[Chapter-delegates] A necessary clarification of a statement in a previous post

[Joly MacFie]

Hi George,

Gonzalo was asked about this in the Chapter Delegates call.

*Sébastien Bachollet*
Okay, thank you very much. Sébastien Bachollet speaking. And thank you for
this discussion, and your
engagement, all of you. A question rather to ISOC directly. If, for any
reason, and I will not make a list
of reasons, this deal can't go through. What is the plan for ISOC regarding
PIR and .org? Thank you
very much.
*Gonzalo Camarillo*
This is a question that we have gotten quite often and, if it doesn't go
through, as you said, I mean,
talking about hypothetically, hypotheticals, the idea is to continue as we
were. We are the owner of PIR,
they are handling .org, and continue as business as usual, if you want to
call it like that. So that's
basically the plan.


On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 3:36 PM George Sadowsky via Chapter-delegates <
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

>
> Two days ago I posted a message with the subject, "trying to improve
> residual value from the outcome of the .org wars."  It included the
> following statement, which I have been called to task for, and which I
> would like to explain:
>
> "If the sale doesn't go through, then ISOC will still want to divest
> itself of PIR and  therefore of .org.  If divestiture is certain, and based
> upon current rhetoric it appears to be, then ISOC will need strong guidance
> to ensure that there is a process and an end result that are both generally
> acceptable to the community overall."
>
>
> First, I regard every post I make as including my opinion, although I may
> quote from or reference other sources also.  I could just have easily said,
>   " ... then I believe that ISOC will have an interest in wanting to find
> other sources for divesting PIR."  It would have meant the same to me as
> what I wrote.
>
> I've received some very concerned feedback regarding not explicitly
> labeling this statement as my opinion and only based upon my opinion.  For
> the record, I have absolutely no knowledge from any source of what the ISOC
> Board's plans are if the sale does not go through, or whether they have a
> plan for such a contingency.  Full stop.  To be more complete, and for the
> avoidance of doubt, I also have absolutely no knowledge from any source of
> the content of any ICANN deliberations or decisions regarding their
> involvement in the proposed transfer of PIR to Ethos.
>
> There was no intent on my part to in any way mislead or deceive any reader
> of my post.   I regret that my statement was not more well defined, and
> that some readers may have taken it as a statement that was based upon
> private knowledge and presumably having more weight, rather than upon my
> opinion of what I believe might happen in the future.
>
> I hope that this post clarifies the situation adequately.  I'm ready to
> respond to comments and questions, either on the list or privately.
>
> George
>
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