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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>And why on earth does ICANN or anyone else like the root zone operators have to follow their instructions anyway? Surely this can just become a function of ICANN and forget about the silly authorisation from USG. It serves no useful purpose now that ICANN is established as a representative structure involving all stakeholders. Anachronistic and unneccessary.<BR>
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ICANN might be well served by not bothering to apply.<BR>
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Ian Peter<BR>
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<HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="3" WIDTH="95%"><B>From: </B>"Louis Pouzin (well)" <<a href="pouzin@well.com">pouzin@well.com</a>><BR>
<B>Reply-To: </B><<a href="governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a>>, "Louis Pouzin (well)" <<a href="pouzin@well.com">pouzin@well.com</a>><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:32:14 +0200<BR>
<B>To: </B><<a href="governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a>><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>[governance] IANA contract to be opened for competitive bidding on November 4<BR>
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What international agreement allows the USG to make unilateral decisions on the management of a common good ?<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>On Oct 23, 2011, at 11:33 , Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:<BR>
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> That's much worse:<BR>
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>> The Contractor shall perform the primary IANA functions of the<BR>
>> Contract in the United States and possess and maintain, throughout<BR>
>> the performance of this Contract, a physical address within the<BR>
>> United States. The Contractor must be able to demonstrate that all<BR>
>> primary operations and systems will remain within the Unites States<BR>
>> (including the District of Columbia). The Government reserves the<BR>
>> right to inspect the premises, systems, and processes of all<BR>
>> security and operational components used for the performance of all<BR>
>> Contract requirements and obligations.<BR>
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> So, the future IANA will not even be able to, like ICANN, _pretend_ it<BR>
> is a bit internationalized.<BR>
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On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 17:03, Daniel Kalchev <<a href="daniel@digsys.bg">daniel@digsys.bg</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>It does not need to pretend such things. After all this is a contract the USG will sign with whomever they chose and I guess by going trough their "standard" procurement procedures, they simply have no other choice.<BR>
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What worries me is the reference to District of Columbia… perhaps that wording is required in order for certain US law to apply?<BR>
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Daniel<BR>
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