[ga] expiration of TLD sponsorship agreements

["Edward Hasbrouck" <edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There's a strange reference in ICANN's report this month on registry 
failure and continuity planning to "the current .aero sponsorship 
agreement".  But it was a 5-year agreement, concluded in late 2001, that 
expired in late 2006.  I can find no indication of a "current" agreement.

Was there some undisclosed (and procudurally improper) renewal or 
extension of the ICANN-SITA agreement?  Or is ICANN just ignoring the 
expiration of the .aero, .museum, and .coop agreements, to avoid dealing 
with the implications of the sponsors no longer being contracted to ICANN?

I've commented on this at:

http://forum.icann.org/lists/registry-failure-report/msg00003.html


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