For those who are interested, you can watch the United States Senate’s Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee hearing on the new gTLD program, which begins today at 11am EST. The hearing will be broadcast live on the Senate.gov website.
According to the US Senate website, “This hearing will examine the merits and implications of this new program and ICANN’s continuing efforts to address concerns raised by the Internet community.”
The panelists who will be speaking today include:
- Mr. Kurt Pritz
Senior Vice President
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - Ms. Fiona Alexander
Associate Administrator, Office of International Affairs, National Telecommunications and Information Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce - Mr. Dan Jaffe
Executive Vice President, Government Relations, Association of National Advertisers
Coalition for Responsible Internet Domain Oversight - Ms. Esther Dyson
New York, NY - Ms. Angela F. Williams
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Young Men’s Christian Association of the United States of America
Mr. Kurt Pritz is a very likeable guy. If anyone can pull it off, he seems like the best guy to do it.
Thank you elliot.
I did listen to the hole thing.
From what i can see, i dont think Mr.Pritz will pull it off.