Kathy

In the ICANN world, our relations are often a little tumultuous, as policy-making bodies can be. As I look back on my experiences over the last decade at ICANN (and many committees, working groups and task forces), one stands out for its quality, dedication, professionalism and hard work. That’s the Special Trademarks Initiatives Working Team, or the STI. I was proud to be a part of the Team as an NCSG representative, and this tribute reflects my high regard for the Team and the recommendations it produced.

It's fortunate that as my first blog, I should have the occasion to comment on a rather eventful ICANN meeting, namely the 37th ICANN meeting in Nairobi.

This was a meeting that almost did not happen, and when it did it produced some remarkable decisions from the ICANN Board of Directors.  Although the discussions prior to the ICANN meeting have been oft repeated,  the undercurrent of the meeting was a new one:  the ICANN Community seems to like the direction ICANN is heading in offering new top level domains (gTLDs), but not the emerging details of who and how companies will be applying for these domain.