Thank you (all!) for doing this. A necessary backdrop for whatever comes next. SJ
🌍🌏🌎🌑 On Wed., Jan. 8, 2020, 8:23 p.m. Katherine Maher, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey folks, > > Quick update here. You may have seen some press coverage already, but this > week, a group of technologists, non-profits, policymakers, and internet > governance folks filed in California to create a cooperative membership > corporation, whose purpose would be to administer the .ORG domain and its > revenues on behalf of global non-profits and in support of the open, > multistakeholder internet. The intention of the filing body is to > demonstrate to ICANN a viable, economically and technically sound > alternative to private commercial ownership. The name of the new > organization is the Cooperative Corporation of .ORG Registrants, or CCOR. > > I've been asked to be one of the seven filing directors. The other filing > directors include the Executive Director of Packet Clearing House, a > non-profit internet research institute, the founding president of ICANN and > a former chair of ICANN, a former Member of the European Parliament and > digital rights advocate, among others. > > We believe that this co-op structure is a good alternative to the intended > sale, which we believe has the potential to degrade the integrity and > stability of .ORG domains. It is an opportunity for the .ORG community to > create a representative governing entity, formalize stewardship of a key > piece of internet infrastructure, directly guide the allocation of .ORG > revenue, and improve the integrity and independence of the non-profit > internet. It aligns with the same values and governance that animate our > global Wikimedia communities, and our friends at organizations such as EFF, > the Internet Archive, and Mozilla have played key roles in its development. > The Foundation's Board of Trustees has also given their support as part of > our broader commitment to the non-commercial, open internet. > > I also wanted to make sure to clarify the Foundation's commitment and my > own role in CCOR. The Wikimedia Foundation not funding this effort, and my > participation does not entail longer-term financial or other resource > support from the Foundation or movement. My own involvement would be a for > limited-term: if the effort is successful, my temporary directorship would > end after a period, I’ll rotate off and the co-op will elect someone new. > If the effort is not successful, the corresponding responsibilities are > null. > > They're still working on getting the website up and will publish the > articles of incorporation once they do, in case folks want to take a look > for themselves. > > Happy New Year! > > Katherine > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 7:03 AM Florence Devouard <[email protected]> > wrote: > > https://savedotorg.org > > > > -------- Message transféré -------- > Sujet : Re: .org TLD for sale? > Date : Sun, 24 Nov 2019 13:44:08 -0500 > De : Samuel Klein <[email protected]> > Répondre à : Wikimedia Mailing List > <[email protected]> > Pour : Wikimedia Mailing List > <[email protected]> > Groupes de discussion : gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation > Références : > <CABiXOEmYSu5nD0jHrvpgdYNs4M04wwY=d=_lpachsktqq-r...@mail.gmail.com> > <cabr1gjvl1v-cpxlzbbbhotlnlcd83ckf-x9x2beuh9y-u1k...@mail.gmail.com> > > I wrote up a short summary. who other than ICANN has to approve this > sale? > > http://blogs.harvard.edu/sj/2019/11/23/a-tale-of-icann-and-regulatory-capture/ > > > On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 6:13 PM Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for sharing this, Andy. This appears to be a major governance > > failure on the part of ICANN (sadly, not for the first time). I'm glad > > Wikimedia is among the first orgs on this list. > > > > I don't think it's too late to stop this, especially as all evidence > > points to corrupt inside wheeling-and-dealing. I would normally not > > link to El Reg, but the connections Kieren has dug up deserve further > > investigation by more reputable outlets. > > > > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/20/org_registry_sale_shambles/ > > > > Utterly unacceptable attempt to enclose the commons. Please do help > > continue direct attention to this. > > > > https://savedotorg.org/ > > > > Warmly, > > > > Erik > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > -- > Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > -- > Katherine Maher (she/her)Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation > > On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 10:45 AM Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I wrote up a short summary. who other than ICANN has to approve this > > sale? > > > > > http://blogs.harvard.edu/sj/2019/11/23/a-tale-of-icann-and-regulatory-capture/ > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 6:13 PM Erik Moeller <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Thanks for sharing this, Andy. This appears to be a major governance > > > failure on the part of ICANN (sadly, not for the first time). I'm glad > > > Wikimedia is among the first orgs on this list. > > > > > > I don't think it's too late to stop this, especially as all evidence > > > points to corrupt inside wheeling-and-dealing. I would normally not > > > link to El Reg, but the connections Kieren has dug up deserve further > > > investigation by more reputable outlets. > > > > > > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/20/org_registry_sale_shambles/ > > > > > > Utterly unacceptable attempt to enclose the commons. Please do help > > > continue direct attention to this. > > > > > > https://savedotorg.org/ > > > > > > Warmly, > > > > > > Erik > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > -- > > Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 > 4266 > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > -- > > Katherine Maher (she/her) > > Executive Director > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
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