[governance] "Oversight"

[Norbert Bollow]

I wrote:
> > In addition I would insist that CIR management should be designed to
> > be so robust that I should not have to trust any particular part of a
> > country's government more than what is justifiable on the basis of the
> > overall track record of that country's political and governmental
> > system.

John Curran <jcurran at istaff.org> replied:
> That seems that a worthy goal for CIR management 4.0... I simply wish 
> it to be recognized that we've already undergone significant evolution 
> in CIR management over the years, from totally done under USG contract 
> with no external input to a multi-stakeholder approach which operates 
> predominantly free from USG political interference (despite its vestigial 
> IANA functions contract to the US DoC.)

ACK (hereby recognized and acknowledged).

> I am confident that continued evolution of the current approach is
> both possible and likely, but far less sanguine that any new system
> will ultimately prove as safe from political influence.

Strongly agreed. We need to tread carefully here.

Greetings,
Norbert

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