A failure to secure the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) contract would severely damage ICANN's ability to implement its address expansion programme, the most radical move in the organisation's history. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/23/internet-icann-ethics-idUSL6E8EL9QM20120323 on the heels of icann's own outgoing president speaking of conflicts of interest: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/19/icann_president_calls_out_his_own_board_over_conflicts_of_interest/ [^] and even a past president talking about corruption within icann too: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110905_icanns_unelected_crisis/ -- http://www.deepdishwavesofchange.org
