Re:Private equity firm wants to buy .org for $1B. Berkeley-b...
by 8bitsrule on Friday January 17, 2020 @05:11PM
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Woodcock:
" We’re talking about Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross. We’re talking about the IATA that does international air traffic control. Do we really want international flights grounded for three days a year so [Bain founder and U.S. Senator] Mitt Romney can make a few hundred million more?"
Re:Private equity firm wants to buy .org for $1B. Berkeley-b...
by presumably on Friday January 17, 2020 @11:33AM
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> In this particular cooperative, if we’re successful, the members are every .org registrant, which means 10 million members. We’d need to get five million and one of them to agree, to change the articles.
Okay, so... what is their plan to get these five million .org registrants to “agree”?
Re:Private equity firm wants to buy .org for $1B. Berkeley-b...
by em-bee on Sunday January 19, 2020 @04:15AM
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the point is that they don't.
they set up an organization with a charter that protects their well intentioned goals, and by having lot's of members they insure that no majority is ever able to change the goals.
" We’re talking about Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross. We’re talking about the IATA that does international air traffic control. Do we really want international flights grounded for three days a year so [Bain founder and U.S. Senator] Mitt Romney can make a few hundred million more?"
Okay, so... what is their plan to get these five million .org registrants to “agree”?
The article seems to be entirely fluff.
they set up an organization with a charter that protects their well intentioned goals, and by having lot's of members they insure that no majority is ever able to change the goals.