[discuss] Interesting article

[Jorge Amodio]

Then talk about IANA, not ICANN.

-J


On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:

> OK, Jorge, but is precisely the IANA function that is left to be
> "internationalized", or "deamericanized". The rest of the Icann "job
> description" (Icann's "meaning of life" is its contracts or operational
> agreements with NTIA/USA) is already, if not internationalized, at least
> quite decentralized (e.g, RIRs/NRO).
>
> frt rgds
>
> --c.a.
>
> On 01/14/2014 12:42 PM, Jorge Amodio wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Roland Perry
> > <roland at internetpolicyagency.com
> > <mailto:roland at internetpolicyagency.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     In message
> >     <
> CAMzo+1bYKXDJVt___zckNGnacn32j4qwEXXGsV8L3YMo2ts__Yd3XQ at mail.gmail.com
> >     <mailto:
> CAMzo%2B1bYKXDJVt_zckNGnacn32j4qwEXXGsV8L3YMo2tsYd3XQ at mail.gmail.com>>,
> >     at 07:37:24 on Tue, 14 Jan 2014, Jorge Amodio <jmamodio at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:jmamodio at gmail.com>> writes
> >
> >         I'm not sure what do you mean about "requirements of US
> government".
> >
> >
> >     If you read the tender documents for the latest IANA contract,
> >     you'll find quite a bit of (very US-centric) stuff about the
> >     required geographic credentials of any qualifying organisation (and
> >     certain of its staff).
> >
> >
> > I read all 65 pages of it, and this is true ONLY as the contractor for
> > the IANA function, regardless if it is ICANN or not.
> >
> > Being ICANN the contractor has probably some positives, but on the other
> > hand confuses a lot of people since the role as a contractor and policy
> > development and other roles are (or are supposed to be) totally separate.
> >
> > So if you abstract the IANA contract, besides the requirements as
> > US/California non-profit corporation there are no other requirements
> > from the USG.
> >
> > So the US-centric issue is not ICANN, but IANA.
> >
> > -J
> >
> >
> >
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