Doug Barton puts on his IANA hat.  (Once, in Shanghai, Louis Touton actually physically DID put on an IANA hat in order to report on IANA.  Since he was answering all the phones, editing the web site, and generally doing all the work at ICANN, perhaps the physical hat was necessary.  Doug's hat is virtual.)

Doug shows a chart noting that of 197 requests received in 2004 for root management requests, 167 have been completed, and response time is shortening.

He now shows a dramatic picture showing how old the items in the queue are.  It looks like a mountain range.  The biggest mountains have to do with IPv6 glue requests.

"We don't want to rush to conclusion those items that require more deliberation."  But response time is going down.  And reporting is going up.

Note:  there has been no public comment -- so far -- on the strategic plan.  The room is very large.  I'm hoping that the size of the place and the monotony of some of these reports won't dampen public comment.