via the Mozilla Foundation's blog, Mark Surman - Executive Director of the Mozilla Foundation - has crafted a superlative missive - proffering advice to the ICANN Board of Directors, in which, the good Mr. Surman advises the Board to 'take a close look' at the .ORG top level domain sale to Ethos Capital by ISOC. Given the lackluster effort mounted by the Board (see the ICANN .ORG Update), a 'look' won't be sufficient - perhaps methodical scrutiny of the minutae of the sale by members of the legal community would be more effective...

'ICANN directors should also discuss whether alternatives to the current sale should be considered, including an open call for bidders. Internet stalwarts like Wikimedia, experts like Marietje Schaake and dozens of important non-profits have proposed other options, including the creation of a co-op of dot orgs. In a Washington Post op-ed, former ICANN chair Esther Dyson argues that such a co-op would “[keep] dot-org safe, secure and free of any motivation to profit off its users’ data or to upsell them pricy add-ons.”' - via Mark Surman, writing at the Mozilla Foundation's blog this morning

In an enlightening email conveyed message from the Directors of the Packet Clearing House (PCH)(the world-wide group which provisions operational security and support to crucial Internet infrastructure - inclusive of the planet-spanning Domain Name System (DNS) and Exchange Points also spanning the globe (and undersea transmission cables carrying much of the world's traffic) to the General Counsel of ICANN.

The document, targeting the sale and subsequent management of the PIR (the component of ISOC that managed the .ORG TLD), comes a dire warning regarding the sale of the PIR to Ethos Equity. The full document may be downloaded here. And, of course, there's one more thing...

Mozilla Foundation: ICANN Directors Should Scrutinize .ORG TLD Sale

Packet Clearing House: A Letter, And, One More Thing...