Joe and all, In this case, yes it is about public trust and confidance mostly. But it is also about accountability and transparency as well as competance. Did ICANN do it's due diligance before accrediting these "Secret" registrars, and when did they do it? Where is the data regarding the particulars of this due diligance documented? What was the nature ( specifics ) of that due diligance? When, if ever, will ICANN make publically avaliable the locations of these Registrars and the contact information for each? And finnaly, why wasn't or isn't this information publically avaliable now? There may be very reasonable reasons why these 67 Registrars locations are not publically known. If so, ICANN should make that information also avaliable for public review and perhaps questions in those regards. We all have to remember the decisions on some if not most of these undocumented Registrars were made by a ICANN GNSO and Bod that in part does not now exist and that may not have been given accreditation today. I don't offer this as an excuse or reason, only as food for thought. I and many of our members have often thought that ICANN has acted as if it is not bound by US law and policy and that it is a US Non-Profit California 501(c3) corporation. When it even appears that it is or has done so, it should be open to be made aware by any member of the public that it has or is possibly acting or considering to act in such a manner, and address that preception or relitive fact immediately and with the open participation of the public. Failure to do so, as ICANN has too often done, engenders distrust and creates more problems for ICANN's Bod and staff than it is worth. Joe Baptista wrote:

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Danny Younger <dannyyounger@yahoo.com> wrote:

This is about building public trust and confidence.

ICANN buried the public trust and confidence a long time ago. Of course its never too late to start.

regards joe baptista

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