Has anyone clearly defined a set of circumstances whereby the sale of PIR 
to $ANYBUYER would be acceptable by the consensus of relevant parties? 
Put another way, what specific performance on the part of buyer and 
seller would be required to make any such transition comfortable moving 
forward?



On Tue, 14 Jan 2020, Mitch Stoltz wrote:

> The alternative registry operator that was just incorporated as a co-op,
> CCOR.org, has also pledged to use excess revenues to fund IETF, IGF, ISOC
> chapters, etc., effectively replacing ISOC in that role.
> 
> Mitch Stoltz
> Senior Staff Attorney, EFF | 415-436-9333 x142
> https://www.eff.org/donate | https://act.eff.org/ 
> On 1/14/20 8:24 AM, Sam Lanfranco wrote:
>       David,
> 
> Life would be simpler here if ISOC wanted to (or were willing to)
> retain ownership of PIR and the .org registry.
> 
> However, it looks liket they have made it clear that they would
> rather sell it and be free of overseeing those registry management
> responsibilities. This does not mean that ISOC would be defunding
> anything, neither itself nor the organizations and activities it
> supports. The sale proceeds would become a substantial ISOC
> endowment and generate considerable annual income to carry on its
> mission and its support.
> 
> Sam Lanfranco
>
>       ---- Original Message ----
>       From: David Cake <[log in to unmask]>
>       To: [log in to unmask]
>       Sent: Tue, Jan 14, 2020, 10:32 AM
>       Subject: Re: Letter from Senators+ on .ORG Sale
>
>       I do not see any reason why the .org registry cannot
>       remain with ISOC? What is the reasoning that makes it
>       clear to you?  Rather, it seems to me that ISOC is an
>       important component of the Internet, and defunding it
>       (and thus defunding organisations it substantially
>       funds, such as IETF) would be a significant issue for
>       the global internet - if having a track record of
>       operating an important component of the global internet
>       means we need to be conservative with PIR, then surely
>       IETF (and IAB, IRTF, etc) are far more important
>       components of the global internet and to destabilise the
>       is unwise?
> 
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 
>