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

[Andrew Sullivan]

Hi,

Thank you for this.  I have a question.

On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 07:03:13PM +0000, José Legatheaux Martins via Chapter-delegates wrote:

> This deal completely jeopardizes our chapter's previous public
> positions on the management of the domain ".PT", on ICANN, on ISOC
> claim of full independence from market forces, and on from where
> ISOC's funds come.

I don't understand how it jeapardizes the positions you have on ISOC's
claim of full independence from market forces, and on where ISOC's
funds come from.  Could you say more?

On the full independence, I must say that I don't think it is possible
today to claim full independence from market forces.  We are heavily
dependent on the income from a single company in a single industry.
That's actually quite a dependence.

On the source if ISOC's funds, it will of course change in that the
funds will come not from one portion of the Internet infrasrtucture
sector, but instead from a diverse portfolio of investments.  Surely
that's an improvement because we don't seem to have a conflict of
interest?

Best regards,

A

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