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Re: [Foundation Board] [OpenStack Foundation] [tc][board][all] - Adding OpenStack community support to the savedotorg campaign
by Sean McGinnis 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

> <snip/> > > It seems the pressure on ICANN has had an effect: > > https://www.icann.org/news/blog/org-update > > Great to see something happening. Thanks for the update Graham!

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Re: [Foundation Board] [OpenStack Foundation] [tc][board][all] - Adding OpenStack community support to the savedotorg campaign
by Allison Randal 10 Dec '19

10 Dec '19

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-1… http://blogs.harvard.edu/sj/2019/11/23/a-tale-of-icann-and-regulatory-captu… https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/private-equity-firm-buys-org-do… https://medium.com/@jacobmalthouse/in-which-i-explain-why-all-of-andrew-sul… 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@ham.ie] >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 9:35 AM >>> To: Jimmy McArthur <jimmy(a)openstack.org> >>> Cc: openstack-discuss(a)lists.openstack.org; foundation- >>> board(a)lists.openstack.org; foundation(a)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(a)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(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 7:00 AM Graham Hayes <gr(a)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 >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Foundation mailing list >>>>> Foundation(a)lists.openstack.org >>>>> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Foundation mailing list >>> Foundation(a)lists.openstack.org >>> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation > > > _______________________________________________ > Foundation mailing list > Foundation(a)lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation >

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