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

Sun Mar 11 18:56:33 EDT 2012

Wow, another adherent to my theory ;) and perhaps a good explanation of board muteness on the issue in the joint board/Gnso meeting.

--c.a.

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On 11/03/2012, at 16:41, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:

> Perhaps NTIA just decided to not award an important contract to an
> organization that'll have a new CEO in a couple of months?
> 
> Anyway, many rumors here in Costa Rica, but no one seems to know.
> 
> Adam
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 7:37 AM, Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh at syr.edu> wrote:
>> If I may play Internet governance realpolitik analyst for a minute:
>> 
>> The nonrenewal of IANA while a surprise to ICANN, was likely - not at all  -
>> a surprise to the EU + other OECD other governments.
>> 
>> Reading between the 'global community' lines in the NTIA statement, it is
>> also safe to surmise that the Indian government for sure, quite possibly
>> rest of IBSA crowd, plus or minus China, were pre-informed/consulted as
>> well.
>> 
>> Because, what a coincidence, on the same day NTIA slaps ICANN upside the
>> head, India drops its call for a new global Internet governance body, and
>> humbly claims it was 'not well thought out.'
>> 
>> Coincidence?  I think not.
>> 
>> Therefore: there is a broader game underway; whose contours certain folks at
>> NTIA know well; as do certain folks in certain other national governments
>> who are - players - too.
>> 
>> Given the significance of the IANA function to the global economy, these
>> players aren't playing around.
>> 
>> ICANN will have a new and improved plan inside 6 (- 9)  months, or lose the
>> game. (My realpolitik calculus that the 6 month renewal will become 9
>> months, is that I seriously doubt the Obama admin will want to be talking
>> much about - global Internet governance - September - November 2012. For
>> some reason, I have this hunch that domestic politics and the Electoral
>> College will be more on their minds then ; ).
>> 
>> Lee
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________
>> From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org
>> [governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] on behalf of Daniel Kalchev
>> [daniel at digsys.bg]
>> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 5:16 PM
>> To: Milton L Mueller
>> Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; michaelgurstein
>> 
>> Subject: Re: [governance] NTIA says ICANN "does not meet the requirements"
>> for IANA renewal
>> 
>> About the same. Sometimes better, sometimes worse. Yet, Governments change
>> in cycles - although it can be argued that the same (insert your favorite)
>> sits behind the scenes no matter which 'party' rules. I have no doubt it is
>> the same with ICANN and other power concentration bodies.
>> 
>> The problem with this type of 'governance', where you have central body that
>> has the power to make decisions on their own is that it conflicts with the
>> fundamental architecture of the Internet - a network of networks. Within
>> Internet, each network is autonomous, has it's own governing and operational
>> structures -- no matter how small or how large that network is. In fact, the
>> smallest network is "equal" to the largest network in "rights" over the
>> Internet governance, for both have to peer somehow for the Internet to
>> exist.
>> 
>> ICANN was created with the concept that such an "organization for sharing
>> the responsibility" will be able to handle the task, mainly because all
>> stakeholders will be at parity and nobody will be able to point at others
>> for whatever failure has happened… we have already seen some (mostly
>> political and policy) failures. More are coming with the new gTLD program.
>> Then, because ICANN grew "large" some came to the idea that it has to deal
>> with international issues and even "infringe" on matters that are considered
>> inter-governmental. This is not technical role. It is bound to fail and
>> nobody can help it. Of course, there are no culprits, because of the "shared
>> responsibility".
>> 
>> About the only way out, with regards to the current situation is if ICANN Is
>> brave enough to spin off IANA as separate entity. Failing that, all other
>> options will alienate ICANN with it's constituencies and might have it split
>> in pieces.
>> 
>> Daniel
>> 
>> On Mar 11, 2012, at 8:28 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote:
>> 
>> And the governments’ track record?
>> 
>> From: Daniel Kalchev [mailto:daniel at digsys.bg]
>> 
>> My take on this is that those lobbying will either lobby the Government(s),
>> or ICANN (staff).
>> For the consequences this does not really matter, unfortunately.
>> 
>> So in the end, it all comes down to whether the community trusts ICANN to
>> behave. Unfortunately for ICANN this is sometimes not the case.
>> 
>> Not saying Governments are any better - but we got to this situation by the
>> ICANNs track record...
>> 
>> Daniel
>> 
>> 
>> 
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