What happened to would-be ICANN VP Thomas Spiller?

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What happened to would-be ICANN VP Thomas Spiller?

Wednesday, August 31. 2011

In June, ICANN announced the appointment of Thomas Spiller as its new Vice President for the European region.

I've never met Thomas, who is described as a "French national" in ICANN's press release, and was set to take over management of the organisation's Brussels office.

At the time, ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom said that "the new position is vital for global expansion and deepening of ICANN."

That may be, but Thomas won't be taking care of the expanding and deepening. Although there has not been an official announcement (and from what I hear there won't be), I have learned that he will not be joining ICANN after all.

Why? I have no idea. But it does seem a pity for the ICANN community. It would have been great to see ICANN opening up to more Europeans…

Posted by Stephane Van Gelder in ICANN at 10:34 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

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