I agree with this assessment of the significance of ICANN's silence. ICANN's Bylaws specifically require that all Independent review requests must be posted on the ICANN Web site, but none are. But it is false to say that "ICM has chosen to become the first entity in history to attempt to use ICANN's Independent Review Process". There are have been at least 3 previous requests for Independent Review, including by Edward Hasbrouck, Karl Auerbach , and Dotster These are all years old, but still pending and still being ignored by ICANN.