The Canadian Internet Registration Authority’s (CIRA’s) decision ...
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority’s (CIRA’s) decision to withhold funding until it concludes ICANN has mended its ways (WID March 21 p4) drew a conciliatory response from Pres. Paul Twomey. In a March 23 letter to CIRA Board Chmn.…
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Clyde Beattie and Pres. Bernard Turcotte, Twomey said he regretted the authority’s action but welcomed its assertion that it “remains optimistic with regard to ICANN’s bottom-up multi-stakeholder process.” The loss of CIRA’s voice can only hurt that process’s prospects, he said. Twomey said he and Board Chmn. Vint Cerf “would welcome discussion” with CIRA on the matter at the board meeting this week in Wellington, New Zealand. CIRA suspended its voluntary contributions because of growing unease over what it considers ICANN’s lack of accountability and openness. ICANN’s recently renewed -- and controversial -- registry agreement with VeriSign for .com management was the “straw that broke the camel’s back,” Turcotte said last week.