Hi all,

We have accountability mechanisms in place, albeit imperfect at times. The London office of ARTICLE 19 had been working with PIR to do an assessment in January 2020 anyway. This is a good opportunity to enable the voluntary principles of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

We have been encouraging g+ccTLDs to do these assessments. The KeNIC community could encourage the same to bring some concrete action to what was discussed at the last AGM.

For reference on the dot org sale: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ne8agb/the-quest-to-save-org-from-being-ruined-by-private-equity

-Mallory

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On 4 Dec 2019, at 07:25, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:


Barrack

Interesting. Great that you bring up the KeNIC issue. During the AGM certain promises were made about transparency, bringing the community more into the organization etc. 

I wonder where we are at on that?

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On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 10:03 AM Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
@Ali Hussein
 

This is a very interesting transaction that brings into play economic aspects of the Domain Name Industry. Our very own @KENIC will soon be worth USD 1B. Are we prepared for that season. Do we have safeguards that will ensure it continues to serve the Public interest?


Back to PIR


On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 9:04 PM Liz Orembo via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
@Lordmwesh,  history has it that it won the auction and was awarded .Org because of its public interest outfit.





On Mon, Dec 2, 2019, 19:03 Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Mwendwa

I see your point. 

I just have one more question:-

Who owns ISOC? That answer should put this conversation to rest. And were the owners consulted? :-)

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On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 4:15 PM Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> wrote:
Of course reading Kieren McCarthy's articles will never give a balanced view. He looks at things from the most cynical perspective.

Yes, we have been following the debate keenly. 


And you cannot really compare the sale as selling a public playground. The .org was owned 100% by PIR and in extension ISOC. It is not owned by communities, neither is it owned by non profits. Don't let names like Ethos Capital or Public Interest Registry fool you. It is all commercial. ISOC won a competitive bid to manage the .org in 2003, and they have ultimate authority over how they profit from it.

Here I some good reading on the debacle:

1. The interesting connection between the .Org deal and ICANN https://domainnamewire.com/2019/11/13/the-interesting-connection-between-the-org-deal-and-icann/




On Mon, Dec 2, 2019, 14:03 Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Sidney

Thanks for sharing. This is akin to selling public land assigned for public good to a private developer. 

What is going on? And what is ICANN's response to this? 

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On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 1:12 PM Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Hi all,
Have you all be keeping tabs on the sale of the the .org TLD? 
Catch up here:
Internet world despairs as non-profit .org sold for $$$$ to private equity firm, price caps axed: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/20/org_registry_sale_shambles/
Please take some time to oppose this here: https://savedotorg.org/

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