FROM AN EMAIL:"This past July, during the ICANN conference
in Japan, ICANN
opened up the floor for public
commentary and Q & A regarding the inclusion
of new domain extensions into the Internet root.
Ken was the councilman leading
the session.
During this session, Christopher Ambler,
founder of Image Online
Design, stepped up
to the microphone, and asked a question
regarding certain
decisions ICANN was making
that were contrary to the decisions and
recommendations
established over the course
of the previous year, with regard to new
Internet
extensions. Ken Stubbs, in an
unprecedented manner, refused to answer
Ambler's
very simple, very fundamental
question, without explaining why he wouldn't
reply.
It needs to be furthermore noted that it
was Stubbs' Names Council that thwarted
the
process in favor of a model that better
represented (and represents)
the interests
of Ken Stubbs and Afilias.
You can view the video/audio
of this exchange
by clicking on the following link, and using
Real Player.
Simply Fast-Forward to 04:21:34
and play all the way until 04:25:40.
It is
important to view this entire four minute
span, because the exchange
occurs in two
parts, with another commenter speaking
in-between the parts."
LINK:
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/scripts/rammaker.asp?s=cyber&dir=icann&file=icann-071400-fixed&start=4-23-44