Speaking of "end-games"... As a so-called ICANN Director (unelected and planted by Esther Dyson and others) have you considered what the ICANN End-Game will be ? ICANN was only created to do some Proof-of-Concept market trials to expand the name-space and prove that the root-servers will not fail. That of course was a failure and the .COM servers are now the root, and all future expansion can be easily constructed using the .COM platform. ICANN is no longer needed in name-space stewardship. Windows Vista users are discoversing that Peer-Name-Resolution-Protocol PNRP replaces any need for ICANN or even a central registry. The mesh of Visat machines, IS the Registry. Game over for ICANN. As for the IANA game of handing out /8s, it should be clear that somewhere between the U.S. FCC and the major carriers those decisions can easily be made. Note the recent /8 that AT&T now uses, without apparently any "ICANN Process". Again, Game over for ICANN. That sort of brings the ICANN Directors to The ICANN End Game. As long as $50,000,000 in domain name taxes roll in the door there will have to be someone to cash the checks and sit on the beach. With 50 people and $1,000,000 each, that may not be hard to round up some people to do that. They really have nothing more to do. Again, game over for ICANN. What is the ICANN End-Game..?..have a gala party at the Sony Theatre in Los Angeles and a Red Carpet entourage of A-list party-goers flowing in from Malibu and Hollywood. The media coverage should be great, as they ask people who pays for the entire affair...and the answer is "who cares" !!! not whois