ICANN 45 Toronto Wednesday 17 October

I usually start with good intentions to write a blog entry for each day at the ICANN meeting. Sadly I am now 4 days behind, but for good reasons. At the opening ceremony on Monday the new CEO Fadi Chehade and our chairman Steve Crocker both gave the office of the ombudsman a ringing endorsement for the role within the ICANN community. I am humbled by the praise from both of them, but very pleased at the support, which comes from the ICANN board. Following on from this, I have had tremendous support from the communications team and there will shortly be a video posted on the site, with me talking about my role as ombudsman. Of course the result of this most helpful publicity has been that people are reminded of my role to help with the disputes within the ICANN community, and this has resulted in some issues coming into the office. I am glad that I can is raising the profile of the ombudsman within the community, and continue to be available in my office at Dockside 4 for any visitors.