[governance] Capacity building: there is still work to do :-)

[Milton L Mueller]

Ray, 
It is misleading to say that IANA "does not exist" and unless your
intention is to confuse neophytes I would advise you not to continue
that line. To say that "IANA is a group of functions" performed via
contract between USG and ICANNN is more correct but obviously that
explanation contradicts the assertion that the function "does not
exist." 

Milton Mueller
Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ray Plzak [mailto:plzak at arin.net] 
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 7:29 AM
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Avri Doria
> Subject: RE: [governance] Capacity building: there is still 
> work to do :-)
> 
> In reality, IANA does not exist. It is a group of functions 
> that is the subject of a contract between the USG and ICANN. 
> So that portion of the question is moot.
> 
> Ray
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Avri Doria [mailto:avri at psg.com]
> > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 5:53 AM
> > To: Governance Caucus
> > Subject: Re: [governance] Capacity building: there is still 
> work to do
> > :-)
> >
> >
> > Depending on what meaning someone attaches to the word 
> "own"  it could
> > be an entertaining question.  in a distributed virtual 
> on-line world,
> > what does ownership signify?
> >
> > and of course the list of possible owners could be intriguing
> >
> > - ICANN or IANA (as was asked)
> >
> > - it is a world resource
> > - no one own it
> > - the US government owns it
> >
> > and maybe
> >
> > - the question has no answer.
> >
> > a.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 7 Apr 2008, at 11:09, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> > > [Posted on the BIND user's mailing list.]
> > > ____________________________________________________________
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > I'd like know who owns the Domain Name System ? I am not 
> sure if it
> > is
> > > ICANN or IANA ? Can you disentangle my confusion....
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Uchenna
> > >
> > >
> >
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