Ira Magaziner, former US Presidential aide with responsibility for the Internet, has called on ICANN to stick to the narrow, technical tasks – to be the Scotty in the boiler room of Star Trek, and not Captain Kirk.

According to the IP Watch report on the ICANN 52 meeting in Singapore, Magaziner also said ICANN:

• must improve participation of developing countries, which is still too low;
• should stick to its internet roots and not try to dominate, staying true to the bottom-up principle; and
• should not build up too big a stockpile of money and try to become the next Apple, because that would make ICANN a target.