[ga] ICANN's Contract Renewed

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

  Believe it or not, this is good news as at least DOC/NTIA is still
in charge, at least as far as that goes anyway...  So it seems the
ICANN BoD still needs adult supervision.

See:
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2006/08/16/business/icann.php

 http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051020-5460.html
 http://www.icann.org/general/iana-contract-14aug06.pdf

The International Herald Tribune is reporting that ICANN's contract
has been renewed for the next five years. This means the non-profit
corporation, which is responsible for allocating IP addresses and
administering the top level of the Domain Name System, will
not become independent from the U.S. Department of Commerce
until at least 2011. The contract is also available as a PDF.

Regards,

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Jeffrey A. Williams
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