Re: [At-Large] [AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN Establishes Forum on Allocation Methods for Single-letter and Single-digit Domain Names

For the sake of argument, on what right would ICANN claim that money as its own?

You beat me to it. This wouldn't be the first auction of high value domains, and in the past the money's always gone to the registry or registrar. I can't imagine Verisign agreeing to an ICANN auction of .com or .net domains. The reality, of course, is that no matter what the nominal procedure is, there will be auctions. The only question is who gets the money. R's, John