On 12/13/2011 12:42 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote: > Interesting observation. I did not catch that. I wonder if it is just an issue of phrasing: they should have said "the ability to successfully manage ICANN's evolution..." > I have heard rumors about a specific internal candidate, but that person would not meet many of the other criteria, e.g., multilingual > > > It suggests they have an internal candidate who has managed ICANN's evolution. Yes! And inserted the requirement in a clumsy way, after a staff luminary said "Hey, we want Mr Such and Such as our new Über Exec, so let us insert an item to facilitate this..." --c.a.