Thank you for the earlier ping. I believe the reporting on this is a complete whitewash.
This is a trojan horse. The real goal here is to esablish Athenian ostracism, the power to banish web sites.
‘... a move to a more diverse structure should mean that it is better at self-policing and allows for far greater transparency and accountability ...’
Self-policing?
Power to ‘individuals as well as ‘global governments’.
Tacit reason for this change — fear of US snooping on the internet. But how does ICANN affect snooping?
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) — the non-profit organization that manages IP addresses and domain names.
Does NOTHING to stop snooping. All it does is control who is allowed to own a domain name.
[Note I copied more in-depth in post 18.]