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

[Carlton Samuels]

Well said, Ray!

Carlton

-----Original Message-----
From: Ray Plzak [mailto:plzak at arin.net] 
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 07:35 AM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Avri Doria
Subject: RE: [governance] Capacity building: there is still work to do :-)

ICANN has created a staff organization to perform the function that has the
same name, but enough splitting hairs. The fundamental issue is one of
ownership and I would say that Internet names and numbers do not have
ownership but are in the public trust. Certainly there are intellectual
property rights associated with the recognized holder of a name and there
are rights to the benefits of the services associated with the recognized
holder of a number. The value of both is inherent in these rights.

Ray

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Avri Doria [mailto:avri at psg.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 8:22 AM
> To: Governance Caucus
> Subject: Re: [governance] Capacity building: there is still work to do
> :-)
>
> well, they don't exist in the same way that the IETF doesn't exist.
> so in virtuality, they do seem to exist.
>
> and while only a function it has real people, is the subject of
> contracts, has expenses and ...
>
> and would not IANA 'exist'  even if ICANN blinked out of existence?
>
> but we need to be careful otherwise i will get into a patter about
> what it means to 'exist' in the virtual age?
>
> and  on the topic of our list, what does it mean to govern something
> that may exist only as a function?
>
> a.
>
> On 7 Apr 2008, at 13:29, Ray Plzak wrote:
> > 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
>
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