Besides joining the protest by sending an email to ISOC, you can add your organization, share a tweet and sign for updates about the campaign here: https://savedotorg.org/ The site is run by NTEN, the nonprofit technology network.
Best regards, Ma'ayan Alexander maayanalexander.com On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 5:32 AM Eric Tykwinski <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ve not heard any response from ICANN. I also wonder if it was ever > brought up in a DNS-OARC meeting. > ICANN imho is way too political internally, but I thought DNS-OARC was > much more operational and more like NANOG, though not perfect at least > tries to stay on track. > > I’m sure there’s probably links to meetings on the web, if anyone has > them, I would be interested. > > Sincerely, > > Eric Tykwinski > TrueNet, Inc. > P: 610-429-8300 > > On Nov 24, 2019, at 5:24 PM, Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Sun, 24 Nov 2019, David Ulevitch wrote: > > It’s gross. I’m hoping for, and waiting for, hackers to leak emails (etc) > from Fadi and the entire ISOC and PIR staff, along with all affiliates. I’m > sure the paper trail will be incredible and illuminating. This appears to > be so dirty and corrupt. And the CEO of ISOC, Andrew Sullivan, has refused > to say anything. > Stopping this feels like a very worthwhile use of my time and money. > > > David, you in particular would have a lot of sway on this as a founder of > a DNS company, so I hope you do. > > The weak-sauce counter-messaging has begun: > https://www.keypointsabout.org/ > > The clearest failure seems to be on ICANN here for delegating .ORG > registration services without a termination date, only triggers for exit > based on non-performance. Thus, there's no way for ICANN to regularly put > the registry contract out for re-bid (to get some price competition going, > if nothing else) without PIR completely falling over on some specific > technical issues (like uptime, etc). Who signs a contract to lend someone > an asset without a termination date of any sort? > > So I'm more persuaded by ICA's letter to ICANN than the letter/approach to > ISOC: > > > https://domainnamewire.com/wp-content/ICA-Letter-to-ICANN-Board-of-Directors-November-15-2019.pdf > > We kind of tolerate ICANN's model of being independent from government and > public pressure because we're happy that they can mostly (sadly not > entirely) say no to government censors. They run a seemingly-mostly-fair > trademark dispute process called the UDRP. There is a ton to criticize them > on, but the DNS has held together. But the more they make mistakes like > this, the more that top-level governance of the DNS becomes an open > question again. > > Brian > > > Sent via Superhuman iOS > On Sun, Nov 24 2019 at 9:37 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > EFF and 26 other organizations just sent a letter to the Internet > Society (ISOC) urging it to stop the sale of the Public Interest Registry > (PIR)—the organization that manages the .ORG > top-level domain—to private equity firm Ethos Capital. Our message is > clear: .ORG is extremely important to the non-governmental organization > (NGO) community, and our community should have > a voice in decisions affecting the future of .ORG. > > https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/11/nonprofit-community-stands-together-protect-org > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major > commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you > moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. > Unsubscribe, change to digest mode, or change password by emailing > [email protected]. > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major > commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you > moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, > change to digest mode, or change password by emailing > [email protected]. > > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major > commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you > moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, > change to digest mode, or change password by emailing > [email protected]. --
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