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

[Juan C. Cigala, Internet Society Canarias]

Dear Alexander,

I hope ISOC-NL don’t cancel the support to the ISOC Spain-Canary Islands 
chapter (providing to us the web hosting for free) after my comments 
below...

FYI: this is my opinion; I haven’t discussed this issue with the people 
in our chapter -yet.

I don’t see feasible to support your request.

As previously another representatives have comment, on May 27, 2019, 
ISOC grant to Spain-Canary Islands chapter “a non-exclusive charter to 
be a chapter of the Internet Society in Canary Islands, Spain, on the 
following terms.
1. Purpose of Chapter.
The purpose of the Chapter shall be to support the Internet Society’s 
vision, mission, and operating principles in the Territory.”

More, all the chapter representatives should have participated in the 
board of trustees’ elections, and because the election, they are our 
ears and eyes in the board.

And suddenly, we don’t trust them anymore... Well, this is not my case.

In the next few days I will to set up an informative meeting with our 
chapter. Until then, I do not support your proposal, for the reasons above.

Thank you so much. Best regards,

--
Juan C. Cigala

On 11/25/2019 7:05 PM, Alexander Blom via Chapter-delegates 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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