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At the beginning of her testimony she notes that she personally funded her participation in the hearing and that she came as a loving critic of ICANN.<ref>[http://commerce.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=c81ce454-f519-4373-a51d-234c61755e39 Esther Dyson Testimony, Dec 8 2011, commerce.senate.gov]</ref>

At the beginning of her testimony she notes that she personally funded her participation in the hearing and that she came as a loving critic of ICANN.<ref>[http://commerce.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=c81ce454-f519-4373-a51d-234c61755e39 Esther Dyson Testimony, Dec 8 2011, commerce.senate.gov]</ref>

Esther Dyson was involved as a member of the [[ALAC]] following her tenure as [[ICANN Chair]]. The organization worked hard to recruit members and input from average Internet users, but the task proved to be daunting, frustrating, and insurmountable, and Ms. Dyson left the organization a bit frustrated. She has since noted that ICANN has largely failed to take full account of the end-user and follow its mandate to act in the best public interest. Thus, she sees that ICANN's decisions, particularly the new gTLD program, benefit ICANN's primary constituents, that is, individuals and companies involved in the domain name business; through all this, she believes that the end user and non-industry companies will only receive confusion and higher costs.<ref>[http://www.domainpulse.com/2011/08/26/former-icann-chair-dyson-says-new-gtlds-will-create-jobs-but-little-extra-value/ Fomer ICANn Char Dyson says new gTLDs will Create Jobs but Little Extra Value, DomainPulse.com]</ref>

Esther Dyson was involved as a member of the [[ALAC]] following her tenure as [[ICANN Chair]]. The organization worked hard to recruit members and input from average Internet users, but the task proved to be daunting, frustrating, and insurmountable, and Ms. Dyson left the organization a bit frustrated. She has since noted that ICANN has largely failed to take full account of the end-user and follow its mandate to act in the best public interest. Thus, she sees that ICANN's decisions, particularly the new gTLD program, benefit ICANN's primary constituents, that is, individuals and companies involved in the domain name business; through all this, she believes that the end user and non-industry companies will only receive confusion and higher costs.<ref>[http://www.domainpulse.com/2011/08/26/former-icann-chair-dyson-says-new-gtlds-will-create-jobs-but-little-extra-value/ Fomer ICANN Char Dyson says new gTLDs will Create Jobs but Little Extra Value, DomainPulse.com]</ref>

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