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A few more news posts about the topic:

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

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://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

HTH,
Allison

On 11/26/19 12:33 PM, Graham Hayes wrote:
> On 26/11/2019 16:44, Alan Clark wrote:
>> Who owns savedotorg.org?  I see EFF references on the page but when I look it up the domain it appears to all be "REDACTED".
> 
> From https://savedotorg.org/index.php/about/ - it is ran by
> NTEN (https://www.nten.org/)
> 
> It is supported by the EFF (among others)
> 
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Graham Hayes [mailto:gr at ham.ie]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 9:35 AM
>>> To: Jimmy McArthur <jimmy at openstack.org>
>>> Cc: openstack-discuss at lists.openstack.org; foundation-
>>> board at lists.openstack.org; foundation at lists.openstack.org
>>> Subject: Re: [OpenStack Foundation] [tc][board][all] - Adding OpenStack
>>> community support to the savedotorg campaign
>>>
>>> On 26/11/2019 16:16, Jimmy McArthur wrote:
>>>> From my reading of the situation, it’s a done deal. It seems like ICAAN just
>>> crammed it through. Is there new info out that could reverse it?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Jimmy
>>>
>>> My understanding is it looks bleak, but there is a chance to shame the owners
>>> into halting the sale.
>>>
>>> I think ICAAN can still block the same (until December 13th, 30 days after they
>>> were notified), and through pure poor marketing, and raising our voices, this
>>> could help convince the current owners of PIR (who is ISOC) to re-consider the
>>> idea.
>>>
>>>
>>>>> On Nov 26, 2019, at 8:50 AM, Amy <amy at demarco.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree with the OSF submitting on behalf of OpenStack and the other projects.
>>> I also like the idea of individuals signing as contributors.
>>>>>
>>>>> Amy Marrich (spotz)
>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Nov 26, 2019, at 8:17 AM, Sean McGinnis <sean.mcginnis at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 7:00 AM Graham Hayes <gr at ham.ie> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hey All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am not sure if this has been seen by everyone or not - but there
>>>>>>> is a change in how the .org top level domain is being ran in the
>>>>>>> works, in a way that may not be in the best interests of the non
>>>>>>> profits that it was created to facilitate. [1]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A lot of  well known non profits have already joined, and as a
>>>>>>> community that has an interest in the internet as a whole, and uses
>>>>>>> a .org domain, I think we should add our voice in support.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What do people think? Are we happy to have the TC use its voice on
>>>>>>> behalf of the OpenStack project, or do we think the board should
>>>>>>> use its voice on behalf of the entire foundation?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - Graham
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1 - https://savedotorg.org/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I agree this is a Foundation level thing (though individuals can add
>>>>>> their names to the petition as well). I would support adding OSF to
>>>>>> the list of organizations.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sean
>>>>>>
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