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===ICANN Cartagena Board Meeting===

===ICANN Cartagena Board Meeting===

During the ICANN meeting in Cartagena on December 7, 2010, Strickling pointed out the United States government’s commitment to the internet governing body’s multi-stakeholder model. He informed the ICANN Board that he spent 12 months analyzing the global expansion of the multi-stakeholder model to other aspects of internet policy and the Department of Commerce established the Internet Policy Task Force, which will concentrate on issues related to online privacy, copyright protection, cyber security and the free flow of information worldwide. He also pointed out that the Affirmation of Commitment between ICANN and the United States government is serious document. ICANN needs to keep its responsibilities in the Affirmation of Commitment and promote a higher quality in decision-making. Regarding the issue on the expansion of new gTLD’s, he pointed out tha U.S. government is expecting ICANN to issue a serious economic study since other government and organization expressed their concerns and cited that the cost of the large expansion of top level domain names outweighs the benefits. Furthermore, he stressed that one of the top challenges of ICANN is its relationship with foreign governments and the [[GAC|Governmental Advisory Committee]] is the perfect avenue for ICANN to reach out, deal with foreign governments and show the benefits of participating in the ICANN process.<ref>

During the ICANN meeting in Cartagena on December 7, 2010, Strickling pointed out the United States government’s commitment to the Internet governing body’s multi-stakeholder model. He informed the ICANN Board that he spent 12 months analyzing the global expansion of the multi-stakeholder model to other realms of Internet policy development, and that the Department of Commerce established the Internet Policy Task Force, which is to concentrate on issues related to online privacy, copyright protection, cyber security and the free flow of information worldwide. He also pointed out that the [[Affirmation of Commitments]] between ICANN and the United States government is a serious document. ICANN needs to keep its responsibilities in the Affirmation of Commitments and promote high quality decision-making. Regarding the expansion of [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD’s]], he pointed out tha U.S. government is expecting ICANN to issue a serious economic study since other governments and organizations expressed their concerns and cited that the costs of the large expansion of top level domain names outweigh the benefits. Furthermore, he stressed that one of the top challenges for ICANN is its relationship with foreign governments, and he stressed that the [[GAC|Governmental Advisory Committee]] (GAC) is the perfect avenue for ICANN to reach out, deal with foreign governments and show the benefits of participating in the ICANN process.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/docs/Transcript-Strickling-ICANN-Board-Session.pdf ICANN - Cartagena, BOARD Meeting with LARRY STRICKLING, December 7, 2010]</ref>

[http://domainincite.com/docs/Transcript-Strickling-ICANN-Board-Session.pdf ICANN - Cartagena, BOARD Meeting with LARRY STRICKLING, December 7, 2010]</ref>

===Remarks During the ICANN 40 Meeting===

===Remarks During the ICANN 40 Meeting===