<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Parminder,<div><br><div><div>On Jul 28, 2014, at 4:28 AM, parminder <<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><font face="Verdana">It
misleadingly declares IANA 'function' to be a merely clerical
one. </font></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>While I'm sure you will not believe me, having (long ago and I doubt things have changed) been the general manager of IANA, this declaration is _not_ misleading. The IANA functions are, in most cases, editing a text file according to externally defined policies and publishing the result. I know that is boring and doesn't play to particular political agendas, but it is reality.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>-drc</div><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>