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Re: .org sale - bidding process

Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> Sat, 18 January 2020 01:54 UTC

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From: Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:54:13 -0800
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Subject: Re: .org sale - bidding process
To: Ted Hardie <ted.ietf@gmail.com>
Cc: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>, Andrew Sullivan <sullivan@isoc.org>, IETF <ietf@ietf.org>
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On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 5:37 PM Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 5:23 PM Ted Hardie <ted.ietf@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> In general, https://www.keypointsabout.org/ appears to be the web site
>> you are looking for, as it describes the board and supporters position.
>>
>
> Not really. There is a bullet point on
> https://www.keypointsabout.org/facts that says:
>
> "The Internet Society did not believe that the other offers would have
> been advantageous to the Internet Society or its work, so as to merit
> serious consideration of a sale."
>
> But there's no indication that they actually publicly put .org up for sale.
>

Ah, that's actually in there too.

"When Ethos originally approached the Internet Society with its proposal,
Ethos made it clear it was not interested in participating in a long
drawn-out process, and requested that the Internet Society keep its
proposal confidential."

Seems totally normal.

thanks,
Rob

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