> >I don't know if it is the repeated "ICANN can't be trusted / is corrupt" > >messaging, or the sensitivity of the .NET "rebid" (aka VGRS deregulation) > >that got the prompt action -- > > It's more that ICANN has figured out that registrars are where all > their revenue comes from, and if they dragged their feet signing > contracts or paying, ICANN has precious little leverage over them.
<regisitrar_hat="on"> <regisitrar_constituency_hat="on"> <regisitrar_constituency_chair_candidate_hat="former"> That wasn't our reading of the balance of forces (contractualand share) as recent as the last budget go-around. YMLV. </registrar_*> Vint's sent a note to the Registrar Constituency Chair in reply to the note from the 30 RC members present at the Luxembourg meeting. Eric