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Re:.name Grandfathered by walthamstow on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @01:58PM (#50444615)
> thanks to ... Jim who flew to Bali to make the case to ICANN in person

What the heck is ICANN doing in Bali of all places?

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Re:.name Grandfathered by erk__ on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:01PM (#50444661)
Its where their yearly general meeting was hosted: https://meetings.icann.org/en/meetings/icann87/

Last year it was in Spain and the year before it was in Mumbai.

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Re:.name Grandfathered by wmf on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @03:03PM (#50445541)
It's NGO pork disguised as woke inclusion. Meetings in Africa or Asia Pacific are (theoretically) cheaper for historically disadvantaged people to attend.
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