Vertical integration was not a slam dunk
Two members of ICANN’s board voted against the decision to allow registrars and registries to own each other, according to a preliminary report from its November 5 meeting.
The decision was a surprise when it was announced last week, as it was diametrically opposed to the board’s previous stance essentially opposing vertical integration.
The new position, already incorporated in the Applicant Guidebook, allows registrars to apply to run new top-level domains, subject to a code of conduct.
From the board of directors’ meeting report:
Eleven Board members voted in favor of the Resolution. Two Board members were opposed to the Resolution. Two Board members did not participate in the discussion or the vote on the Resolution due to conflicts of interest. The Resolution carried.
I believe Bruce Tonkin was one of the people who recused themselves from the vote. I’m not certain who the other was.
We won’t discover who the dissenting opinions belonged to, or what they were, until the minutes are published, probably not long after the Cartagena meeting next month.
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11 for and 2 against?
Sounds like a slam dunk to me.
Possibly. I’m sure you know more about baseball than me.
😉