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

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"I don't think " is neither indicative of an Administration official position nor a lie. But regardless of that, my comment referred only to the relatively different positions of the majority in Congress and the Administration. As a practical matter it may not make a big difference for the point you wish to make.

> On Oct 20, 2015, at 7:53 AM, Pranesh Prakash <pranesh at cis-india.org> wrote:
> 
> 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-----
>>>> From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-
>>>> request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Pranesh Prakash
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 7:11 AM
>>>> To: BestBits <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>;
>>> governance at lists.igcaucus.org
>>>> 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 |
>>> tel:+91
>>>> 80 40926283 sip:pranesh at ostel.co | xmpp:pranesh at cis-india.org
>>>> https://twitter.com/pranesh
>>> 
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