Re: Was anyone at the hearing? Any comments? While I was not a the hearings, I did listen to the webcast and have the following observation. I was struck by the comments made at the hearing pertaining to the website senatorstevens.com (the Senator is not the registrant) -- it occured to me that if anyone, be it a Senator or just an ordinary person, has a compelling reason to suggest a change in ICANN policy, there is (at the moment) no formal intake process by which policy recommendations may be forwarded for review. Let's say that the Senator believes that the UDRP should be amended to allow for complaints other than pure trademark issues, how would he go about proposing a policy to ICANN and having his proposal vetted and put into a queue for consideration? The GNSO Council has a defunct "Intake Committee" that to my knowledge has never met -- rules regarding this Committee are found here: http://gnso.icann.org/council/old-procedures.shtml As we look at reforming the GNSO, we should probably have a good look at establishing a viable policy proposal intake process. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com