Chuck,
But I also do not see the value in arguing back and forth with regard to specific organizational failures except to illustrate why the community wants to ensure that ICANN accountability minimizes the risks of those kinds of failures.
To be honest, given ICANN's uniqueness as mentioned by Greg, I don't see a lot of value or relevance in asserting accountability associated with Verisign's for-profit company status -- it all seems like a big red herring to me.
You apparently think that ICANN's accountability measures are sufficient;
Actually, I have made no such assertion. As stated, I'm just a technical person and all this accountability stuff is beyond me. What I do object to, however, are the statements by yourself, Milton, and others that imply that ICANN is operating in an accountability vacuum. I have no doubt ICANN's accountability can be improved, but ICANN does have a number of accountability measures and besides, isn't that the task of a different group? Regards, -drc