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Originally Posted by 12clicks
I'm guessing CCbill used Colin because he could keep himself from being overtly hostile and CCbill was looking to create an informative panel and not a witch hunt
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Ummmmm...... Ron...... Used me? LOL
I'll let that one go.
It was a rather odd timeline on this one:
1. Originally, I was slated as moderator, and Diane Duke was on the panel with Ron at CCBill, Jeffrey Douglas from FSC, and Allison Vivas, I was told that ICM (dot xxx) did not want to be on it.
2. Then, they found out Tom Hymes was coming and I offered to defer to his experience and skill as the moderator, and I would now be a panalist.CCBill said okay.
3. THEN, on the first day of the show, ICM decided they wanted to be on it, and to add Chris from Wildline to it. But, also a request to have me moderate it, take Diane off of it, and have Tom be "just a speaker" as they felt he was too biased to moderate. (like I am a Berger choice? The guy that gave testimony at ICANN in San Fran two weeks ago? Yeah. I have the skills to be neutral as a moderator, but to stick Tom on the panel and release him from any neutrality requirements, and stick Diane in the audience with a laptop to check facts and access to a microphone? May have been an odd strategy.
So, anyway, that' how it went down. Gary at CCBill handled this like a real pro and it reall was a great session that took 6 months off od my life moderating!
Colin