Mike Roberts "placed" Rod in that role to listen. His main job is to not say something stupid. Joe Sims still runs ICANN. His legal dictates trump all other views. Everyone gets paid very well, including him. He views that as success. The FCC, NIST and NTIA are rapidly putting the next pieces of the puzzle in place. Cerf is all over that, with digital TV everywhere. It is a replay of the old RCA Sarnoff story. The good news is that many people see and better understand the simplicity of the Postel Worker's Labor Union. $15,000,000 to the ISOC for doing Nuuuuuthing ? What does PIR do ? Was life better without the ICANN labor union ?