This really is an appalling blog post. From my perspective as ICANN's general manager of public participation, it clearly demonstrates why it is so difficult to get people involved in the organization's work. These petty internal squabbles are embarrassing. And the toxic environment keeps people away - especially when, rather than actually talk to people and treat them respectfully, we are subjected to conspiratorial and personally offensive rants like this. It is simply appalling to make groundless accusations against individuals, impugning their motives, to wave at vague conspiracies, and to seek to undermine hundreds of hours of voluntary work just because things aren't going the way one individual wants. If we had a community Code of Conduct, this would be a clear breaking of every rule in it. I don't know how on earth anyone expects people to participate in ICANN when this is the environment. Kieren McCarthy