<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Thanks Sam and Raul</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">The Internet Project analysis can be found here: <a href="https://www.internetgovernance.org/2020/02/22/ethos-capitals-proposed-pic-an-analysis-for-org-registrants/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">https://www.internetgovernance.org/2020/02/22/ethos-capitals-proposed-pic-an-analysis-for-org-registrants/</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Thanks</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 8:44 AM Sam Lanfranco <<a href="mailto:lanfran@yorku.ca">lanfran@yorku.ca</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"><div><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><div><p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — A

 private equity firm seeking to buy rights to operate the internet’s 

.org suffix said Friday it will cap price hikes and create an advisory 

board with veto powers to ease concerns from the nonprofit community.</p><p>Ethos

 Capital has offered $1.1 billion to buy the Public Interest Registry, 

the nonprofit corporation that runs the databases containing more than 

10 million .org names registered worldwide. Organizations ranging from 

the Girl Scouts of the USA and Consumer Reports to the American Bible 

Society <a href="https://apnews.com/4b4c0687283f774b855e7d5b5bee4744" target="_blank">have opposed</a> the sale, warning of potential price gouging and censorship. California’s <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/jeffrey-to-nevett-30jan20-en.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">attorney general</a> and four <a href="https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/122319%20RW%20Letter%20to%20PIR%20ISOC%20Ethos.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">congressional members</a> have also requested information to evaluate a deal’s potential impact to nonprofits.</p></div><div><font color="#FF0000">For the rest of the story see:</font>   <a href="https://apnews.com/78522ff9109c2e2c37eb63684b8c0bcb" target="_blank"><font color="#666666"><b>https://apnews.com/78522ff9109c2e2c37eb63684b8c0bcb</b></font></a></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#666666">Sam L</font><br></div></font></div>

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