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.
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