>From ICANN-announce: > ICANN Launches CEO Search, Retains Christopher Mill to Assist <snip> > The Board is looking for candidates of demonstrated leadership, > managerial competence, technical credibility, and international experience > who will work to serve the entire Internet community, from individual and > business to academic and public interests. To serve individual, academic, and public interests? Well, that would be an abrupt about-face for the ICANN CEO, wouldn't it? > The job requires patience, > persistence, an open style Uh-huh. Just like the open style of Mr. Roberts. > and the ability to generate an active-minded > consensus around difficult issues that are nonetheless essential for the > effective and efficient operation and growth of the Internet. Like the ability to hand the domain name system and IP address allocation to IBM and friends, while claiming to have a world-wide consensus? That will take great ability. Mr. Mill should draw up a list of the world's greatest liars, and start from there. > ICANN actively welcomes expressions of interest and recommendations of > possible candidates. Why not just put in Roger Cochetti? After all, he created ICANN, runs the Internet for IBM, and determines policy for NSI. He might as well drop any further pretense and simply appoint himself CEO of ICANN. ============================================================ Michael Sondow I.C.I.I.U. http://www.iciiu.org Tel. (718)846-7482 Fax: (603)754-8927 ============================================================
