[Cryptech Core] [Cryptech-business] Draft letter of support for Diamond Key Security

[Wesley Stuart Jones]

Karen, et al.

I think this is a really good modification -- to me it addresses the ISOC funding point through more clarity of other sponsors.  

One nit in second sentence below:  "Supports who *have* contributed"  (has -> have)

Thank you!

Best regards,
Stuart


> On 31 Oct, 2017, at 03:53 , Karen O'Donoghue <odonoghue at isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> I’ve struggled with addressing this concern in a concise manner in the context of the letter. I have changed the third paragraph to the following: 
> 
> The CrypTech Project has several supporters in the Internet Technical Community who have contributed the resources to bring it to its current state.  Supporters who has contributed at least $25,000 include Google, Cisco, Public Interest Registry, Comcast, ICANN, RIPE, Internet Society, Surfnet, Afilias, IIS, Afnic, and DuckDuckGo (listed in order of amount of contribution). By charter, contributions are limited to $100,000 per year. As of October 2017, we’ve received  $1,621,508 and spent approximately $1.5 million dollars (USD) on CrypTech development.  The CrypTech Project is grateful for this support from the community, but we recognize that for ongoing development of CrypTech, a sustainable revenue stream is needed.
> 
> I also tweaked the final paragraph to be a little clearer about ISOC involvement in the establishment of Diamond Key Security. 
> 
> We are working closely with Diamond Key Security to support their efforts as it is tightly linked to our future funding and sustainability plans.  We view Diamond Key Security as a strategic partner that is vital for continuing to align CrypTech technology with broad market places and productizing and launching CrypTech-based solutions.  We appreciate the Internet Society's support for the initial establishment of Diamond Key Security. Additionally, we hope that the Internet Society will continue to support and fund Diamond Key Security. 
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Karen
> 
>> On Oct 30, 2017, at 10:24 PM, Rob Austein <sra at hactrn.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Agree with Russ's concern about making it clear that ISOC did not
>> supply the bulk of the development funding.
>> 
>> Otherwise, no objection.
> 
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