[Chapter-delegates] Questions for the Board of Trustees

Sun Nov 24 17:10:23 PST 2019

Hello,
If you have not seen
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/private-equity-firm-buys-org-domain-months-after-icann-lifted-price-caps/#
Best
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On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 at 06:19, Alexander Blom via Chapter-delegates <
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Hello Andrew, all,
>
> Thank you for the opportunity! If this reaches you in time, my questions
> would be:
>
>    - Does the board acknowledge that the PIR sale is causing substantial
>    harm to the reputation of the Internet Society?Has the blowback re the PIR
>    sale from the community surprised the board (see
>    http://www.circleid.com/pdf/ICA_Letter_to_ICANN_Board_201911115.pdf
>    and
>    https://www.eff.org/document/coalition-letter-sale-public-interest-registry
>    for example) and does this cause them to reconsider their position?
>    - When did the board become aware of Former ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé
>    being involved in Ethos Capital and did this or would this have influenced
>    their view on the PIR sale?
>
> On behalf of the Netherlands ISOC Chapter,
> Kind regards
>
> Alexander Blom
>
>
> Op vr 22 nov. 2019 om 20:31 schreef Andrew Sullivan via Chapter-delegates <
> chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>:
>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> In case you have not seen the agenda, this item will be taken up about
>> 14:00 Singapore Time today (22 November).
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> A
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 02:40:20AM +0000, Andrew Sullivan via
>> Chapter-delegates wrote:
>> > Dear colleagues,
>> >
>> > As you know, the Board meets this weekend to consider the Action Plan
>> > for 2020 and the budget.
>> >
>> > In recognition of the concerns this community has raised about
>> > consulation with chapters, the Board is going to set aside some time
>> > during the meeting to consider questions from chapters around the way
>> > the organization is working.  It will also be possible, of course, to
>> > ask questions about the current contemplated PIR transaction, but if
>> > there is information that I have not already shared it is entirely
>> > unlikely the Board will be in a position to share any of it either.
>> > This is in addition to any of the ususal interactions the Board has
>> > with the Chapter AC.
>> >
>> > If you have questions that are appropriate for the Board to answer on
>> > the topic of how the organization is operating or consulting with the
>> > community, this would be a good time to get them answered on the
>> > record.  I will capture any answers and post them back to here, so
>> > that people do not have to call in to the Board meeting at an
>> > inconvenient time (though of course we will be streaming the meeting
>> > as usual.
>> >
>> > To ask your question, just post it in this thread.  Please _do_ post
>> > it in this thread, however, or I won't see it & it won't get reflected
>> > in the questions asked this weekend.
>> >
>> > The sooner you can ask your question, the more likely the Board will
>> > have the information it needs to answer you.
>> >
>> > This is being posted to the chapter-delegates list only, in
>> > recognition of the important role chapters play in our organization.
>> > I am aware that not all chapter members are on this list (indeed, most
>> > are not), but this is the best way I can think to do this on short
>> > notice and make sure everything is collected in one place, so please
>> > try to use your chapter mechanisms to talk to your members if you
>> > think there are issues that might be concerning them and that this is
>> > a good opportunity to use for that.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> >
>> > A
>> >
>> > --
>> > Andrew Sullivan
>> > President & CEO, Internet Society
>> > sullivan at isoc.org
>> > +1 416 731 1261
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>> --
>> Andrew Sullivan
>> President & CEO, Internet Society
>> sullivan at isoc.org
>> +1 416 731 1261
>> _______________________________________________
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>>
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