Re: governance Besides better accountability connections to the internet population what ICANN generally lacks is: 1. A better "constitution", something beyond relying on interpreting the phrase "security and stability of the internet" (the by-laws) over and over 2. A commitment to /stare decisis/ rather than mostly making it up on each new problem with at best casual reference to precedence. 3. Something like a truly independent judiciary to review claims that policies etc were violated or inconsistently followed beyond various ad hoc tribunals which tend to be composed of people with conflicts of interest or people subject to aspirations within ICANN. A ray of light did enter during the .XXX approval process where an external, independent board (of 3 as I recall) were formed to provide the board with an opinion. There are probably other examples but it needs to be codified rather than occur at the pleasure of the board et al. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*