWG] The crux of the COM issue

I have a few comments on this.
First of all, maybe off-topic, but happy new year anyway.
My second comment is that we may be focusing too much to financial aspects and financial strategy, and take the risk of missing the point of what really was (or maybe still could be) .org. Incidentally, even from a financial point of view I have serious issues with the black or white alternatives suggested by the author.
My third, and to my personal opinion more important comment, is that we need to find out a way where we can influence the future behaviour of Public Interest Registry rather than fight the transfer of ownership.
I have already provided some comments of mine on this list, but it is maybe time to come with more focused suggestions, based on these guidelines:

  *   to ICANN, was the redelegation of .org to a non-profit a historic move that changed the marketplace and one of the great successes of ICANN (I would even go as far as saying “one of the reasons for ICANN to exist”)? If so, notwithstanding the obvious difficulties - including the risk of a gigantic lawsuit - is there room for ensuring, if not the form of non-profit, at least the commitment to an ethical behaviour built in the ICANN-PIR/Ethos contract?
  *   to PIR/Ethos, what are the ways in which the non-profit (I would say the at-large user community) can influence the decisions about .org (but also .ngo/.ong and the .og IDNs) and the future decisions about presence in the domain name market? PIR had an Advisory Council - how can that evolve? PIR Board members were selected by a reputed non-profit like ISOC - how is the presence of the voice of the users guaranteed on the PIR Board? The latter issue is quite urgent, terms for 2 PIR Board members come to an end in few months.
  *   to ISOC - but I believe that this should be a matter for ISOC Chapters rather than for the whole community - how does its presence in matters related to domain name policy change after the transfer of PIR? Assuming that the money that will come from the PIR sale will be invested, who has any influence in ensuring that the investment are done in the best interest of the Internet community?

My worry is that we lose momentum in initiatives that are not focused enough. While now we can put pressures, in a few months we will be irrelevant.
Cheers,
Roberto

On 05.01.2020, at 16:43, Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net<mailto:mmoll at ca.inter.net>> wrote:

Milton Mueller suggested that angle quite awhile ago and I think it forms part of their letter to ICANN  re: this issue. It is one of the contractual things that is actually within ICANN's purview and, from what I have read, would not be very appealing to a for profit private equity firm -- seriously limits their options.

Marita

On 1/4/2020 10:40 PM, Jonathan Zuck wrote:
https://www.kickstartcommerce.com/about-that-10-year-renewal-strategy-for-com-domains.html

Jonathan Zuck
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Innovators Network Foundation
www.Innovatorsnetwork.org<http://www.innovatorsnetwork.org/>

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