[RndTbl] The "Save .org" petition

[Adam Thompson]

By definition, since the blatant failure of governance is occurring at
ICANN and the *entire* domain name system falls within ICANN's remit,
no. 

However, .ca - managed by CIRA, which has a fairly strict mandate (so
far, anyway), is a fairly good bet IMHO. 

-Adam 

On 2019-11-26 12:07, Alberto Abrao wrote:

> Is there any TLD that's safe - for now, at least - from such an interference?
> 
> ---- On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 11:43:00 -0600 athompso at athompso.net wrote ----
> 
>> On 2019-11-26 10:29, Glen Ditchfield wrote:
>>> As you may have heard, ICANN removed the price caps on .org domains, 
>>> then
>>> quietly decided to sell the .org registry to a private equity firm 
>>> linked to a
>>> former ICANN CEO and several American billionaires (https://
>>> www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/26/org_selloff_internet/).
>>> 
>>> So, a bunch of respectable organizations have started a petition to 
>>> stop that,
>>> at https://savedotorg.org/ . Signing might help.
>> 
>> Given the absolute failure of governance at ICANN, which seems to be 
>> spreading to NRO, IANA, etc., I think "Save dotOrg" has about as much 
>> chance of success as "Save Concordia" did locally, no matter the 
>> justness of the cause.
>> 
>> What *would* be a good idea, though, despite the "rewarding bad 
>> behaviour" aspect of it, would be renew any .org domains you have, NOW, 
>> for the maximum term (10 years). Several industry observers are 
>> expecting prices to rise >10x, so you'll probably be saving a good chunk 
>> of money by doing it now.
>> 
>> -Adam
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