[governance] USG on ICANN - no movement here

[Siavash Shahshahani]

John,

> The US DOC are not stupid, and they have been extremely careful not to
> act in ways that would impinge on the sovereignty of other countries,
> so although there's been a certain amount of harrumphing on principle
> from some governments,

It's not only governments and matters of sovereignty and principle, it
also has to do with the day to day operation of IANA. You may not believe
that a change of my fax number in IANA database(as a ccTLD
operator)requires the non-trivial consent of DoC. But if you'd waited six
months to have just such a change realized or had waited 3 1/2 years to
have your IDN Language Table published in IANA Repository (something that
normally required 5 days), you'd know what I'm talking about. Why have I
kept quiet? Because I believe the ITU alternative is even worse. At this
time I think the best thing is to keep repeating and insisting that US
govt politics should not in any way affect IANA services, and if they do,
then the USG is forfeiting whatever 'historical role' it claims to have.
Siavash
ex-ALAC, .ir director

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