[Chapter-delegates] NTEN PIR community call transcript

[Joly MacFie]

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> 1) Ethos did not require that its offer remain private, so I don't
> understand why ISOC says that it cannot publish it because of
> non-disclosure agreements.


 That is not exactly what was said (as I understand it). It was only that
the a deal was in the works that they had no problem being known. But the
rest of the detail was NDA. But it did allow ISOC's team to solicit other
bids in a transparent (but still private, as per norm) manner. Like "Hey,
before we do this deal that we cannot disclose details of, do you want to
make an offer?"


joly

On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 6:39 AM Richard Hill via Chapter-delegates <
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

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>
> In that call, ISOC, PIR, and Ethos made many reassuring statements, but
> there wasn't much in terms of specific information.  What I got out of the
> call in terms of new information was:
>
>
>
> 1) Ethos did not require that its offer remain private, so I don't
> understand why ISOC says that it cannot publish it because of
> non-disclosure agreements.
>
>
>
> 2) Ethos will remain a private company, so it will not publish its
> financial plan or the information that it provided to its investors.
>
>
>
> 3) The new corporate structure of PIR is not yet decided, they are still
> evaluating the options, so I don't understand why ISOC and Ethos insist
> that the deal has to be closed rapidly.
>
>
>
> 4) At present, Ethos is not envisaging legally binding, enforceable
> commitments. Those might be developed later.
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>
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> 5) Ethos' offer was not affected/conditioned by the removal of the price
> caps (they previously announced that they intend to maintain the 10%/year
> cap voluntarily).
>
>
> Best,
>
> Richard
>
>
>
>
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> *From:* Chapter-delegates [mailto:
> chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] *On Behalf Of *Joly MacFie via
> Chapter-delegates
> *Sent:* Friday, December 6, 2019 12:31
> *To:* ISOC Chapter Delegates
> *Subject:* [Chapter-delegates] NTEN PIR community call transcript
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> Transcript
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> https://isoc.live/pir/NTEN_Community_Call_Internet_Society_Sale_of_PIR_ORG.pdf
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> Video:
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>  https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live/status/1202679421670309888
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