Blog blip
I'm in Marrakech, Morocco for the latest ICANN meeting. I had big plans for evaluating the FCC's recent USF for VoIP releases (a little hard to do in the absence of the Order, but we can try) and becoming a new expert on media concentration.
Can't do it.
There's too much going on here — particularly when it comes to Whois. My aim here is to support the GNSO process and continue to push for a timeline by which we can get some decisions on non-public access to registration data. My other aim is to keep working on transparency of all kinds. It's impossible to tell from the outside what goes on at these meetings. I'd like to confirm that the GNSO is holding to the Board's expectations when it comes to new gTLDs. (More nudging re deadlines.) And I'd like to understand what happened to the GNSO Review — one of the most important things ICANN is doing in 2006.
I can report that there are unbelievable markets here, crammed full of beautiful things, down dark alleys; the nights are clear and cool; the buildings are clay fortresses, or clay fortress-like; they have a mysterious currency that all has to be spent here — and I'll be in meetings for most of the next seven days. I'll send word when I can.
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