[governance] NTIA says ICANN "does not meet the requirements"for IANA renewal

[Avri Doria]

I think that once ICANN begins to take its obligations under the IOC seriously they will find that become ever more free "floating". And while there has been some motion in that direction, there is a long long way to go.

As for the IANA contact, it does seem like they thought they were above taking the requirements of the tender seriously - sort of ironic when you look at how strictly they are marshaling the new gTLD applications.  So they get to try again, and without having to forfeit their 185 kUSD application fee and waiting an undetermined amount of time.  Maybe they will take it seriously this time. It could happen. And who knows, now that the world knows that ICANN its not a default winner, others may have the timerity to apply.
 
And as a bonus the new CEO gets to lead the effort.

All in all I think it is a great result.

Avri

McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

>On 3/11/12, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:
>> McTim, most of us do not "reject the idea that a fully
>> internationalised, representative ICANN Board can fulfil this
>oversight
>> function". But with yet another blunt demonstration that the USG has
>the
>> helm and will not let go,
>
>That's right, they don't appear to be able to let go, even if it is
>probably the most enlightened US administration one is likely to get
>in terms of Internet-y matters.  I think the "ICANN floating free"
>idea is probably the most palatable one for them, and as a matter of
>real- politick, one we could push for!
>
>-- 
>Cheers,
>
>McTim
>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
>route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel


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