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ICANN - All Questions, No Answers

Kieren McCarthy writes on his blog:

Over the years, ICANN has become incredibly nimble at avoiding putting its foot in a hole. But that's the problem with holes - they don't go away. In Wellington this week, and on a press conference late last night (7am NZ time) with CEO Paul Twomey, it was clear that there are now so many holes that the organisation is exhausting itself just leaping over them.

One cynical journalist suggested that the 7am press call which, for the first time, involved an approval process before being connected may have something to do with non-journalists Brett Fausett and GoDaddy joining the last one that covered the dotcom contract agreement. If Twomey was giving away valuable information though, I missed it.

He outlined what he felt the conference was covering and gave some background on some issues such as the IDN trial, then opened it up to questions, most of which he steadfastly failed to answer. Here are a few examples.

posted by Fergie @ 3/28/2006 09:15:00 AM