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 <fdevouard@gmail.com>
wrote:

https://savedotorg.org



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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 <eloquence@gmail.com> 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
>
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On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 10:45 AM Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com> 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 <eloquence@gmail.com> 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
> >
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