[discuss] Thoughts welcome on proposed Netmundial submission

Sun Mar 2 13:01:33 UTC 2014

On Mar 2, 2014, at 6:37 AM, Jefsey <jefsey at jefsey.com> wrote:

> At 12:11 02/03/2014, John Curran wrote:
>> The fact that the functions are presently performed at ICANN under some credible representation
>> of the will of the Internet community does not imply that will be the case in 5 or 10 years if there is
>> no particular reason for ICANN to do so.
> 
> There is only one single, known and accepted reason why ICANN would continue performing a good service: it is competition in an open market (cf. OpenStand/RFC 6852). This is the purpose of the VGNICS experimental project to practically foster that competition. ...

That is an interesting perspective, jfc, but I don't think that precludes folks 
on this list from discussing other mechanisms for ICANN oversight if so desired.

/John

Disclaimer:  My views alone.