[governance] IPW - ICANN CEO Wants To Shift “Centre Of Gravity” Away From US

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

Side effects: Ok so some of this is conjecture; but not all. Basically the
leeway a country gives organizations based in it (as opposed to one based
out of another country) is often limited by their perception of it. ICANN
would not have immunity to anything in most countries, so for example if
they chose to be based in Dubai .XXX may be considered illegal, and the
ICANN local "fragment" (using "fragment" here as opposed to "local office"
since I expect they will operate somewhat independently in most regions).
Various regional regulation would affect ICANN's activities - that's the
side effects I'm talking about.

If there's an ICANN India "fragment" we can expect regulatory interference
- if not now then in some time - but it'll more likely be there than not.

CoG: Centre of Gravity :-/

The "centre of power" need not be a government, but it would be one
country. For most multinational organizations there's always one centre -
unless they plan to have 10 CEOs and 10 top-management teams. And the
centre of power would invariably be in the country where the head office
is.

If however ICANN does decide to have X-number of top-management teams, a
fair few of the current stuff that happens could be deemed illegal within a
local context (see: side effects).

I thought this would be obvious though which is why I didnt go into much
detail. Sorry about that.

Best,
Chaitanya




On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:05 PM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 2:11 AM, Chaitanya Dhareshwar <
> chaitanyabd at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Unlikely to happen easily without major, major sideeffects.
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> But it is happening, can you explain these side effects?
>
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>>  The US is a heavyweight so no matter who's around the CoG will lean
>> towards it anyways....
>>
>
>
> What's CoG?
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>> Problem/question is there would need to be one centre of power @ICANN and
>> which country will hold it?
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> Why does there need to be one "centre of power" and why does it need to be
> a government?
>
> --
> 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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