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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Milton</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>How your proposed DNSA would be funded? Could
you elaborate a bit on that?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
discuss-bounces@1net.org [mailto:discuss-bounces@1net.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Milton L Mueller<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 04, 2014 4:44
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Nii Narku Quaynor<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> discuss@1net.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [discuss] Roadmap for
globalizing IANA</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Nii, thanks for your questions. Most of
them are actually answered in the paper itself, but I will answer your
questions directly. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"></a><font size=2 color="#1f497d"
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>></span></font>Why is removing USG
not mean just that? End of contract<font color="#1f497d"><span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>First, it would be the end of 2
contracts, not one. ICANN and Verisign. You cannot just end the IANA functions
contract.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Second, both contracts contain serious
accountability measures. However wrongly conceived the idea of unilateral <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> oversight
is, how do we ensure that the root zone is managed properly and what is the
recourse if the root zone managers are either negligent, incompetent or
corrupt? What do you replace the IANA contract with?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>The reason for a DNSA is that registries
have the strongest incentive to get root zone management right. It is their
data that the root zone contains. To ensure impartial administration we create
a nondiscriminatory right to own DNSA to all registries? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>> </span></font>What problem is being
solved by combining functions from other organizations to <font color="#1f497d"><span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>> </span></font>create another entity
dnsa? <font color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>As noted above: 1) accountability
problem; 2) incentives problem. To which we can add: not letting ICANN get too
powerful. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>></span></font>The proposed Dnsa is
potentially a consortium of 1000+ registries and how would this work. <font
color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Not that many companies involved. More
like a few hundred; lots of companies have multiple TLDs. Ownership shares
might be based on some metric of size, such as names under registration, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>How does GNSO work? How does ccNSO work?
How did Intelsat work? (consortium of ~200 national telecom operators). How did
Nominet work? (shared ownership by many registrars) How does IEEE work?
(hundreds of thousands of members). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>></span></font>Is this different from
creating another ICANN <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Very different. ICANN is for making
policy. It involves representation of diverse stakeholders and a complicated
process for developing consensus on policy and approval by the board. DNSA is
for operations. Most people I have talked to agree that we need to keep those
things separate. So, we separate them<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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