On 12/16/19 6:15 AM, Graham Hayes wrote: > On 10/12/2019 16:01, Sean McGinnis wrote: >> Thanks Allison. And thanks Graham for raising this in the community. >> >> On Tue, Dec 10, 2019, 10:53 Allison Randal <allison at lohutok.net >> <mailto:allison at lohutok.net>> wrote: >> >> A few more news posts about the topic: >> >> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/20/org_registry_sale_shambles/ >> >> <https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/20/org_registry_sale_shambles/> >> >> >> https://gizmodo.com/private-equity-ghouls-buy-non-profit-that-handles-org-1839860118 >> >> >> <https://gizmodo.com/private-equity-ghouls-buy-non-profit-that-handles-org-1839860118> >> >> >> >> http://blogs.harvard.edu/sj/2019/11/23/a-tale-of-icann-and-regulatory-capture-the-dot-org-heist/ >> >> >> <http://blogs.harvard.edu/sj/2019/11/23/a-tale-of-icann-and-regulatory-capture-the-dot-org-heist/> >> >> >> >> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/private-equity-firm-buys-org-domain-months-after-icann-lifted-price-caps/ >> >> >> <https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/private-equity-firm-buys-org-domain-months-after-icann-lifted-price-caps/> >> >> >> >> https://medium.com/@jacobmalthouse/in-which-i-explain-why-all-of-andrew-sullivans-reasons-for-selling-org-are-wrong-449997d42cac >> >> >> <https://medium.com/@jacobmalthouse/in-which-i-explain-why-all-of-andrew-sullivans-reasons-for-selling-org-are-wrong-449997d42cac> >> >> >> https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50515786 >> <https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50515786> >> >> HTH, >> Allison > > <snip/> > > It seems the pressure on ICANN has had an effect: > > https://www.icann.org/news/blog/org-update > It's progress anyway. Hopefully this additional inquiry will result in some real changes. Thanks for getting the word out, Graham. I might have missed this completely otherwise.