I don't know if it is the repeated "ICANN can't be trusted / is corrupt" messaging, or the sensitivity of the .NET "rebid" (aka VGRS deregulation) that got the prompt action --
It's more that ICANN has figured out that registrars are where all their revenue comes from, and if they dragged their feet signing contracts or paying, ICANN has precious little leverage over them.
<regisitrar_hat="on"> <regisitrar_constituency_hat="on"> <regisitrar_constituency_chair_candidate_hat="former"> That wasn't our reading of the balance of forces (contractualand share) as recent as the last budget go-around. YMLV. </registrar_*> Vint's sent a note to the Registrar Constituency Chair in reply to the note from the 30 RC members present at the Luxembourg meeting. Eric