Approve .xxx without further process or delay.

[Timothy Denton <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To the Board of ICANN,

Dot xxx has been jerked around for at least five years in a travesty of ICANN's 
procedures. Everyone knows this, but it bears repeating. You know it, I know 
it, and the world knows it. So let us do the right thing for a change.

The ICM registry idea is a creative approach to handling what some perceive as 
a social problem. It is no less worthy a business idea than dot travel, dot 
museum, or dot berlin.

As to what follows in this letter, I have read it and endorse it as the truth.

I urge you to abide by the declaration of the Independent Review Panel and sign 
a registry agreement with ICM without further delay.

The independent review is the final accountability mechanism for ICANN that was 
devised by ICANN. If you do anything but accept the full results of that 
review, you are undermining the foundation of trust granted to ICANN by the 
Internet community.

ICANN has to prove that it is accountable if it is to continue to be credible 
as the overseer of the domain name system. Picking and choosing elements of the 
Panel's declaration, or adding unnecessary procedural steps in adopting the 
review's findings, would be a clear sign to the global Internet community that 
the organization cannot be relied upon to do its job fairly and objectively.

Make the responsible choice by approving .xxx now. - Not merely for its sake, 
but for the integiry and good reputation of your own proesses.

Timothy Denton
CRTC
Ottawa, Canada