[discuss] we need to fix what may be broken

Fri Apr 18 22:43:49 UTC 2014

Carlos,

On Apr 18, 2014, at 2:51 PM, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:
> Point being that this is what I think Barry Shein means when he writes
> "...RIRs are contractual entities of ICANN...".

I would be quite surprised if Raul, Adiel, Axel, Paul, and John (just to mention a few) would feel this way.

I believe the view of the RIR communities is that they derive their authority from the communities they serve in a bottom up fashion, not from ICANN in a top-down fashion.

Regards,
-drc

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