ICANN São Paulo meeting site

For people interested in Whois, the Sao Paulo meeting is a pretty important opportunity for influence. Two Whois items were posted for public comments on the ICANN website, and we took comments on them both during the GNSO public forum on Monday.(chatroom discussion here) The good news is you don't have to be here to take part. Anyone can comment on both topics below until January 15th, by clicking through the title links.

Last night, we had the now semi-regular football tournament. Like many things at ICANN meetings, some themes emerge; and a little repetition. (Whois, anyone?) Huge thanks to Erick Iriarte for putting it all together.

As is traditional, the ICANN staff and Board team lost all our matches. We actually do this on purpose, to show humility and openness. It's a ritual humiliation we're happy to go through. And anyway, we had the best t-shirts.

But we weren't completely creamed. We'd lost our professional-level goalie, Olof, because his wife threatened divorce if he came home injured again. But we had Denise harrying the opposing strikers, and tackling dirty the way only girls can in a mixed game.

Some themes emerged;