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ICANN reveals ".travel" sponsor is a front
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With regard to the assertion that there was a "secret deal at least as early as 2001" - I was on ICANN's Board of Directors in 2001. During my term I do not remember that there ever was any discussion of .travel during that time. Of course, ICANN does have its inner sanctum - the Executive Committee of the Board - to which I was not privy. Nor were the acts of "staff" particularly visible to the board.
In other words, what I am saying is that I don't think there was any such "secret deal" at the Board Level. Although I don't think it likely, in fact I consider it highly unlikely, I do not have any information to rule out conclusively any understanding by other elements of ICANN.
Nevertheless I had a general impression, based on more of a feeling than on concrete events and facts, that if any new TLD was going to be approved by ICANN, it would be .travel - In other words, although I could not point to it, I did have a sense that the skids for launching .travel were well lubricated.
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I have pointed the finger [hasbrouck.org] for the "secret deal" on ".travel" not at the ICANN Board (at least not primarily at the Board, and not at Karl Auerbach or any specific Board member) but at ICANN staff, specifically Louis Touton.
I don't know enough about the personalities on ICANN's staff -- not having had the money to attend any of the ICANN meetings, except for one committee meeting in the San Francisco Bay Area where I live, and ".travel" typically having been placed on the agenda only at the last minute, when it would be even more costly and difficult to attend -- to know who on the staff, and who if anyone on the Board, might be one(s) so committed to following through on Touton's (and qwhomever else's) promise.
I would welcome any insights on this from people more in the know about the staff and Board.
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