This thing has got my goat. I'm now prepared to say this decision by ICANN management approximates a gift.....to less than deserving bankers. And all this while some elements cavil and carry-on about an At-Large mission to the IGF 2012! Its as if there is no understanding that money has time value! Now, I spent a little while as a senior banker. And while I'm sanguine that bankers tend to the poorly with use of information, they surely in this case must know this is a gift in spades to them. One of my distinguished correspondents, a guy I know thinks outside the box, had this to say "*A decision to forego fair market value is essentially a decision to gift that fair market value onto another.*". Yessir, that it is! And we could fairly say this decision constitutes a repudiation of the duty of the officers to the public benefit. - Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* =============================