Just to make my position (or lack of it) clear: as many of us, I am not not sure about what the vote should be. But obviously new TLDs cannot be decided by ICANN on an ad-hoc basis again. As Susan insists, there is an urgent need to further (and profoundly) refine the TLD decision-making process. Vint, BTW, was the only board member to explicitly agree with Susan on this in the ensuing comments. frt rgds --c.a. Carlos Afonso wrote: > Brilliant pronouncements by Susan Crawford in defending her vote in > favor of .xxx. I recommend you all read the corresponding part of the > transcripts of today's Icann board meeting. She was the only applauded > by many in the audience, independently of their positions regarding the > issue. > > Final vote: 9 against .xxx, 5 in favor, one abstention (Paul Twomey). > > frt rgds > > --c.a. > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Carlos A. Afonso diretor de planejamento Rede de Informações para o Terceiro Setor - Rits http://www.rits.org.br ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++