[governance] Re: [Arab IGF] ICANN to get $8 Million More from New .com Deal

[parminder]

One thing in the news item on the renewal of .com agreement interested 
me a lot.

"The deal is currently under review by the US Department of Commerce and 
Bidzos said he expects it to be approved before November 30, when the 
current contract expires."

I did not know that US government exercised review over ICANN's routine 
contract renewals. So much for the claims that US hardly exercises any 
'real' or 'in effect' oversight role over ICANN./*Can anyone provide us 
a list of what all decisions of ICANN are subject to US gov's review and 
confirmation*/, /*and in what manner.*/ This will help one form a good 
view of what really is the oversight role with US at present, something 
which has always been so much in the eye of the storm.

I direct this question especially at those who seem so awfully 
disappointed that despite the best efforts of ICANN/ technical 
community, most outsiders, especially those with pathological political 
sensitivities, simply are not able to understand much :).

Pl note that the above is a simple and direct question, and should be 
able to have a clear and direct response. I am sure ICANN insiders would 
know the answer.

parminder





On Saturday 04 August 2012 12:37 PM, Riaz K Tayob wrote:
> This can be understood in terms of path dependency as well as Public 
> Choice theory... at some level of abstraction.
>
>
> On 2012/08/03 02:48 PM, Fouad Bajwa wrote:
>> The financial aspect and opportunities will always be there because at
>> the end of the day, we see a lot of stuff that inclines towards
>> benefiting the domain industry.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Fouad
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Fahd A. Batayneh
>> <fahd.batayneh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> http://domainincite.com/9845-icann-to-get-8-million-more-from-new-com-deal 
>>>
>>>
>>> I wonder if this was the reason why ICANN renewed the .com agreement in
>>> favor of VeriSign Inc., causing lots of controversy and question marks
>>> within the ICANN community.
>>>
>>> Fahd
>>>
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>
>

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