Re: [ga] expiration of TLD sponsorship agreements

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe Ed and all,

  Seems yet again that some oversight wasn't done here.  And
thank you Joe and Ed for staying on top of this.  I wonder
now if we all can expect similar results with the new sponsored
TLD .BANK in the not so distant future?  In any event, I am
sure Joe and Ed will be watching closely.

Joe Baptista wrote:

> Edward Hasbrouck wrote:
>
> >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?
> >
> >
> ???? There was a revelation for SITA in 2005
>
> http://www.publicroot.org/news-2005-09-30-resignations.html
>
> SITA certainly leanred a valuable lesson.
>
> regards
> joe baptista
>
> >I've commented on this at:
> >
> >http://forum.icann.org/lists/registry-failure-report/msg00003.html
> >
> >
> >----------------
> >Edward Hasbrouck
> ><edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ><http://hasbrouck.org>
> >+1-415-824-0214
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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Regards

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