[Chapter-delegates] Join our call to stop the sale of .org

Tue Nov 26 02:58:29 PST 2019

Dear Alan

Thank you to remind us the purpose of the chapter

> The purpose of the Chapter shall be to support the Internet Society’s vision, mission, and operating principles in the Territory.“

Exactly thats the point why I am concerned about the deal in the way it was done.

Making deals behind closed doors and under non disclosure agreements is a stab in the back for those who have to support ISOCs mission by promoting inclusiveness and multi stakeholderism in the territory of the chapter. The loss of credibility will not help the chapters in supporting vision and mission, and we should raise this issue, even if the diversification of assets is in the very interest of ISOC.

Michael

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Michael Hausding
Chair ISOC Switzerland Chapter
michael.hausding at isoc.ch
https://isoc.ch

> Am 26.11.2019 um 09:13 schrieb Alan Levin via Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> With my Internet South Africa hat... (ie the org that we established in order to be a chapter and sign the agreement).
> 
> I would like to point out the wording of the (charter) agreement that we have signed in order to formalise the Chapter, makes us subordinate to global, especially in this case. It is under license that we are part of ISOC.
> 
> Furthermore we have all agreed that our purpose has nothing to do with ISOC other than to support them! "The purpose of the Chapter shall be to support the Internet Society’s vision, mission, and operating principles in the Territory."
> 
> Sincerely
> 
> Alan Levin
> (member of the Internet South Africa committee)
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 2:05 AM Alexander Blom via Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> We call on ISOC Global to reverse the sale of the .ORG domain to private equity firm Ethos Capital.
> We invite all ISOC chapters across the world to join us in this statement.
> 
> In May 2002, ICANN formulated a number of criteria for the reassignment of the .org Top Level Domain, amongst which:
> 	• Inclusion of mechanisms for promoting the registry's operation in a manner that is responsive to the needs, concerns, and views of the noncommercial Internet user community.
> 	• Demonstrated support among registrants in the .org TLD, particularly those actually using .org domain names for noncommercial purposes
> 	• The registry fee charged to accredited registrars should be as low as feasible consistent with the maintenance of good-quality service.
> In response, upon selection, then ISOC Global President Lynn St. Amour issued the following statement: "We are thrilled to have this opportunity to serve the worldwide .ORG community and are dedicated to making .ORG a truly global home that will serve the unique interests of non-commercial organizations on the Internet."
> 
> We believe that the 2019 decision of ISOC Global to sell PIR to private equity firm Ethos Capital is not in line with ICANN’s criteria from 2002 and the subsequent promise from ISOC Global.
> Despite ISOC Global's assurances to the contrary, we share the misgivings of the international community about giving a single privately owned entity the power to raise tariffs, implement rights protection mechanisms possibly leading to censorship, and suspend domains at the request of local governments.
> We also fear that ISOC Global's reputation has been severely harmed by even contemplating this transaction.
> 
> We therefore call on ISOC Global's leadership to reverse this decision, and do its utmost to restore faith in ISOC as the one global organisation that through its many professionals and dedicated volunteers sincerely strives for an internet for everyone.
> 
> We invite all ISOC chapters to join us in this statement by responding to this message.
> 
> On behalf of the Internet Society Netherlands Chapter,
> 
> Alex Blom
> Chairman
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