[OpenStack Foundation] [tc][board][all] - Adding OpenStack community support to the savedotorg campaign

Graham Hayes gr at ham.ie
Tue Nov 26 17:33:23 UTC 2019


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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