Re: .org sale - bidding process

Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com> Fri, 17 January 2020 19:44 UTC

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From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:44:06 -0800
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Subject: Re: .org sale - bidding process
To: Andrew Sullivan <sullivan@isoc.org>
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On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 9:46 AM Andrew Sullivan <sullivan@isoc.org> wrote:

>
> I've said before that I don't think the IETF list is a good place to
> discuss the PIR transaction, and unless the Sergeants-at-Arms disagree
> with me I'm going to maintain that position.  (I see even less reason
> for this to be on a W3C list.)  I'll respond to this question
>

I'm inclined to disagree - ietf@ feels like an appropriate place to
discuss, since this is of substantial concern to the Internet-engineering
community.

But I might be wrong - is there another place that clearly is an
appropriate home for this discussion?  Thanks in advance.