Carthage Thursday
I am very grateful for the blogging work going on at Carthage. Thomas Roessler is there, as are others. Looks as if the Board may back down in some way on the stld issue, under pressure from several directions. It won't be good if they adopt the current RFP, which requires applicants to agree in advance to ICANN's overreaching, overly-detailed contractual regime.
I'm in favor of a regular, lightweight process based on minimum technical and financial standards — and incorporating a very slim contract. I have a draft contract along these lines that I'd be happy to share with anyone who is interested.