Catching up on a few items....

James Mitarotonda in a letter to Mitchell I. Quain, Chairman of the Board of Register.com: "We are writing to inform you that RCM Acquisition Co., LLC ("RCM") is willing to pursue a proposal (the "Proposal") to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Register.com, Inc. (the "Company") at a price of $7.10 per share in cash."

RCOM closed today at $7.15.

Reuters: "NeuStar Inc., the area code and telephone number clearinghouse, on Thursday set its planned initial public offering at 25 million Class A shares at an estimated price of $18 to $20 each."

ICANN today announced that its Nominating Committee had extended the period for nominations and submissions through July 20, 2005.

Old news: Verisign to keep .NET. 

This line of the resolution speaks volumes: "Whereas, numerous public comments concerning the applications were received electronically through ICANN's public comment forums and were posted." But did anyone read the public comments? I don't think so.

Whatever happened to the Manager of Public Participation? The reform process contemplated that this would be an important job. The position has never been filled. Shouldn't that person have summarized the public comments on . NET and made a presentation to the Board? By folding the public participation job into the PR job, ICANN seems to be saying that the "Manager of Public Participation" is really the Manager of Public Perception.  That's not good.

Brazil's Interministerial Group on the Information Society: "Despite the success in ensuring high availability and great stability to the operation of the network, the current structure for global governance of the Internet presents significant limitations."