[At-Large] Updates to New gTLD Program Implementation and auctioning model.

[Michele Neylon :: Blacknight]

On 11 Aug 2008, at 17:51, John Levine wrote:
>> If you've ever been to an ICANN meeting

I have :)

Three and counting


> , you'll see it's sort of like the
> Court of the Sun King, with the board members and to a lesser extent  
> ICANN
> staffers all followed around by swarms of people trying to get a few
> minutes of face time.
>
> The board is lobbied pretty much continuously by all sorts of parties,
> governmental and otherwise. But since they are big boys and girls, I  
> think
> it is fair to hold them responsible for the decisions they make.

Holding them responsible - yes

But the question I suppose is how much pressure are they under to be  
swayed by certain interests.

If the US president had been  a left-winger at the time of the .xxx  
vote in Lisbon would the decision have still gone the same way?

Michele


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