The CEO of ICANN Rod Beckstrom is scheduled to appear on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” at around 1:15 to 2 PM EST.
We will let you know what he had to say.
The CEO of ICANN Rod Beckstrom is scheduled to appear on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” at around 1:15 to 2 PM EST.
We will let you know what he had to say.
@Mike
I saw Beckstrom on BBC last night and he seemed very upbeat about the future of ICANN.
But does this really change anything?
As the CEO, Beckstrom is responsible to be the chief cheerleader.
Therefore, naturally he has to be upbeat.
Incidently, did anyone receive an invitation to the “Independence Party” tonight in Washington, DC? You are paying for it.
Are they thanking the Washington insiders for the gift?
Or, are they thumbing their nose at the U.S. govt?
Domain Inv
The only one I know that got an invite was Phil from the ICA
I watched him on BBC as well. He was optimistic that other extensions including country domains and everything else will pick up fast and said that some people are upset about this because domain aftermarket is a multi-billion industry. he said the other extensions (.anything basically ) will be rolled out starting 2010.
I saw an online video of Beckstrom addressing the end of the JPA. He comes across as very personable and well spoken, much moreso than Twomey.
He spoke with great enthusiasm about the globalization of the internet, but it was very surfacy and completely devoid of details regarding stakeholder input.
Knowing that ICANN have ignored the interests of individual domain name registrants, much remains to be be seen as to how sincerely ICANN attempt to incorporate the interests of domain registrants in current and future ICANN policies and negotiations.
Not meaning to sound harsh, but someone new to ICANN could easily come away from Beckstrom’s speech with an Obama-like admiration for him.
As always, the truth is in the details and in the accumulated ICANN decisions, and their effects, on vested stakeholders. ICANN’s new “Affirmations”? We’ll see.