[bestbits] Do we need a unified post-transition IANA?

[Mwendwa Kivuva]

Splitting of the IANA functions is not an impossibility,  and the different
communities had deliberated on them exhaustively.

For example, the numbering community said they were comfortable on how the
current IANA functions operator had performed it's role on the numbering
function, and they were happy for ICANN to continue in that role. However,
they also had clauses on what happens when the IANA functions operator
fails to meet the SLA, and the community feels the function has to be moved
to another operator.

Regards
On Nov 16, 2015 3:01 PM, "Padmini" <pdmnbaruah at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> (Apologies for cross posting at the outset)
>
> At the Centre for Internet and Society, we found ourselves wondering why
> there was a strong presumption in favour of unified IANA functions after
> the transition, given that there was at one point of time significant
> amounts of discourse on splitting these functions. Even as we all debate
> over the extent of ICANN's coordinating functions over the different
> functions, perhaps we could open our - minds to the idea of separating the
> three functions - names, numbers, protocols - after the transition.
>
> This idea has been detailed in the blog post below. The three main points
> we make are :
>
>    - Splitting of the IANA functions allows for technical specialisation
>    leading to greater efficiency of the IANA functions.
>    - Splitting of the IANA functions allows for more direct
>    accountability, and no concentration of power.
>    - Splitting of the IANA functions allows for ease of shifting of the
>    {names,number,protocol parameters} IANA functions operator without
>    affecting the legal structure of any of the other IANA function operators.
>
>
>
> http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/do-we-need-a-unified-post-tranistion-iana
>
>
> We welcome comments on this.
>
> Warm Regards
>
> Padmini
> Centre for Internet and Society
> Bangalore
>
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