[bestbits] [governance] US Support for Multistakeholder Governance is Conditional on US Remaining in Control

[Pranesh Prakash]

Dear Gene and Milton, 
Respectfully, you seem to have missed this bit from Larry's testimony before the House Sub-committee, which prompted this question. 

https://youtu.be/8v-yWye5I0w

"It's today, in the byelaws, that ICANN will remain in California, and of course their articles of incorporation as currently established require that it be a California corporation. So, there has been no proposal - serious proposal, made in the course of these discussions to move the location of ICANN outside of the United States. Frankly, if it were being proposed, I don't think that such a proposal would satisfy our criteria, specifically the one that requires that security and stability be maintained. So, we expect that this would continue on into the future."

It's not just Strickling's view on what Congress would say, but the administration's precondition. Unless, of course he lied before the House Sub-committee. 

Regards, 
Pranesh 


On 20 October 2015 12:35:47 pm GMT+01:00, Padmini <pdmnbaruah at gmail.com> wrote:
>Oh no,  Mr. Mueller. My question was two parts. Will US support a
>change in
>jurisdiction and will there be support for the multistakeholder in the
>event that jurisdiction changes?
>He said very eloquently -  no.
>On 20 Oct 2015 17:04, "Mueller, Milton L" <
>milton.mueller at pubpolicy.gatech.edu> wrote:
>
>> No quite accurate.
>> He was asked whether the US Congress would support changing the
>> jurisdiction of ICANN.
>> He said no.
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
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>> > Subject: [governance] US Support for Multistakeholder Governance is
>> > Conditional on US Remaining in Control
>> >
>> > At a meeting with civil society actors, Larry Strickling of the US
>NTIA
>> was
>> > asked by my colleague Padmini whether the US Congress would support
>the
>> > multistakeholder model if ICANN's jurisdiction were to shift.
>> >
>> > He said that it wouldn't.
>> >
>> > https://twitter.com/pranesh/status/656422297876561921
>> >
>> > --
>> > Pranesh Prakash
>> > Policy Director, Centre for Internet and Society
>http://cis-india.org |
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>>
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Pranesh Prakash
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