<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Yes, I was about to make a similar comment - the best ccTLD's, like ".ca" and ".uk", should be relatively safe, since even with ICANN's overall authority over <b>all</b> TLD's, surely they cannot dictate to CIRA or Nominet that these country-based authorities must go the privatization/capitalism route.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">I like the idea of doing some 10-year renewals right now, because that will at least deprive the new profiteers of an initial 10 years of ill-gotten gains, but it does result in a long-term gamble on establishing a well-regarded and well-recognized ".org" site.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">I presume this new privatization move is loosely related to the same political forces in the U.S. that ended net-neutrality in 2019.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="2">Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331<br></font></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 at 12:40, Adam Thompson <<a href="mailto:athompso@athompso.net">athompso@athompso.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">
<p>By definition, since the blatant failure of governance is occurring at ICANN and the *entire* domain name system falls within ICANN's remit, no.</p>
<p>However, .ca - managed by CIRA, which has a fairly strict mandate (so far, anyway), is a fairly good bet IMHO.</p>
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<div id="gmail-m_-4996976938572176788content"><br> ---- On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 11:43:00 -0600 <b> <a href="mailto:athompso@athompso.net" target="_blank">athompso@athompso.net</a> </b> wrote ----<br><br>
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<div>On 2019-11-26 10:29, Glen Ditchfield wrote:<br>> As you may have heard, ICANN removed the price caps on .org domains, <br>> then<br>> quietly decided to sell the .org registry to a private equity firm <br>> linked to a<br>> former ICANN CEO and several American billionaires (https://<br>> <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/26/org_selloff_internet/" target="_blank">www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/26/org_selloff_internet/</a>).<br>> <br>> So, a bunch of respectable organizations have started a petition to <br>> stop that,<br>> at <a href="https://savedotorg.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://savedotorg.org/</a> . Signing might help.<br><br><br>Given the absolute failure of governance at ICANN, which seems to be <br>spreading to NRO, IANA, etc., I think "Save dotOrg" has about as much <br>chance of success as "Save Concordia" did locally, no matter the <br>justness of the cause.<br><br>What *would* be a good idea, though, despite the "rewarding bad <br>behaviour" aspect of it, would be renew any .org domains you have, NOW, <br>for the maximum term (10 years). Several industry observers are <br>expecting prices to rise >10x, so you'll probably be saving a good chunk <br>of money by doing it now.<br><br>-Adam<br>_______________________________________________<br>Roundtable mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Roundtable@muug.ca" target="_blank">Roundtable@muug.ca</a><br><a href="https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable</a></div>
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