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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">That is true Peter.
Both Brian Beaton and Kerry Brown are on the community
investment fund evaluation committee. I forgot to mention Kerry
in my last e-mail, but yes, that's two evaluators on the team
who will be looking at applications from a community networking
perspective. <br>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Something most people
here don't know (it took me by surprise!) is that CIRA directors
have to sign a non-disclosure agreement -- so no information flows
out of board meetings at all. Minutes are vague. It is pretty
much of a black box. Some people have tried unsuccessfully to
bring some openness. But it would take a major bottom up effort
coming from members to change that. There sure was not any
movement in that direction during my term.<br>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">ICANN, on the other
hand, could not be more open. Absolutely everything is on the
public record and all meetings are open. So, you will be hearing
from me about what is going on there. I will be attending the
ICANN AGM in Barcelona which starts on Oct. 20. Much of the
discussion is quite esoteric and technical but there are some
areas that are easy to relate to -- for example current rounds
of discussions about geonames at the top level -- whether or not
some categories of names should be protected in the next round
of new gTLDs (generic top level domains -- .com, .biz, .berlin,
etc.). Mind you, everything takes a long time. The dispute about
who gets to control .amazon (amazon the company or the group of
8 countries through which this river flows) is still not
settled. <br>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Stay tuned</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Marita</font><br>
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Times, serif">Thanks to everyone here for their
support for my candidacy during the CIRA
elections. It was not my turn this time -- and one
always has to expect such surprises with
elections. I will continue to do whatever I can
to raise the profile on communities online in
whatever fora I am engaged in. For the next year,
it will be through my position on the At-large
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evaluation team. And I know Brian will keep
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