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

Carlos Afonso ca at cafonso.ca
Sun Oct 25 11:09:28 EDT 2015


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On 10/20/15 09:24, genekimmelman at gmail.com wrote:
> It sounds like Larry was giving an assessment of the current Congress.
> That is not necessarily the only path forward for the Obama
> Administration, they could try to move forward without Congressional
> support.
> 
> On Oct 20, 2015, at 7:15 AM, Padmini <pdmnbaruah at gmail.com
> <mailto:pdmnbaruah at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>> Adding to that, he also said that the issue of jurisdiction doesn't
>> relate to the physical presence of ICANN  as much as the jurisdiction
>> of dispute resolution mechanisms, and to not focus on the former which
>> is not as relevant.
>> Basically, no move in jurisdiction will ever be supported.
>>
>> On 20 Oct 2015 16:43, "Pranesh Prakash" <pranesh at cis-india.org
>> <mailto:pranesh at cis-india.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     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 <tel:%2B91%2080%2040926283>
>>     sip:pranesh at ostel.co <mailto:sip%3Apranesh at ostel.co> |
>>     xmpp:pranesh at cis-india.org <mailto:xmpp%3Apranesh at cis-india.org>
>>     https://twitter.com/pranesh
>>
>>
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