[Chapter-delegates] What's going on? As presented, the sale of PIR should be rejected by the Board

[Andrew Sullivan]

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 04:21:24AM +0000, Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele wrote:

> The implication might see to the increase in the purchase price of dot ORG
> domains.

You might have seen that anyway, because ISOC historically (and still!
this deal hasn't closed, remember!) has relied upon the money coming
from PIR to support ISOC's activities.  The thing that actually
constrains wholesale prices in .org is its market, not ICANN and not
PIR's status as a non-profit.  And note what both PIR has said about
the topic: "Our goal has always been to make .ORG accessible and
reasonably priced – and that will continue under our new ownership."

Best regards,

A

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