<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Great perception, John.</div><div>I would just like to highlight that other members of the INet community should seriously dodge any sort of conditionality imposed by the US government at this point. Any alternative to the status quo shall be bottom-up. No matter if the final result coincides with the interests of those willing to relinquish the IANA functions from US control, the "we dont accept this or that" should be strongly condemned from inception. <br><br><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">--</div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Enviado a partir de dispositivo movel</span><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Sent from mobile device</div></div><div><br>Em 15/03/2014, às 09:49, John Curran <<a href="mailto:jcurran@istaff.org">jcurran@istaff.org</a>> escreveu:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>On Mar 15, 2014, at 8:12 AM, parminder <<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a>> wrote:</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>This is interesting. So you say now ICANN may go anywhere it wishes to, it is up to the ICANN to do so.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>Let all of us hope it is _not_ up to ICANN to make such a decision; it should be a matter for the global </span><br><span>Internet community to consider and then make the final recommendations. As I understand it, ICANN's </span><br><span>role is in convening stakeholders across the global Internet community to develop a plan, not to decide</span><br><span>the matter itself.</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hopefully, ICANN should apply to move to whichever country that gives it jurisdictional/ legal immunity through some national level instrument (Switzerland ?), although finally some kind of international legal framework for sorting disputes etc will still be needed.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>So, ICANN should tell the US that either it brings up a special legislation protecting it from US jurisdiction etc (not sure if this is constitutionally possible) or it moves to another place from where such an offer comes..</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>I imagine that either of the above are a possible output of the community consultation process.</span><br><span></span><br><span>NTIA issued an IANA Transition Q & A document that includes one requirement that may have</span><br><span>relevance <<a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/qa_-_iana-for_web_eop.pdf">http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/qa_-_iana-for_web_eop.pdf</a>> -</span><br><span>"NTIA will not accept a proposal that replaces the NTIA role with a government or an inter-</span><br><span>governmental organization solution." </span><br><span></span><br><span>Your suggested approaches should be considered as possible options so long as they don't </span><br><span>conflict with that NTIA requirement.</span><br><span></span><br><span>FYI,</span><br><span>/John</span><br><span></span><br><span>Disclaimer: My views alone.</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>____________________________________________________________</span><br><span>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:</span><br><span> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a></span><br><span>To be removed from the list, visit:</span><br><span> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>For all other list information and functions, see:</span><br><span> <a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</a></span><br><span>To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:</span><br><span> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>