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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ES link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Members,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I thought this article might be of interest to members.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>What One ICANN Journalist Thinks<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>by</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'><a href="http://www.bna.com/thomas-otoole-b12884906786/"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;text-decoration:none'>Thomas O'Toole</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>I had the opportunity to participate on the "</span><a href="http://toronto45.icann.org/node/34407"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1E1E1E;background:white;text-decoration:none'>What the Journalists Think</span></a><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>" panel at last week's Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers meeting in Toronto, and that was enjoyable, and flattering, and I had the opportunity to meet a few other folks that I have admired for a long time. All good,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>eh,</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>except for the fact that the panel moderator didn't ask many of the questions he said he would ask. So now I have several pages of "unused" notes. Unused until now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:15.75pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>There aren't many frustrations covering ICANN, actually. Covering ICANN is a treat compared to covering Congress. At ICANN, the discussion topics are interesting and thoughtfully explained by experts in their fields. Nobody is going to describe the internet as a "system of tubes," or deliver long-winded commentaries about irrelevant topics</span><sup id="fnref:pubcomm"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.bna.com/icann-journalists-think-b17179870406/#fn:pubcomm"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1E1E1E;text-decoration:none'>1</span></a></span></sup><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>, or pander to humanity's basest motivations, or treat the audience as if it were composed entirely of third graders.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:15.75pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>At ICANN meetings, nearly everyone from ICANN officials to attorneys to networking techies will take a question from a journalist. Even on mundane "I can't believe you don't know this" topics. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:15.75pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I have a few small frustrations, however………<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.bna.com/icann-journalists-think-b17179870406/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.bna.com/icann-journalists-think-b17179870406/</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0B710A'>Chris Chaplow</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0B710A'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0B710A'>Managing Director</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0B710A'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0B710A'>Andalucia.com S.L.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Avenida</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> del Carmen 9<br>Ed. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Puertosol</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>, Puerto </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Deportivo</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br>1ª </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Planta</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>, </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Oficina</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> 30<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Estepona</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>, 29680<br>Malaga, Spain<br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Tel: + (34) 952 897 865</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Fax: + (34) 952 897 874</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>E-mail: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:chris@andalucia.com"><b><span style='color:blue'>chris@andalucia.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Web: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.andalucia.com/"><b><span style='color:blue'>www.andalucia.com</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0B850A'>Information about Andalucia, Spain.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>